Career Accolades

  • IRA team champions (2019)

As a Senior (2021-22)

  • Did not race.

As a Sophomore (2019-20)

  • Eighth in the 4+ boat at the openweight Head of the American 

As a Freshman (2018-19)  • IRA Champions

  • Member of Novice Four at WIRA Championships

Personal

  • Parents are Thomas and Lynn Cooper
  • Has a younger sister, Caroline
  • Born in Savannah, Ga., and attended much of high school at W.T. Woodson High in Fairfax, Va.
  • Was a Paralympic All-American in swimming, representing Team USA at the Pan Am Games
  • Competed in the U.S. paralympic trials for track and field
  • A below-the-knee amputee from birth
  • Transitioned from playing recreational soccer against able-bodied kids to competing at the highest level in Paralympic sports
  • Military Child of the Year, representing the U.S. Coast Guard, for her leadership, volunteerism, and extracurricular involvement while facing the challenges of military family life 
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2018-19
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2021-22