Prior to Hope- Played 3 seasons for the UCSB Gauchos...2016: As a true freshman, made 21 appearances including five starts (four as catcher, one as DH) ... Slashed .357/.379/.679 with three doubles, two home runs, and 11 RBIs in 28 at-bats ... Provided one of the signature moments in UCSB history at the Super Regionals at Louisville, hitting a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth against All-American closer Zack Burdi to send UCSB to its first-ever College World Series ... Pitch was a 1-2 changeup, UCSB was trailing 3-0 at the time ... Homer was the No. 1 play on that night's Sportscenter Top-10 ... Batted .381 for the season against right-handed pitchers ... Had five hits in 13 pinch-hit at-bats (.385) ... His first career homer was a go-ahead roundtripper against Cal State Fullerton on May 13 in an eventual 3-2 Gaucho win ... Had an RBI double in his first career at-bat, against Bryant on Feb. 27 in the inaugural Tony Gwynn Classic San Diego State ... Averaged 5.6 at-bats per extra-base hit, best ratio on the team ..! . Received his most playing time in May, appearing in 11 games and slashing .278/.316/.500 ... Had three hits in 12 Big West at-bats.....2017: In his true sophomore season, Cohen entered 44 games and started 41 (34 at DH, six at catcher, one in left field) ... Slashed .264/.318/.459 for the year with eight home runs, 24 RBIs, 12 walks, and 23 runs scored over 159 at-bats ... Brought his average up to .284 and his slugging percentage to .581 in league play ... He batted .500 (6-12) against the Anteaters with a 1.167 slugging percentage and five RBIs ... Had a pair of four-RBI games, against Tulane on Feb. 25 (he also homered twice) and against UCI on Apr. 13 ... Batted .309 with six home runs and a .568 slugging percentage at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium ... His best month of the season came in April, with a .339/.373/.643 slash line, four home runs, and 10 RBIs – all season-highs for a single month ... Had 11 multi-hit and four multi-RBI contests ... Had a .303 batting average with runners on base ... Stole three bases in six attempts ... His eight homers and .459 slugging percentage were second only to Austin Bush among the Gauchos ... Had a nine-game hit streak from Apr. 8-23, including a 3-4 performance against UCI....Went to the College World Series in 2016...received All-Big West Honorable Mention 2017 and Big West Field Player of the Week.
Junipero Serra Catholic High School- Played 4 seasons on varsity for the Lions in the Trinity League...Helped his team win the All-Trinity League Championship his junior and senior seasons...Received Second Team All-Trinity League junior and senior seasons and was on the Honor roll all four years of high school.
Personal- Parent- Steve and Lynda, who are both lawyers...Siblings- Grace and Harry...Favorite Bible Verse- Jeremiah 29:11...Major is Social Science and hopes to become a professional baseball player...also likes to go off-roading in his truck and listen to heavy metal.
