Kara Cooper

Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Youngstown Christian HS/Youngstown State
Hometown:
Youngstown, Ohio

COOPERCAREER STATISTICS
Year   MP/MS G A Pts Shots(SOG) GW
2008^ 19/4   1 0  2    7 (3)       0
2009^ 17/17 8 2 18 45 (23)     2
2010   15/12 0 0  0    2 (2)      0
Totals 51/33 9 2 20   54(28)      2
^-at Youngstown State

as a Junior (2010): Started 12 matches andappeared in 15 overall in her first season as a Zip … playedmost of the campaign as a defender, but managed to record a pair ofshots on target … fired a shot on goal in the season-openingwin over Illinois St. (Aug. 20) … also launched a shot inthe loss at Northern Illinois (Oct. 8) … was on the pitchfor the entirety of eight matches.

as a Sophomore at Youngstown State (2009):Second-Team All-Horizon League pick and also earned a spot on theESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV Second Team ...led the Penguins with 18 points (team-high eight goals andteam-high-tying two assists) as a starter in all 17 matches ...named Horizon League Player of the Week on Aug. 24, after beingresponsible for two goals and one assist in a 4-2 win over Howard(Aug. 23) ... tallied a team high in shots (45) and shots on goal(23) ... had a team-best two game-winning goals ... YSU's JohnKerola Scholarship recipient for the 2009-10 academic year.

as a Freshman at Youngstown State (2008): Playedin 19 matches and was a starter four times ... scored her firstcollegiate goal in an 8-0 victory over Wheeling Jesuit (Oct. 17)... three of her seven shots were on goal.

High School: Four-year letterwinner and teamMVP ... compiled a school-record 139 goals ... two-timeall-conference selection and was an all-state choice as a senior... also competed in basketball and participated incheerleading.

Personal: Born Sept. 5, 1989 ... parents areLarry and Arlene Cooper ... has one brother (Kory) and one sister(Kristi).