2007: Made 13 appearances for the Sioux, starting in 10 of those games ... Finished the season with a 4-5 record ... Led the Fighting Sioux pitching staff in innings pitched (67.0), games started (10), complete games (5), earned run average (4.30), fewest home runs allowed (4), and hit batsmen (14) ... Ranked second in strikeouts (35) ... Held opponents to a .299 batting average, which ranked second on the team ... Cooley’s 67.0 innings pitched was the fourth-highest single-season total in Fighting Sioux history ... Was named to 2007 NCC All-Conference Honorable Mention team.
2006: Finished the season with a 2-4 record and a 6.27 earned run average which ranked him third and fifth on the team ... Had a season-high eight strikeouts against UNO Wayne State ... Pitched the Fighting Sioux to a 1-0 exhibition game victory over the Minnesota Twins rookie league team.
2005: Had the lowest ERA on the team at 1.98 in nine total appearances ... Started and beat Wayne State University (March 16) ... In 13.2 total innings pitched, he gave up only nine hits.
2004: Redshirt.
Before UND: A 2003 graduate of Thompson High School ... Lettered four times in baseball, football and wrestling ... Named Most Valuable Wrestler and Most Valuable Baseball player in 2003 ... Finished his senior baseball season with a .550 batting average and a 4-2 mark on the mound.
Personal: Son of Marv and Bev Cooley ... Father, Marv, and uncle, Alex, both played baseball at UND ... Alex played for the AAA affiliate of the Oakland Athletics ... Majoring in exercise science.
