2025 Baseball Roster
Malamazian, Cooper
Jersey Number 15
Cooper Malamazian
- Weight:
- 185
- Height:
- 6-2
- Position:
- INF
- Year:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Clarendon Hills, Ill.
- High School:
- Nazareth Academy
Bio
2025 (Freshman Season)
Awards: Perfect Game Second Team Freshman All-American … Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection (SS) … honored as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week following his historic Penn State series (3/10).
Stats: Became one of four IU freshmen (Hanley, Denny, Moore) with at least 40 hits – for the first time since at least 2008 … broke the Indiana single-game doubles record (4) in a victory at Penn State (3/7) … matched the Big Ten all-time single game record in that same outing … most starts by an IU freshman at shortstop (33) since Jeremy Houston in 2017.
Season: Played in 55 games with 46 starts … missed just one game on the season as healthy sub … 33 of his starts came at shortstop with the remaining 13 as the third baseman … never hit higher than fifth in the order – worked primarily out of the seven hole (15) … maintained a .320 batting average with 55 hits, 39 runs, 17 doubles and 40 RBIs … fielded at a .945 clip with 102 assists and 35 putouts … had 19 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games … batting average never fellow below .300 in the entire season … played the first four games of the season as a defensive sub before finally earning his first at-bat – and first hit – in a win over Fordham (2/22) … made first career start – and recorded first career multi-hit day – against Xavier (2/26) … broke the single-game program record and matched a single-game Big Ten record with four doubles in the second game of a doubleheader at Penn State (3/7) … became the fifth freshman at IU since 2019 with at least six RBIs in a game with his six-RBI performance against Bellarmine (3/25) … had additional three-hit days against USC (3/28) and Evansville (4/30) … had eighth-inning, two-run home runs in comeback wins over Ohio State (3/14) and Maryland (4/18) … provided multi-hit games in all three contests against Purdue (5/9-11) … went 3-for-8 (.375) in the Big Ten Tournament.
Prep/Personal
Played for head coach Lee Milano at Nazareth Academy in the Chicago suburbs … helped lead the Roadrunners to back-to-back IHSA 3A State Titles in 2022 and 2023 … in four of years of high school ball, combined to win 132 games – including a 37-1 record as a senior in the state’s highest classification … drafted in the 17th round of the 2024 MLB Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers … ranked as the No. 414 overall prospect in the class of 2024 by Perfect Game … No. 11 overall prospect in the state of Illinois by Perfect Game … attended the PBR Super 60 Event in 2024 … intended major is Sports Marketing and Management … favorite MLB team is the Chicago Cubs … son of John and Sonja Malamazian … has one sister – Sofia.
Awards: Perfect Game Second Team Freshman All-American … Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection (SS) … honored as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week following his historic Penn State series (3/10).
Stats: Became one of four IU freshmen (Hanley, Denny, Moore) with at least 40 hits – for the first time since at least 2008 … broke the Indiana single-game doubles record (4) in a victory at Penn State (3/7) … matched the Big Ten all-time single game record in that same outing … most starts by an IU freshman at shortstop (33) since Jeremy Houston in 2017.
Season: Played in 55 games with 46 starts … missed just one game on the season as healthy sub … 33 of his starts came at shortstop with the remaining 13 as the third baseman … never hit higher than fifth in the order – worked primarily out of the seven hole (15) … maintained a .320 batting average with 55 hits, 39 runs, 17 doubles and 40 RBIs … fielded at a .945 clip with 102 assists and 35 putouts … had 19 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games … batting average never fellow below .300 in the entire season … played the first four games of the season as a defensive sub before finally earning his first at-bat – and first hit – in a win over Fordham (2/22) … made first career start – and recorded first career multi-hit day – against Xavier (2/26) … broke the single-game program record and matched a single-game Big Ten record with four doubles in the second game of a doubleheader at Penn State (3/7) … became the fifth freshman at IU since 2019 with at least six RBIs in a game with his six-RBI performance against Bellarmine (3/25) … had additional three-hit days against USC (3/28) and Evansville (4/30) … had eighth-inning, two-run home runs in comeback wins over Ohio State (3/14) and Maryland (4/18) … provided multi-hit games in all three contests against Purdue (5/9-11) … went 3-for-8 (.375) in the Big Ten Tournament.
Prep/Personal
Played for head coach Lee Milano at Nazareth Academy in the Chicago suburbs … helped lead the Roadrunners to back-to-back IHSA 3A State Titles in 2022 and 2023 … in four of years of high school ball, combined to win 132 games – including a 37-1 record as a senior in the state’s highest classification … drafted in the 17th round of the 2024 MLB Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers … ranked as the No. 414 overall prospect in the class of 2024 by Perfect Game … No. 11 overall prospect in the state of Illinois by Perfect Game … attended the PBR Super 60 Event in 2024 … intended major is Sports Marketing and Management … favorite MLB team is the Chicago Cubs … son of John and Sonja Malamazian … has one sister – Sofia.
Big Ten Tournament Press Conference - vs. Rutgers
Wednesday, May 21
NCAA Postgame Press Conference - Southern Miss - 2
Sunday, June 02
NCAA Postgame Press Conference - Tennessee
Sunday, June 02
NCAA Postgame Press Conference - Southern Miss
Friday, May 31
