Biography
Career Honors:
- 2011 NSCAA All-Central Region (Third Team)
- 2011 All-Southland Conference (First Team)
- 2011 All-Louisiana (First Team)
- 2011 Southland Conference All-Tournament (First Team)
- 2011 Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 13)
- 2010 NSCAA/Performance Subaru All-Central Region (Third Team)
- 2010 All-Southland Conference (First Team)
- 2010 All-Louisiana (First Team)
- 2010 Southland Conference All-Academic (First Team)
- 2010 Southland Conference All-Tournament (First Team)
- 2010 Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 1)
- 2009 All-Southland Conference (First Team)
- 2009 Louisiana Freshman of the Year
- 2009 All-Louisiana (First Team)
- 2009 Southland Conference All-Tournament (First Team)
2011: Became the second player in Southland Conference history to earn multiple All-Central region honors, after leading Southeastern in scoring for the third straight season … Finished the season with 12 goals, six assists, 30 points and four game-winning goals … Ranked among the Southland Conference leaders in points (2nd), goals (2nd), assists (7th), game-winning goals (2nd) and shots (45, 7th) … Became the fifth student-athlete in school history to earn first team All-Southland Conference accolades three times … Also was named first team All-Southland for the third straight year … Her single-season totals for points (7th), goals (8th) and game-winning goals (5th) are among the top performances in school history … Joined 2012 Southeastern Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Kim McNally as the only players in school history with three seasons of double-digit goals … School’s career leader with four hat tricks … Posted a hat trick with two assists in a 9-0 rout of Grambling … Her eight points in the match are the second-most in school history … Also had a hat trick in a 4-0 victory over Mississippi Valley State on the way to Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors … Added two goals in 6-0 win over Texas Southern … Scored go-ahead goal in 3-1 win at Louisiana-Monroe … Assisted game-winning goal and added insurance goal of her own in 3-1 win at Northwestern State … Netted game-winning goal in second overtime of 1-0 win at Sam Houston State … Assisted Karly Dagys’ score in 1-0 win over UTSA in regular season finale … Finished junior season ranked among the school’s career leaders in points (88, 3rd), goals (37, 3rd), shots (128, 9th) and game-winning goals (10, 3rd) … Needs three assists to crack the school’s career top 10.
2010: Earned first team All-Southland Conference, first team All-Louisiana and third team All-Central Region after leading Southeastern in scoring for the second straight season and helping the Lady Lions to the Southland regular season title … Third in the Southland Conference with 11 goals … Also was second in the league with a team-high 26 points … Her goal (9th) total ranks among the top single-season performances in school history … Posted second hat trick of her career in an 8-1 win over Grambling … Netted two goals in a 4-0 victory over Southern … Helped Southland clinch the league title and earned Southland Offensive Player of the Week after posting a goal and an assists in consecutive wins over Central Arkansas and Northwestern State … Scored team’s only goal in 1-0 wins versus Sam Houston State and Texas State … Scored a goal in a 3-2 win over host Texas State in the semifinals over the Southland Conference Tournament and earned All-Tournament honors … Scored a goal in a 2-1 win at Jacksonville State … Had assists versus Mississippi Valley State and Stephen F. Austin … Also excelled in the classroom, earning Southland Conference All-Tournament honors … Finished sophomore season among the school’s career leaders in points (58, 8th), goals (25, 6th) and game-winning goals (6, 6th).
2009: Named the Louisiana Freshman of the Year, after finishing the season as the leading scorer for the Southland Conference Tournament champions … Earned first team All-Southland Conference and All-Louisiana honors … Also named to the Southland Conference All-Tournament team … Started 17 of the 19 matches she appeared in … Led team with 14 goals and 32 points … Ranked among the national leaders in goals per game (0.74, 16th) and points per game (1.68, 22nd) … Among Division I freshman, she was second in the nation in goals and fifth in the nation in points … Helped Southeastern finish the season fifth in the nation with 2.8 goals per game … Finished among the league leaders in points (2nd), points per game (3rd), goals (2nd), goals per game (3rd) and game-winning goals (3, 3rd) … Her season totals in points (4th) and goals (5th) both rank among the best in school history and are both records for a Southeastern freshman … Scored the school’s first goal ever in the NCAA Tournament against Florida State … Scored goals in seven consecutive matches during the season … Posted a hat trick and two assists in 10-0 win over Alcorn State … The eight points in that match were the most in the Southland last season and the second-most in school history … Had two goals in wins over Southern and Louisiana-Lafayette … Also scored goals versus Alabama State, Nicholls, Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin, UTSA and Central Arkansas … Assists came versus Southern and Central Arkansas.
High School: All-Del Ray League and All-CIF forward at Bishop Montgomery High School … Also participated in basketball and track … Participated on the Wolfpack Blue club team.
Personal: Born in Hawthorne, Calif. … One of Brent and Janice Cooper’s three children … Has an older sister, Lauren and younger brother, David … A marketing major.
