Bowling Green State University Athletics
2026 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 38
Cooper McKenzie
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 211
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Wheelersburg, Ohio
- High School:
- Wheelersburg
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
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Bowling Green |
2025
- Set career highs in games played with 32 and games started with 25
- Launched a career-high three home runs to go along with a career-high three doubles
- First career home run came on Feb. 21 against USC Upstate
- Totaled 18 RBI, a new career-high and doubling his 2024 total
- Committed just one error on 185 chances for a .995 fielding percentage
2024
- Played in 20 games for the Falcons with 13 starts
- Posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage behind the plate with 117 putouts and eight assists
- Set career-highs in hits (14), runs scored (14), RBI (9) and walks drawn (17)
- Logged a career-best .286 batting average
- Scored a career-high three times against Toledo (April 30)
- Recorded a career-high three hits against Oakland (April 2)
- Drew a career-high three walks against No. 8 Tennessee (March 3)
2023
- Appeared in 11 games for the Falcons, making seven starts behind the plate
- Posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentageÂ
- Allowed just one pass ball all season
- Logged his first collegiate hit against Evansville (March 5)
- Tallied his first collegiate multiple-base hit with a double against Toledo (April 26)
- Ended the season with four hits, three runs scored, two RBI and four walks drawn
Wheelersburg High School |
Wheelersburg, Ohio |
- Named team captain in both 2021 and 2022
Personal |
- Mother, Kristi Vastine, played softball at Shawnee State
- Majoring in Sport Management
TJ Takats Logs An RBI In Return To Fifth Third Field
Tuesday, May 19
Daxton Kunst represents Bates Recycling with the First Pitch at Fifth Third Field | May 12, 2026
Wednesday, May 13
BGSU Baseball Hype Video, Fifth Third Field | May 11, 2026
Tuesday, May 12
BGSU Baseball Senior Day and Commencement Recognition | May 9, 2026
Saturday, May 09
