2021: Made abbreviated Sunday starts at Winthrop and North Carolina A&T to open the season before missing the rest of the year with an injury.

2020 (no eligibility used due to COVID-19): Made six appearances with four starts, beginning the season as App State’s midweek starter before ending the season as the Game 3 weekend starter … Delivered six innings and allowed just one earned run to notch his first-career victory in a previously suspended contest at North Carolina A&T on Feb. 18 … Recorded his second victory after tossing five innings while allowing just one earned run at Charleston Southern on March 8 … Ranked second on the team in WHIP (1.34) and innings pitched (20.1) … Set a career high with four strikeouts at No. 24 Wake Forest … Matched his career high in punch outs in his pitching victory at Charleston Southern … Struck out three batters in 1.2 innings of relief in his App State debut at Gardner-Webb on Feb. 14 … One of four Mountaineers to record a team-high two victories … Allowed less than five hits in five of six appearances … Finished the season with a 4.43 ERA, 16 strikeouts in 20.1 innings pitched … Season was cut short due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

2019: Sat out as a transfer.

Previous College (NC State): Pitched in two games and totaled one inning on the mound for the Wolfpack in 2018.

High School: A three-year all-conference performer at Smoky Mountain High School before spending the 2018 season at NC State … Named the Western North Carolina Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year as a junior after going 10-2 with a 1.70 ERA and 110 strikeouts in 74 innings for coach Jeremy Ellenburg … Had seven complete games on the mound and batted .315 with 21 RBIs and three homers that season … Member of the Dirtbags travel team coached by Andy Partain … Also a two-time all-conference performer in football and a basketball player in high school.

Personal: Full name is Cole McDowell Hooper … Born Oct. 12, 1999 … Son of Macky and Collette Hooper … Has one sibling: Ethan.