Edwards is a 27-year-old from Amarillo, Texas. He was a four year baseball letterman in high school, and played college baseball at Vernon College and Cameron University. In his time with the Aggies he caught a no-hitter, hit six home runs, and collected 24 RBIs.  

The next season the backstop signed his first professional contract with the Florence Y’alls in the Frontier League, smacking two hits in his debut against the Washington Wild Things. Edwards would spend two seasons with Florence and only committed 8 errors in 60 games from behind the plate. 

After a couple of different catchers shuffled out of Gary, Lamarr Rogers signed Cooper Edwards on June 12th. He would debut two days later in a contest against the Lincoln Saltdogs and get his first hit in a RailCats uniform. Edwards really showed out in a 8-5 win at home against Lake Country, where he was one home run away from the cycle and drove in a run. Edwards had a good year defensively for the ‘Cats. He threw out 20% of base stealers last year when the league-wide average was just a 16%