Kentucky Wesleyan College Athletics

Career Record Book: Seventh in blocks with 83.

2013-14: Second team All-Midwest Athletic Conference selection...leading shot blocker with 22…second in rebounding with 6.4 average…fifth in scoring with 9.5 points…also second in field goal shooting at 57.6 percent…tops in minutes played with 28.7 per game…shot 75.0 percent from the free throw line…had nine assists with nine….collected 15 steals…started 28 of 31 games played…scored a season-high 22 points, eight free throws and four assists against visiting Cedarville on February 13…grabbed a season-best 11 versus visiting Southern Indiana on November 19…had three blocks at Trevecca on February 8…played 40 minutes against visiting Illinois-Springfield on December 3… registered two double-doubles (pts-reb)…scored over 20 points once…snagged 10 or more rebounds three times…leading scorer twice…tops in rebounding 15 games…tops in blocks in 11 outings…led once in steals.../named to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

2012-13: All-Great Lakes Valley Conference Defensive Team selection...leader in blocks with 25…scored 8.4 points…second in rebounding 5.5…started 26 of 28 games…shot a second-best 57.7 percent from the field…averaged 19.5 minutes…recorded 67.4 percent from the free throw line…had seven assists and nine steals…blocked a season-high four shots against Salem International on Dec. 29…tops in blocks 12 contests…scored 20 points versus Union (Tenn.) on Dec. 17…tallied three double-double (pts-reb) games…reached double-figures in scoring 12 times…produced three 10-plus rebound contests including 12 against Lewis on Feb. 9…leader in scoring three contests and rebounding eight outings.

2011-12: Leading shot blockers with 36 and field goal shooter at 63.8 percent…second leading rebounder at 5.7 boards per game…averaged 7.2 points and 19.2 minutes…started16 of 31 games played…shot 66.7 percent from the free throw line…had six steals…scored a season-high 25 points including eight consecutive field goals against Clark Atlanta on Nov. 25…grabbed 14 rebounds including seven offensive versus Lindsey Wilson on Dec. 30…recorded a team-best six blocks at Northern Kentucky on Jan. 26…played 35 minutes at Wisconsin-Parkside on Dec. 11…scored in double-figures nine times…had one 20+ point and one 10+ rebound game…leader in rebounding nine contests…tops in blocks 17 games.

University of Minnesota: Spent two seasons with the Gophers…played for former University of Kentucky head coach Tubby Smith. 2010: Sat out season as a redshirt. 2011: Saw limited action as a freshman…played in 10 games.

High School: 2009 Third team all-state selection at Southwest…averaged 23.1 points, 15.4 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game as a senior… earned first team All-Minneapolis recognition…finished second in the voting for the All-Minneapolis Most Valuable Player Award…chosen Southwest’s Player of the Year, Most Valuable Player and Male Athlete of the Year…capture the Lakers’ Defensive and Captain’s Awards…set the single game school records for points with 32 and rebounds with 25…scored in double figures 20 of 21 starts his final season…averaged 12.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in starting all 21 contests as a junior…received honorable mention all-conference recognition in 2008…also won the team’s Most Improved Player and Defensive Awards…finished sixth in career points with 725 and ninth in career rebounds with 600…started playing organized basketball as a sophomore…averaged six points and three rebounds in starting 10 of all 21 games played…three-year letterwinner…two-year starter…coached by then head coach and current KWC assistant George Hemmingsen…played football at wide receiver as a sophomore, junior and senior years…member of wrestling squad as a freshman.

Personal: Born June 7, 1991 in Chester, Pa…son of Kesha Cooper…has three brothers, Corey, James and Keton, and one sister Tyesha…exercise science major