PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Signed with USL W League club, Minnesota Aurora FC for the 2025 summer season.
COLLEGE CAREER
Started 71 of 73 career games played and graduated from WSU as one of the most decorated ‘keepers in program history…made 217 career saves with a 73.3 save percentage…tallied 34 career wins with 21 career shutouts…played nearly 6,500 minutes between the sticks at Lower Soccer Field, averaging 1.1 GAA…earned a career assist during her freshman season, delivering the full-field punt to future NWSL draftee Elyse Bennett for the game-winning goal at Colorado (Oct. 3).
U.S. NATIONAL TEAM CAREER
- Called up to U-20 National Team camp prior to 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championships
- Competed for the USYNT at the U-17 level
- Named to the U17 National Team training camp in early 2020 when the team was training for the 2020 CONCACAF U17 Championship
- Started against England on Feb. 20, 2020, earning a shutout in her last national team game before the pandemic
WASHINGTON STATE CAREER
Senior (2024) – Named to All-WCC Second Team…played and started all 19 matches for WSU, only missing the final 45 minutes of the season due to injury…made 60 saves and posted seven shutouts with a 75% save percentage…averaged 1.08 goals against, only giving up multiple goals on four occasions…four times made a season-high six saves…named WCC Defensive Player of the Week on two occasions
Junior (2023) – Started all but one of the Cougars’ 19 matches with 47 saves and a 64.4 save percentage…earned eight wins with two shutouts in 1,620 minutes played…faced a season-high 19 shots at No. 5 UCLA and tallied five saves in an early-season win at Texas A&M.
Sophomore (2022) – Started in goal all 19 matches for the Cougs, securing 53 total saves with a 1.22 goals against average…registered 1,695 minutes in the season, sitting just 14 minutes in a 6-0 victory over Northern Colorado…earned eight wins with five cleansheets…faced a season-high 26 shots at No. 1 UCLA, tallying a season-high eight saves.
Freshman (2021) - In her first year at WSU it was a historic run of success for the young netminder as she became the first player in program history to earn not only the top freshman award but also the top goalkeeper award... joined Coug legends Micaela Castain (2013) and Kim Lynass (1990) as the only WSU players to earn top honors in conference play with both Castain and Lynass taking home Player of the Year in their respective seasons...finished the year 10-1-3 between the posts while tallying seven solo shutouts despite not taking over the starting job until Sept. 12...set the Cougs' all-time record for consecutive shutout minutes with 523:56 minutes to begin her career, snapping all-time great Gurveen Clair's record set in 2013...became the first true freshman in program history to record shutouts in her first two career starts...in 15 appearances, allowed just 10 goals, finishing the season with a 0.617 goals against average, the third best average in program history for a Coug...earned two Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week awards for her play.
COLLEGE HONORS AND AWARDS
- 2024 All-WCC Second Team
- 2021 Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year
- 2021 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
- 2021 All-Pac-12 First Team
- 2021 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
- 2021 TopDrawerSoccer Postseason Top 100 Freshmen, No. 11
- Two (2) WCC Defensive Player of the Week honors
- Two (2) Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week honors
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB CAREER
Played for Shattuck-St. Mary's Academy where she was named the Girls Best XI Goalkeeper in the Central region in 2019 for the U.S. Soccer Development Academy ... as a sophomore, she spent time playing between the U17 and U19 teams earning 17 starts on the soccer field.
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PERSONAL
Nadia Michelle Cooper ... born in Fort Bragg, N.C. … daughter of Myron and the late Caroline Cooper…has five siblings, Naomi, Natalie, Nalani, Nacole, and Nayela ... sister Naomi played soccer at Southern University of Baton Rouge.
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