Shane Cooper is in his third professional season and first with the ThunderBolts in 2019. He signed on January 14, 2019. Cooper was a 37th round selection of the Detroit Tigers in the 2017 Amateur Entry Draft. He played 54 games across three levels in the Tigers system over two years, peaking at high A Lakeland in 2017. He batted .203 overall with a .302 on-base percentage. In two years at Hutchinson Community College, he hit .371 with 19 homers and 100 RBIs in 119 games and won the NJCAA Gold Glove Award as a shortstop in 2017. Prior to Hutchinson, Shane attended Jefferson College and Timberland High School in Wentzville, Missouri.