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RPV Native Drafted in MLB's 6th Round
Garrett Cooper is selected 182nd overall in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
A former Rancho Palos Verdes resident may be on his way to the big league, according to the Palos Verdes Peninsula News.
Garrett Cooper, a senior at Auburn University in Alabama, was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the sixth round (No. 182 overall) of Major League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft on June 7.
"I was in complete shock," Cooper told reporter Nick Ingram. "My ultimate dream of being a professional baseball player had just come true through a phone call."
Growing up in RPV, Cooper was an All-Star in the Silver Spur Little League and Peninsula Pony League.
- Full story: RPV Baseball Player Selected in MLB's First-Year Player Draft [Palos Verdes Peninsula News]
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