Bridget Cooper Earns NFHCA West Regional All-America Honors
11/17/2000 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Nov. 17, 2000
East Lansing, Mich. - Junior forward Bridget Cooper (Winnetka, Ill.) has been named to the NFHCA (National Field Hockey Coaches Association) West Regional All-America first team. Cooper earned second-team honors in 1998.
Cooper, who was also a second-team All-Big Ten selection, played in all 20 games and led the team with 31 points and 12 goals. Her 31 points were 10th best in a single season at MSU and her 12 goals were 11th best. Her seven assists were also a career high. In Big Ten play, Cooper finished fourth in the league in scoring with 11 points. On Oct. 29 against conference foe Indiana, Cooper recorded her second career hat trick, scoring three goals and one assist for a career-high seven points.
This is the sixth consecutive year that at least one Spartan has earned first-team West Regional All-America honors.
DIVISION I REGIONAL ALL-AMERICANS
WEST REGION-1ST TEAMEls Brouwer Kent StateMeagan Class Kent StateBridget Cooper Michigan StateNatalie Dawson IowaCatherine Foreman MichiganApril Fronzoni MichiganKelly Gannon MichiganKristi Gannon MichiganKatie Hobson Ohio StateAli Johnstone OhioCourtney Reid MichiganPip Sanders LouisvilleMariana Solorzano Ohio StateArlette van Cleef Kent StateMarjie van Nouhuys Ohio StateJessica Yates Northwestern
