Millersville

Career Highlights

• PSAC East Athlete of the Week (1/7/25)
• 2X PSAC East Defensive Athlete of the Week (11/12/24, 1/21/25)
• All-Atlantic East First Team (2023-24 / Marymount)
• All-Atlantic East Second Team (2022-23 / Marymount)
• VaSID Rookie of the Year (2021)
• Atlantic East Rookie of the Year (2021)
• 3X Atlantic East All-Academic Team (2021, 2023, 2024)

2024-25 (Graduate Student)

• Outstanding season derailed by a season-ending injury that limited him to 21 games
• Scored 1,000th career point in the Jan. 15 win at Mansfield
• Won the PSAC East Defensive Athlete of the Week award following first two games as a Marauder as he totaled 15 rebounds, two blocks and four steals in wins over Claflin and Point Park...The 13 boards against Claflin were a part of a dobule-double and set a career high
• Produced a double-double of 19 points and 10 points and also handed out six assists at Jefferson on Nov. 16
• Matched season highs in assists (6), blocks (3) and steals (3) in his final game on Feb. 5
• Scored a season-high 22 points in the Jan. 18 win over Kutztown
• Finished career with 74 games started

2020-24
Marymount University

• Scored 827 points, averaging 12.9 points per game in 64 career games at Marymount
• Scored a career-high 27 points on Dec. 6, 2023 against Arcadia...Career-high nine rebounds three times...Seven assists on Jan. 10, 2024 vs. Christopher Newport...Six steals vs. Immaculata on Feb. 22, 2023 and four blocks at Christopher Newport on Feb. 24, 2021
• Limited to just three games as a freshman and 13 as a junior but earned All-Atlantic East honors in each of his two healthy seasons and averaged double-digit points each season
• Led the team with 14.4 points, 3.8 assists and 2.3 steals per game and ranked second on the team with 5.4 rebounds per game
• Shot 54.2% from the field as a senior in 2023-24
• Helped Marymount to back-to-back Atlantic East Championships and NCAA Tournament berths as a junior and senior
• Led the team with 19 points, eight rebounds, four assists, three blocks and two steals in the 2024 Atlantic East Championship game
• Scored a team-high 13 points and totaled a team-high seven rebounds in the 2023 Atlantic East Championship game

High School

• Lettered in basketball for Our Lady of Good Council under coach George Kissal

About the Marauder

• Why Millersville: I loved the campus, the team, and the coaching staff showed a lot of love. 
• Off-the-court hobbies: Playing video games, listening to music and finding new food spots
• Favorite pro athletes: Steph Curry and Lamar Jackson
• Favorite series to binge watch: Rick and Morty
• Pregame ritual: A lot of water, stretching, meditating, and my gameday specific playlist. 

Personal

• Son of Michael and Nytika Cooper
• Has two sisters: Michya and Morgan
• Pursuing a master's degree in technology and innovation