Kat Cooper

Photo by: Alina Lebedeva

Position:
Middle Blocker
Class:
Senior
Height:
6-1
Hometown:
Springdale, Ark.
High School:
Har-Ber HS
Prev School:
San Diego State

CAREER NOTES: A one-year letterwinner Tulsa after spending three years at San Diego State, where she recorded a total of 284 kills (1.34 k/s) and 129 blocks (0.61 b/s) in 212 sets spanning 67 matches played ... had overall career averages of 2.15 points (700.5), 1.73 kills (563) and 0.69 blocks (226) ... recorded 17 double-figure kill matches in her career and 13 for TU.

1x American Conference Weekly Honorable Mention
1x CSC Academic All-District
1x Mountain West Scholar-Athlete
2x Mountain West All-Academic Team

2025: Averaged 3.00 points (342), 2.45 kills (279) and 0.85 blocks (97) in 114 sets across all 32 matches played at Tulsa.

Led TU in blocking 13 times and kills five times.
Had 13 double-figure kill matches this season.
Earned 13 kills against Wyoming and 10 against Cleveland State ... finished opening weekend with 11 blocks at Wyoming’s Rumble in the Rockies.
Registered 14 blocks and 25 kills at Arkansas’ Wooo Pig Invitational to go 3-0 against Cal Poly, (RV) Oklahoma and Arkansas.
At the Texas State Invite, earned 10 kills at Texas State, hitting for .353, while landing five blocks against UIW.
During the Tulsa Volleyball Invitational, recorded 12 kills against Little Rock ... hit for over .400 in both sweeps over Oral Roberts and Little Rock ... had five blocks against New Mexico State.
Earned 10 kills and three blocks at UTSA.
Produced 14 kills and two blocks at Wichita State.
Led the Golden Hurricane with 12 kills in the home sweep over UAB.
Recorded 16 kills at Memphis to go with five blocks against the Tigers and five blocks against UAB two days later.
Enjoyed six blocks against North Texas and added four more against UTSA.
Led Tulsa with 10 kills at Florida Atlantic, hitting for .421 in the process.
Hit nearly perfectly against Charlotte with 11 kills without an error on 14 swings (.786).
Had a team-high kills to go with four blocks against Tulane in the regular-season finale.
Averaged 2.83 points, 2.33 kills and 0.75 blocks in TU’s run through the American Championship, peaking with 11 kills in the title match against Rice and four blocks against USF in the semifinal.
Was errorless against Miami in the NCAA Championship first round, earning nine kills on 22 swings.

2024: Played in 27 matches in her final season at San Diego State.

Averaged 2.03 points (193), 1.63 kills (155) and 1.36 blocks (72), all career-high season marks.
Hit for .346 on the season.
Enjoyed four double-figure kill matches, peaking with 12 against Fresno State.
In the rematch with Fresno State, reached a .700 hitting mark with a 7-0-10 stat line.
Had three or more blocks in a match 16 times.
Had a season-best six blocks against Fresno State

2023: Saw action in 14 matches, starting in nine in her second year at San Diego State.

Was slowed by injury in her sophomore year campaign.
Recorded 48 kills (1.30/set), 22 blocks (0.59/set) and 10 digs (0.27/set).
Put away five blocks against Cal State Fullerton.
Hit .714 in two different matches on identical 5-0-7 clips against Denver and UNLV.

2022: Appeared in 26 matches, starting 10, for her freshman year at San Diego State.

Posted 81 kills (1.01/set), 35 blocks (0.44/set) and 25 digs (0.31/set).
Posted five blocks in consecutive matches against Army and UC San Diego.
Recorded season highs of seven kills and a .600 hitting percentage (7-1-10) against UC San Diego.

HIGH SCHOOL

Graduated from Har-Ber High School.
Earned All-Conference honors all four year of high school.
Was selected to the All-State Tournament Team her sophomore, junior and senior seasons.
Was an All-State selection her sophomore, junior and senior seasons as well.

PERSONAL

Daughter of Sara and Drew Cooper.
Has one younger brother, Ben.
Her favorite professional athletes are Steph Curry and Jordan Larson.
The person she admires most is her grandpa for his dedication to serving others.
Her hobbies include trying coffee shops, shopping, and trying Pinterest recipes.
An applied mathematics major.