Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN 2025-26 AT EKU
Saw action in 24 games and started 14 times … averaged 8.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 steals per game … shot 66% from the field … made 12-of-41 from 3-point range … ranked sixth in the Atlantic Sun Conference in rebounds per game … posted three double-doubles in the final six games of the season – finishing with 16 points and 10 rebounds at North Alabama (Feb. 15), 17 points and 15 rebounds against Lipscomb (Feb. 28), and 16 points and 10 rebounds against Stetson (March 4) in the ASUN Tournament … his 15 rebounds against Lipscomb (Feb. 28) were a career-high … had a season-best 21 points against Midway (Nov. 6) … averaged 12 points and 8.3 rebounds over the final eight games of the season while shooting 58% from the field.

AS A SENIOR IN 2024-25 AT CAL STATE FULLERTON
Redshirt season … did not play in any games.
 
AS A JUNIOR IN 2023-24 AT CAL STATE FULLERTON
Played in 20 games, including four starts … averaged 3.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per contest … scored a season-high 12 points twice, including versus UC Riverside (Feb. 15) … pulled down a season-high nine boards against CSUN (Feb. 24).
 
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022-23 AT PALM BEACH ATLANTIC
Earned Second Team All-Sunshine State Conference honors and chosen as the SSC Defensive Player of the Year … led the team in scoring (17.4 ppg), rebounding (8.7 rpg), blocks (1.4 bpg) and steals (1.3 spg) while shooting 52% from the field … also made 43% of his 3-point field goals (21-of-49) and connected on 74% at the free throw line … third in the conference in blocks, fourth in rebounding, 10th in field goal percentage, 14th in steals and 14th in scoring … was picked as the SSC Defensive Player of the Week twice and the SSC Player of the Week once … scored 10 or more points in 25 of his 27 games and concluded the season by scoring 20 or more in each of the final five games … scored a season-best 33 points with 10 rebounds against Rollins (Feb. 25) … had 28 points and 12 rebounds in the SSC Tournament game against Florida Tech (Feb. 28) … pulled down a season-high 14 rebounds and scored 26 points in a win over Florida Southern (Jan. 25) … tied Palm Beach Atlantic’s single-game record for blocks with six against Tampa (Dec. 29) … also broke PBA’s Division II-era record for rebounds in a season with 234.
 
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021-22 AT PALM BEACH ATLANTIC
Contributed 8.0 points and 4.5 rebounds while shooting 47% from the field in 26 games … in the fall of 2021 he earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s List for maintaining a 3.2-3.49 grade-point-average.
 
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2020-21 AT PALM BEACH ATLANTIC
Averaged 9.0 points and 3.7 rebounds during a season shortened to just seven games due to COVID-19.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned Second Team All-Florida and conference player of the year honors as a senior at Anclote High School in Holiday, Florida … averaged 23 points, 10 rebounds and three assists that season … set school records for 3-pointers in a game (9), 3-pointers in a season (70) and most points in a game (41) … also ran track for two years … averaged 14 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals as a junior.
 
PERSONAL
Son of Michael Cooper … has three brothers – Marquez, Martez and Marcus, and one sister – Mikiyah … his father Michael played professional basketball in Switzerland … his brother Marquez played at the University of New Orleans… seeking a master’s in business administration.