Kara Cooper Earns ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 4 Second-Team

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Oct. 30, 2009

Kara Cooper Earns ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District 4 Second-Team

Youngstown -- Youngstown State sophomore Kara Copper was named to the ESPN the Magazine/College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District IV Second-Team in a vote by the association's sports information directors.

Cooper carries a 4.0 cumulative grade-point average in exercise science and is the first YSU soccer player to receive academic all-district laurels.

Sophomore Kara Cooper is the first YSU soccer player to receive academic all-district honors from CoSIDA.

Cooper, who is a native of Youngstown, Ohio, ranked second in the Horizon League with eight goals and 0.47 goals per game. She also ranked third with 1.06 points per game and fourth with 18 total points.

Cooper, who ranked 100th nationally in goals per game, tallied two game-winning overtime goals against IPFW on Aug. 30 and against Robert Morris on Sept. 20. Against the Mastodons, Cooper’s game-winner hit the net with just one second on the clock to give the Penguins a 2-1 victory.

Her eight goals in 2009 ranked tied for third on the YSU single-season chart. She is tied with teammate Lauren Brennan, who scored eight in 2008, and Jen Argiro, who recorded eight goals in 1997.

Cooper's total of 18 points scored ranks tied for fourth on the single-season list with Jen Argiro, who scored 18 in 1997.

She was also named the Horizon League Player of the Week on Aug. 24. During that week, Cooper led the Penguins to a 1-1 mark and scored two goals with an assist in a 4-2 win over Howard.