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Jersey Number 4
Te'a Cooper
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- McEachern High School
- Prev School:
- South Carolina
- Hometown:
- Powder Springs, Ga.
• 2019-20 HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICAN (USBWA, AP, WBCA)
• 2019-20 ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM (COACHES)
• 2019-20 BIG 12 NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR (COACHES (CO), WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD)
• 2019-20 WBCA NANCY LIEBERMAN FINAL FIVE
• 2019-20 DAWN STALEY AWARD LATE SEASON WATCH LIST
• 2019-20 WADE TROPHY MIDSEASON TEAM
• BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK (NOV. 18)
• 2019-20 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN FIRST TEAM (STREET & SMITH)
• 2018-19 ALL-SEC SECOND TEAM
• 2015-16 ALL-SEC FRESHMAN TEAM
2019-20 [GRADUATE TRANSFER – BAYLOR]
Earned three postseason All-America honors with honorable mention nods from the Associated Press, USBWA and WBCA … Named Big 12 co-Newcomer of the Year and Newcomer of the Year by the league’s coaches and Waco Tribune-Herald, respectively … Named First-Team All-Big 12 by the league’s coaches … Earned a spot as one of five finalists for the Naismith/WBCA Nancy Lieberman Award for nation’s top point guard … Named to the Dawn Staley Award Late Season Watch List … Selected to the 2019-20 Wade Trophy Midseason Team … Led Baylor in total points (408) and was second on the team in scoring average (13.6) … Shot a career-best .415 from beyond the 3-point arc and led Baylor with a career-best 56 3-point field goals made … Posted a career high with 137 assists, averaging 4.6 per contest, and she carried a career-best assists-to-turnover ratio of 1.9:1 … Collected a career-high 56 steals, averaging 1.9 per game … Scored 23 points and dished 10 assists Nov. 14 vs. Houston Baptist to earn Big 12 Player of the Week honors, Nov. 18 … Collected three games with double-digit assists, including a career-high 11 to go with 16 points Feb. 22 in a home win over Oklahoma … Scored a career-high 32 points in the Big 12 opener at Oklahoma Jan. 4 … Scored 27 points and added six rebounds and five assists to help Baylor beat No. 1 UConn on the road Jan. 9 … Had seven games with three steals or more, including season highs of five vs. Morehead State, Dec. 30 and at home vs. Oklahoma Feb. 22 … Ranked third in the Big 12 in assists per game (4.6), fifth in assists-to-turnover ratio (1.9:1), sixth in steals per game (1.9), 8th in the 3-point field goals per game (1.9) and 16th in the Big 12 in scoring average (13.6).
2018-19 [REDSHIRT JUNIOR – SOUTH CAROLINA]
Led South Carolina in a balanced scoring effort with 11.9 points per contest leading the Gamecocks to a Sweet 16 appearance and a loss to eventual national champion Baylor (March 30) … Scored in double figures 17 times out of 30 appearances … Notched a season-high 31 points vs. Drake (Nov. 24) … Collected a season-high seven rebounds vs. Texas A&M (Jan. 3) … Dished a season-high six assists vs. Mississippi State (Jan. 17) … Scored 15.1 points per contest vs. the Top 25 in 12 games … Earned Second-Team All-SEC honors.
2017-18 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE – SOUTH CAROLINA)
Arrived at South Carolina from Tennessee but had to sit a year due to the SEC’s transfer rules.
2016-17 (MEDICAL REDSHIRT - TENNESSEE)
Sat out her second season with a left-knee injury.
2015-16 (FRESHMAN - TENNESSEE)
Started in 15 contests as a freshman in 36 games … Fourth on the team in scoring at 8.6 points per contest … Earned All-SEC Freshman Team honors … Scored in double figures 15 times … Scored 16 points in the NCAA Sweet 16 vs No. 9 Ohio State March 25 … Had a season-high 23 points vs. East Tennessee State Dec. 2 … Began college career with a bang, scoring 22 points in her college debut vs. Central Arkansas Nov. 15, just the sixth Lady Vol to score 20+ points in their college debut.
HIGH SCHOOL
Five-Time All-American (McDonald’s, WBCA, USA Today, Parade, Max Preps) … Named co-MVP of the 2015 McDonald’s All-America game … Finalist for the 2015 Naismith Award honoring the nation’s top high school player … Named Miss Basketball in Georgia in each of her last two seasons and won multiple player of the year awards … Two-Time 6A First-Team All-State in each of her last two seasons … Helped McEachern High School to three state titles in her freshman, junior and senior seasons … Averaged 27.3 points, 7.3 assists and 3.5 steals per game her senior season.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Kindall and Omar Cooper … has three siblings, Mia, Sharife and Omar … Pursuing a master’s of divinity at the Truett Seminary.
