Wills Cooper

Position:
Freestyle
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Chestertown, Md.
High School:
St. Andrews College

2011-12: Record the Wildcats’ second-best time of the season in the 50-yard free with a 21.02 at the CCSA Championships (2/16)… Also recorded a season-best 46.31 in the 100-yard freestyle and 1:42.60 in the 200-yard free at the meet… Swam a season-best in the 100-yard fly vs. Gardner-Webb (1/21), clocking in at 54.66… Finished third in the 50-yard freestyle with a 22.14 in the season-opener vs. Clemson (10/1)… A member of Davidson’s winning 200-yard medley relay team vs. Gardner-Webb (1/21)… Picked up an individual win in the 50-free with a 21.74 and was the runner-up in the 100-free, touching the wall in 48.37 against the Runnin’ Bulldogs… Placed third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:45.20) and second in the 100-yard free (47.61) vs. Howard at the CCSA Duals (2/1)… Swam a leg on both of Davidson’s first-place relay teams, the 200-yard medley relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay, and was also a member of the 200-yard freestyle relay that claimed the runner-up spot at the CCSA Championship meet (2/16) to help the men’s team to a second-place finish overall… Swam to a fourth place finish in both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events and took seventh in the 200-yard free at the meet.

Wildcat Career: School record-holder as a member of the 400 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays ... Wildcat Top-10 performer in the 50 free (:20.76/4th), the 100 free (:45.83/6th) and the 200 free (1:42.96/8th) ... 2011 CCSA champion as a member of the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle relays ... 2011 CCSA championship finalist (50 free/3rd; 200 free/6th; 100 free/3rd) ... 2010 CCSA champion as a member of the 200 and 400 freestyle relays ... 2010 CCSA championship finalist (50 free/5th; 100 free/4th) ... 2010 CCSA consolation finalist (200 free/9th) ... conference championship relay team member (2010, 2011) ... individual event winner against College of Charleston (2010-11), VMI (2009-10, 2010-11) and William & Mary (2010-11) ... relay event winner against College of Charleston (2009-10, 2010-11) and William & Mary (2010-11).

Prep/Personal: Named Second-Team All-Conference DISC (Delaware Independent School Conference) in 2006-07 ... First-Team All-Conference DISC in 2007-08 and 2008-09 ... Second-Team All-State Delaware in 2008-09 ... NISCA All-America in the 200 Free Relay in 2008-09 ... team captain and team MVP in 2009-09 ... graduated as the school record-holder in the 500 freestyle (5:01.15) and as a member of the 200 medley relay (1:39.27), 200 freestyle relay (1:26.80) and the 400 freestyle relay (3:17.40) ... also four-year varsity letterwinner in soccer and a member of the JV crew team for two years and the JV tennis team for a year ... National Merit Scholar (Honorable Mention) ... AP Scholar ... Voorhees Classical Scholar Award.