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Former Indiana, Miami (OH) Pitcher Cooper Katskee Transferring to Nebraska

The MAC Pitcher of the Year is headed to Lincoln.

Kaleb Henry

New Nebraska pitcher Cooper Katskee during his time with Miami (OH).
New Nebraska pitcher Cooper Katskee during his time with Miami (OH). / @cooper.katskee/Instagram
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The MAC Pitcher of the Year is headed to Lincoln.

Cooper Katskee will continue his baseball career at Nebraska. The Hastings Tribune first reported the news Thursday.

Katskee has two seasons of eligibility remaining.

The 6-4 righty from Colorado went 11-2 this season with Miami (OH). He made 16 appearances, including 10 starts and three complete games. In 84.2 innings for the Redhawks, Katskee allowed 33 runs, 29 earned, on 60 hits. He had 70 strikeouts and issued 30 walks.

For his efforts, Katskee was named the MAC Pitcher of the Year and selected to the All-MAC First Team as a starting pitcher.

Katskee began his collegiate career at Indiana, tossing 15.1 innings in two seasons for the Hoosiers.

Prior to college, Katskee played at Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, Colorado. He was rated the No. 27 overall prospect and No. 9 right-handed pitcher in Colorado by Perfect Game.

Katskee is the third transfer portal addition for Nebraska. He joins Mississippi State pitcher Kevin Mannell and Division II All-American Jett Buck in becoming Huskers. There have been double-digit Huskers use the portal the portal to exit the program, including Cayden Brumbaugh to Oklahoma.

Nebraska captured a second straight Big Ten Tournament title after making a run in Omaha over Michigan State, Oregon, Penn State and UCLA. Those good times were short-lived, with the Huskers getting shellacked in the Chapel Hill Regional to finish the season at 33-29.

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

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