• 2019-20 ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM (COACHES)
• 2019-20 BIG 12 NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR (COACHES (CO), WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD)
• 2019-20 WBCA NANCY LIEBERMAN FINAL FIVE
• 2019-20 DAWN STALEY AWARD LATE SEASON WATCH LIST
• 2019-20 WADE TROPHY MIDSEASON TEAM
• BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK (NOV. 18)
• 2019-20 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN FIRST TEAM (STREET & SMITH)
• 2018-19 ALL-SEC SECOND TEAM
• 2015-16 ALL-SEC FRESHMAN TEAM
2019-20 [GRADUATE TRANSFER – BAYLOR]
Earned three postseason All-America honors with honorable mention nods from the Associated Press, USBWA and WBCA … Named Big 12 co-Newcomer of the Year and Newcomer of the Year by the league’s coaches and Waco Tribune-Herald, respectively … Named First-Team All-Big 12 by the league’s coaches … Earned a spot as one of five finalists for the Naismith/WBCA Nancy Lieberman Award for nation’s top point guard … Named to the Dawn Staley Award Late Season Watch List … Selected to the 2019-20 Wade Trophy Midseason Team … Led Baylor in total points (408) and was second on the team in scoring average (13.6) … Shot a career-best .415 from beyond the 3-point arc and led Baylor with a career-best 56 3-point field goals made … Posted a career high with 137 assists, averaging 4.6 per contest, and she carried a career-best assists-to-turnover ratio of 1.9:1 … Collected a career-high 56 steals, averaging 1.9 per game … Scored 23 points and dished 10 assists Nov. 14 vs. Houston Baptist to earn Big 12 Player of the Week honors, Nov. 18 … Collected three games with double-digit assists, including a career-high 11 to go with 16 points Feb. 22 in a home win over Oklahoma … Scored a career-high 32 points in the Big 12 opener at Oklahoma Jan. 4 … Scored 27 points and added six rebounds and five assists to help Baylor beat No. 1 UConn on the road Jan. 9 … Had seven games with three steals or more, including season highs of five vs. Morehead State, Dec. 30 and at home vs. Oklahoma Feb. 22 … Ranked third in the Big 12 in assists per game (4.6), fifth in assists-to-turnover ratio (1.9:1), sixth in steals per game (1.9), 8th in the 3-point field goals per game (1.9) and 16th in the Big 12 in scoring average (13.6).
2018-19 [REDSHIRT JUNIOR – SOUTH CAROLINA]
Led South Carolina in a balanced scoring effort with 11.9 points per contest leading the Gamecocks to a Sweet 16 appearance and a loss to eventual national champion Baylor (March 30) … Scored in double figures 17 times out of 30 appearances … Notched a season-high 31 points vs. Drake (Nov. 24) … Collected a season-high seven rebounds vs. Texas A&M (Jan. 3) … Dished a season-high six assists vs. Mississippi State (Jan. 17) … Scored 15.1 points per contest vs. the Top 25 in 12 games … Earned Second-Team All-SEC honors.
2017-18 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE – SOUTH CAROLINA)
Arrived at South Carolina from Tennessee but had to sit a year due to the SEC’s transfer rules.
2016-17 (MEDICAL REDSHIRT - TENNESSEE)
Sat out her second season with a left-knee injury.
2015-16 (FRESHMAN - TENNESSEE)
Started in 15 contests as a freshman in 36 games … Fourth on the team in scoring at 8.6 points per contest … Earned All-SEC Freshman Team honors … Scored in double figures 15 times … Scored 16 points in the NCAA Sweet 16 vs No. 9 Ohio State March 25 … Had a season-high 23 points vs. East Tennessee State Dec. 2 … Began college career with a bang, scoring 22 points in her college debut vs. Central Arkansas Nov. 15, just the sixth Lady Vol to score 20+ points in their college debut.
HIGH SCHOOL
Five-Time All-American (McDonald’s, WBCA, USA Today, Parade, Max Preps) … Named co-MVP of the 2015 McDonald’s All-America game … Finalist for the 2015 Naismith Award honoring the nation’s top high school player … Named Miss Basketball in Georgia in each of her last two seasons and won multiple player of the year awards … Two-Time 6A First-Team All-State in each of her last two seasons … Helped McEachern High School to three state titles in her freshman, junior and senior seasons … Averaged 27.3 points, 7.3 assists and 3.5 steals per game her senior season.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Kindall and Omar Cooper … has three siblings, Mia, Sharife and Omar … Pursuing a master’s of divinity at the Truett Seminary.
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