Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Southpaw Chase Cooper appeared in 38 games at Rutgers-Camden, including 37 on the mound and one as a pinch-runner. He made 28 starts and pitched in 162 innings, posting a 4.61 career ERA, the 21st-best in program history for all pitchers with a minimum of 100 innings. Cooper fashioned a career 13-6 record, including a 10-2 mark over his final two seasons. He capped his career with a 5-2 record and a team-leading 2.62 ERA as a senior, while earning honors on the D3baseball.com All-Region 4 Third Team.
 
Academics: Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2020 Fall, 2021 Spring, 2021 Fall, 2022 Fall, 2023 Spring and 2023 Fall semesters…Dean’s List student.
 
Baseball 2025: D3baseball.com All-Region 4 Third Team…Led the Raptors’ pitching staff with a 2.62 ERA…Finished second on the staff in starts (11) and wins (5), posting a 5-2 record…Was third on the team in innings pitched (58.1)…Allowed 54 hits and 20 runs, 17 earned…Walked 20 and struck out 45, the second-highest strikeout total on the team…Named Rutgers-Camden Raptor of the Week on March 17…Worked five innings without a decision in the second game of a season-opening doubleheader sweep against Immaculata (Feb. 22), allowing seven hits, one walk and two earned runs, while striking out four…Defeated Penn State-Abington (March 4), pitching 5.2 innings of four-hit ball, allowing only two unearned runs and one walk, while fanning seven…Picked up a win in a pre-determined split against Rosemont (March 12), working one shutout inning, allowing two walks and one strikeout…Defeated UMass-Boston (March 16) with six innings of five-hit ball, allowing two walks and one unearned run, while striking out five…Beat Maritime (March 22) to raise his record to 4-0, working seven shutout innings of three-hit ball, while walking three and striking out one…Helped the Raptors defeat The College of New Jersey (April 4), although he didn’t get the decision, as he worked six innings, allowing seven hits, six earned runs and three walks, while adding four strikeouts…Suffered his first loss in a 2-1 decision at Rutgers-Newark (April 13), working 6.1 innings and allowing four hits, three walks and two earned runs, while fanning two…Lost a 3-0 decision against Ramapo (April 19), working six innings and allowing seven hits, three earned runs and one walk, while striking out five…Beat William Paterson (April 26) with six shutout innings, allowing five hits and one walk, while fanning his season high of 10 batters…Had no decision in a Raptor victory over Montclair State (May 3) in the NJAC tournament, despite working five innings and allowing four hits, one walk and one earned run, while striking out four…Made his final start in the lone NCAA tournament victory for the Scarlet Raptors, May 16 against Rensselaer, working 4.1 innings and allowing eight hits, three earned runs and two walks, while striking out two…Overall, Rutgers-Camden posted a 9-2 record in the games he started, with the lone losses coming by 2-1 and 3-0 scores.
 
Baseball 2024: Made eight appearances, starting eight games…Tied for the team lead with five wins, posting a 5-0 record…Finished third on the team with 47 innings pitched and 40 strikeouts…Had the best ERA (3.60) out of the Raptors’ four main starters…Walked 10 and struck out 40…The southpaw held lefthanded hitters to a paltry .063 batting average (1-for-16)…Averaged 5.88 innings per appearance, the second-highest total on the team…Beat Gwynedd Mercy in his opening start (Feb. 27), working five innings and allowing seven hits and three runs (only two earned), while striking out eight batters…Posted a win over Rosemont (March 3, Game One) with a combined shutout in a 13-0 game…He allowed only three hits in five innings, while striking out four in that game…The Rosemont outing earned him honors as Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week on March 4…Led the Raptors past Oneonta in a 17-5 game shortened by a 10-run rule, working four innings and allowing seven hits, five runs (four earned) and one walk, while striking out three…Worked seven innings in a 10- win over Ursinus, allowing five hits, two walks and one earned run, while fanning four…Didn’t get a decision in the Raptors’ 4-3 win over Kean (April 6. Game Two), working 6-2/3 innings of three-hit ball, allowing four walks and two earned runs, while striking out seven…Beat Rutgers-Newark, 7-2 (April 13, Game One), by pitching seven innings, allowing three hits, one walk and one earned run, while fanning four…Worked seven innings without a decision against Ramapo (April 20, Game Two), allowing seven hits, three earned runs and one walk, adding two strikeouts…The Raptors eventually lost that game, 4-3, for the only time the team lost in his eight starts…Finished the year in Rutgers-Camden’s 12-7 win at William Paterson (April 27, Game One), allowing six earned runs and eight hits in 5-1/3 innings, striking out eight and walking one.
 
Baseball 2023: Appeared in seven games, making three starts and four relief appearances…Worked 17-2/3 innings…Posted a 1-1 record and a 6.62 ERA…Allowed 28 hits and 14 runs (13 earned), while walking eight, hitting one and striking out eight…Most of the damage came in his first outing against York (March 1), with eight hits and six earned runs in 1-2/3 innings while suffering the loss…In his final six outings over 16 innings, allowed only seven earned runs for a 3.94 ERA…Held lefties to a .118 batting average (2-for-17)…Notched hit lone win of the season with a stellar five-inning, four-hit shutout appearance against Rosemont (March 28), walking two and striking out three in a 6-4 Raptor victory…Hurled 1-2/3 shutout innings of relief against Stockton (April 13), allowing two hits and a walk, while striking out two…Worked his season high of six innings in a start at Alvernia, allowing six hits, three runs (two earned) and one walk, while striking out three without getting a decision.
 
Baseball 2022: Pitched in five games, making three starts and two relief appearances over 20-1/3 innings…Posted a 6.64 ERA and a 1-2 record…Allowed 32 hits and five walks, while striking out eight…Posted a 1-2 record with a 6.64 ERA…Had a fine 3.18 ERA until a tough outing at Montclair State (April 30, Game One, with 3-1/3 innings and nine earned runs) in his last start…Hurled a scoreless inning, allowing two hits and striking out one, in his first appearance of the season against Ursinus (March 31)…Hurled four shutout innings with one walk, four strikeouts and no hits against Ramapo (April 9, Game Two), picking up the win in relief…Worked six innings in his first start of the season at New Jersey City (April 16, Game Two), allowing five hits, three earned runs and one walk, while striking out three without a decision…Worked six innings, allowing 10 hits, two walks and three earned runs while taking the loss at William Paterson (April 23, Game Two)…In his lone pinch-running appearance, scored a run against Ripon (March 18).
 
Baseball 2021: Appeared in six games, starting three, while pitching 18-2/3 innings…Allowed 33 hits and 20 runs, 19 earned…Walked six and struck out eight…Posted a 1-1 record and a 9.16 ERA…Made his collegiate pitching debut by working one inning at William Paterson (March 21, Game One), allowing three hits, two walks and four earned runs…Hurled three shutout innings, allowing three hits and notching his first strikeout, against William Paterson (April 3, Game One))…Made his first start against New Jersey City (April 10, Game One), working his season high of six innings, allowing four hits, one walk and one unearned run to earn the win in a 5-2 Scarlet Raptor victory…Added his season high of three strikeouts in the NJCU game…Took the loss at Stockton (April 23), working 4-2/3 innings with two strikeouts, while allowing 10 hits, two walks and nine earned runs.