Minor League Baseball and Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc. announced Monday that Biloxi Shuckers infielder Cooper Pratt, a native of Senatobia, was named the 2024 MiLB Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner at shortstop. Pratt becomes the fifth player in franchise history since 2015 to win the award.
The Magnolia Heights High School product appeared in two games with the Shuckers in the Southern League Division Series against the Montgomery Biscuits, making two starts at shortstop. Across the 2024 campaign, he appeared in 96 games during the regular season between Single-A Carolina and High-A Wisconsin, helping lead Wisconsin to the Midwest League Championship Series, their first appearance since 2012.
Pratt handled 338 total chances in the field, helped turn 51 double plays, and finished with 203 assists, posting a .976 fielding percentage. The infielder was selected in the sixth round of the 2023 Draft by the Brewers out of high school.
Pratt was selected as one of nine winners of the award. The winners at each position were selected from players in the 11 full-season Minor Leagues. Each player will receive his own Rawlings Gold Glove Award, modeled after the iconic award given to Major League Baseball’s top defensive players, during the 2025 season.
