Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A SENIOR IN 2016-17
Averaged career-best and team-high 34.3 minutes per game, starting all 32 games … played 40 minutes or more in five contests …  third on the team in scoring with 12.7 points while pulling down 3.2 rebounds per game … recorded double figure points in 21 games … set a career high in points with 26 and a career-high in assists with eight against Wright State on Dec. 19 … played a pivotal role in securing a spot in the OVC tournament in a home win against Tennessee Tech (Feb. 25), scoring 26 points on eight made three’s, tied for third best in school history … continued to prove herself on being a reliable option from three, connecting on 36 percent behind the arc, averaging 2.4 makes per game, best on the team … knocked down at least one three-point shot in 28 games … hit four or more three’s in seven games … pulled down a career-high nine rebounds against Tennessee-Martin on Feb. 4 … led the team in steals with 1.6 per game … blocked a career-high three shots in a win against Tennessee State on Jan. 14 … fourth on the team in free throw percentage with 63 percent … third on the team in rebounding at 3.2 per game ... earned the Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor, which is given annually to the student-athletes that achieve the highest grade point average in a conference-sponsored sport … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
 
AS A JUNIOR IN 2015-16
Averaged 29 minutes per contest and logged 23 starts for the Colonels … provided a long ball threat and developed into one of the OVC’s best three-point shooters … connected on 35 percent from behind-the-arc … logged 40 minutes and a career-high 19 points, going 3-for-3 from deep in win at EIU (Jan. 14) … shot 42 percent from the floor … averaged 1. 2 steals-per-game … played an integral role in win at Morehead State (Jan. 30), finishing with 16 points on 4-for-7 from three-point range … recorded at least one three-pointer in 17 contests with two or more in seven games … tallied a career-high six steals in win over Cincinnati Christian (Dec. 3).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2014-15
Bounced back from a medical redshirt season by playing in 25 games and starting nine of them … averaged 2.9 points per game and 1.4 rebounds per game … despite playing at the guard position, finished second on the team with 12 blocks … had her best game of the season in a win at OVC foe Southeast Missouri on Jan. 10, playing a career-high 30 minutes, scoring 12 points and knocking down three 3-pointers … played a key role in a conference game at Tennessee State on Feb. 14, scoring eight points and matching a then career-best with five rebounds … scored eight points and dished out three assists in the Colonels’ win over Western Carolina in the UNCW Thanksgiving Classic on Nov. 28.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2013-14
Received a medical redshirt.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012-13
Played in 17 games as a rookie, averaging 2.3 points per game and 0.8 rebounds per game … proved to be a key offensive spark off the bench during the non-conference season … knocked down a three-pointer and finished with five points in her first-ever appearance against UNC Asheville on Nov. 17 … scored two points and tied a season-high with three rebounds versus national runner-up Louisville on Nov. 28 … scored a season-high eight points twice during the season, first against Presbyterian College at home on Nov. 30 and then on the road at Ohio on Dec. 6 … scored six points, grabbed three rebounds and dished out an assist at Cincinnati on Dec. 9.

HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked as the 63rd best high school prospect in the southeast by Carolina’s Scouting Report following a senior season in which she averaged 12.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.5 steals per game and led Rocky Mount High School to a 26-3 record … selected first team All-Big East Conference, first team all-area and All-Big East Conference Tournament following her senior campaign … selected to play in the North Carolina/South Carolina All-Star Game and the North Carolina East-West All-Star Game … missed her junior season due to injury, but was also chosen as the Big East Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore.

PERSONAL
Full name is Alexus Simone Cooper … daughter of William and Linda Cooper … has one brother – Thomas – and two sisters – Qu’Taya and Sha’Nequa … majoring in criminal justice.