Atlantic senior Cooper McDermott officially signed his letter of intent to play baseball at Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota.  McDermott had previously announced that he would be signing there.  McDermott made it official Wednesday at Atlantic High School with his parents Mike and Christa present along with Atlantic Head Baseball Coach Gaylord Schelling and Dakota State University Coach Brady Banse.

Cooper played in 30 games for Atlantic during is junior season and was a .282 hitter with a .368 on base percentage. Cooper also pitched for Atlantic with a 2-2 record and 4.30 ERA.

McDermott will be following in his father’s footsteps, current Atlantic Head Football Coach Mike McDermott. Mike played football and baseball at Dakota State.

Dakota State is a member of the NAIA and North Star Athletic Conference. The Trojans went 2-30 last season and will start the next season’s play in February.