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Canaan Cropper

  • position Rhp
  • height 5-11
  • weight 175
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Salisbury, Md.
  • High school James M. Bennett HS
  • position Rhp
  • height 5-11
  • weight 175
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Salisbury, Md.
  • High school James M. Bennett HS

Canaan Cropper Bio

Canaan Cropper’s Career Stats  Get Acrobat Reader

AWARDS/HONORS/CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2016 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  • 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
  • Fall 2013 Dean’s List

2016 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Appeared in five games with two starts, 5.14 ERA, allowed four runs on 10 hits in seven innings with five walks and 10 strikeouts
  • Career-high 3.2 innings with one run allowed on three hits and a career-high eight strikeouts in 16-4 win over Winthrop (2/24)
  • 0.1 scoreless innings in 8-1 win over Albany (2/21)

2015 (RS FRESHMAN)

  • Appeared in 10 games with a start, compiled a 1.46 ERA struck out seven and walked seven in 12.1 innings with four runs allowed, two earned, on 14 hits
  • 1.1 scoreless innings in 8-1 loss vs. LSU (5/16)
  • Three scoreless innings in first career start with just three hits allowed, one walk and a career-high three strikeouts in 17-0 win over USC Upstate (5/12)
  • 0.2 scoreless in 6-2 loss vs. Auburn (5/2)
  • Two scoreless innings of relief with just two hits allowed, a walk and first two career strikeouts in 7-4 loss to Presbyterian (4/14)
  • Two innings of relief in 11-1 win over Appalachian State (4/7); allowed one run on two hits with a walk
  • Retired lone batter he faced in 13-3 win over Penn State (3/11)
  • Retired lone batter he faced in 7-0 win over Miami (Ohio) (3/7)
  • First career appearance in 10-4 win over Charleston Southern (3/3); 0.1 scoreless inning of relief

2014 (FRESHMAN)

  • Medical redshirt

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Rated No. 2 best high school prospect in Maryland and No. 218 best high school prospect in the nation by Perfect Game USA
  • Top right-handed pitching prospect in Maryland by Perfect Game USA
  • Rated No. 6 best overall prospect in Maryland and No. 492 best overall prospect in the nation for 2013 MLB Draft by Baseball America
  • As a senior in 2013, went 6-0 with a 0.64 ERA in 43.1 innings with 102 strikeouts
  • 2013 Delmarva Daily Times Player of the Year
  • 2013 Atlantic All-Region by Perfect Game USA
  • 2012 & 2013 Bayside Conference Pitcher of the Year
  • Helped J.M. Bennett to 2011 and 2012 Class 3A state championship in Maryland, winning pitcher in title game in 2012
  • As a junior in 2012, went 9-0 with a 0.88 ERA in 54.0 innings pitched with 98 strikeouts
  • Played for Evoshield Canes AAU team; named to All-Tournament Team at 2012 WWBA World Championship
  • Represented U.S. Mid-Atlantic in 2007 Little League World Series for West Salisbury LL

PERSONAL

  • Born on November 7, 1994
  • Parents are Bill and Ruth Cropper
  • Major is sport and entertainment management