Arizona State (2012-2013): Took third overall in the heavyweight division at the Pac-12 Championships...Advanced to the NCAA's where he finished with a score of 4-3, coming shy of another All-American performance...Led the team in dual wins (15-4) and points (24-13)...With 28 bonus-point victories in his career, Cooper currently ranks 18th in the category in ASU history... Also ranked 18th in the nation...
Arizona State (2011-2012): Finished second at the Pac-12 championship after losing by decision to Oregon State's Clayton Jack... Advanced to NCAA Championship where he went 2-2 and fell one match shy of an All-American Honor... Had a season's best and team record of 13-straight wins from November 5 to December 2... Led the team in points scored with a total of 92, with 42 of those coming off of falls- in which he also led the team with seven... Upset the reigning NCAA Champion Zach Rey of Lehigh by decision in the Northeast Duals... Was the only Sun Devil consistently ranked throughout the season... Spent several weeks ranked in the top-ten in the country.
Arizona State (2010-2011):Looked to be comfortable in his new environment, garnering All-America honors as a redshirt sophomore at 285 pounds with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Championships... Posted a 27-12 record on the season with several upset victories over competitors ranked in the top-15... Posted a 12-5 record in dual meets... Scored five wins by fall and four by major decision... Finished third at the Pac-10 meet at 285 pounds to automatically advance to the NCAA Championships... Won the Reno Tournament of Champions and posted a 4-0 record at the Lonestar Duals... Had top-15 upsets on the year against No. 10 Tucker Lane (Nebraska) and No. 15 Clayton Jack (Oregon State) during the regular season and the No. 4-seeded Dominic Russo (Rutgers) in the Round of 32 at the NCAA Championships, all despite not being ranked himself...
CS Bakersfield - 2009-10:Attended Cal State University-Bakersfield (Bakersfield, Calif.) for one year and was a member of the wrestling program for one year before transferring to ASU... posted a 6-4 record as a redshirting competitor for the Roadrunners... won two of his matches by fall.
Portland State - 2008-09:Attended Portland State University (Portland, Ore.) for one year and competed for the wrestling program as a true freshman (2008-09 season)... left PSU following his rookie campaign after the program was discontinued... posted an 11-15 overall record... finished seventh at the Pac-10 Championships.
High School: A graduate of North Marion High School (Aurora, Ore.)... lettered four times in wrestling and track and field and three times in football... twice as the team captain for wrestling and football... posted a career record of 117-32... three-time conference champion... two-time Oregon state runner-up (junior and senior years)... also was sixth as a sophomore... twice selected all-conference in football (2007, 2008) and earned an invitational to the Shrine All-Star Game... placed fourth in the state in the discus as a senior... member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Majoring in accounting... parents are Richard and Laurie Cooper... has one brother: Grant... born July 24, 1990, in Clackamas, Ore.... hobbies include hunting, fishing, dirt bikes and hiking... full name is Levi Rolla Copper.
CAREER STATISTICS FOR COOPER
|
Season |
Overall |
Dual |
Falls |
Techs |
Majors |
|
2008-09 ^ |
11-15 |
3-8 |
5-6 |
0-0 |
2-3 |
|
2010-11 |
27-12 |
12-5 |
5-2 |
0-0 |
4-1 |
|
2011-12 |
26-12 |
11-4 |
6-3 |
0-0 |
3-0 |
|
2012-13 |
24-13 |
15-4 |
3-3 |
1-1 |
1-0 |
|
CAREER |
88-52 |
41-21 |
19-14 |
1-1 |
10-4 |
· redshirted 2009-10 season at CS Bakersfield; ^ competed for Portland State