Gavin Cooper

Cooper looks different and plays differently than just about any other defensive player in the class. He’s 6-1, 210 pounds of pure muscle, so posting him up is a waste of a time and an invitation to get yourself hurt. A Main Stage All-Star, Cooper earned All-State honors as an LSM at Haverford this spring, but everyone projects him to be a rock-solid close defenseman at the next level.

“He’s really high on my board,” a coach from a perennial powerhouse said. “The level of intensity that he brings is different. He’s got a ton of energy and he plays really hard all the time.”

“He could play LSM, but I think he’s going to cover the opposing team’s best player,” Big 4 HHH director Billy McKinney said. “He’s the best defensive prospect I’ve ever seen.”