Joe Cooper

Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications

Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications

Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications

Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications

Photo by: BGSU Photography

Position:
Left-handed
Height:
6-0
Weight:
175
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Wayland, Mass.
High School:
Wayland

Career Scores & Highlights

AS A FALCON
Recorded 11 top-25 place finishes for his career … Posted a career stroke average of 76.16 over 103 rounds of play … Carded a career low round 68 … Finished second at the 2012 Ball State Invitational with a career-low 54-hole tournament score of 212 … Also took runner-up individual honors at the 2013 Mount St. Mary’s Spring Invitational with a combined three-round score of 216 … Placed 11th at the inaugural Greenbrier Collegiate Invitational in 2014 … Finished in a tie for 12th-place at the 2015 Greenbrier Collegiate Invitational … Turned in a 13th-place finish at the 2011 John Piper Intercollegiate, only his second-ever intercollegiate event … Concluded his career with a 13th-place finish at the 2015 MAC Men’s Golf Championships … Was named 2013 MAC All-Academic Honorable Mention.

2014-15
Posted a stroke average of 74.88 overall on the season, which ranked in the top-20 in the MAC on the year … Played in 11 events for BGSU, totaling 32 rounds overall … Carded a career-low round 68 in his final round as a Falcon at the 2015 MAC Championships … Totaled four sub-par rounds on the year … Finished in a tie for 12th-place overall at the Greenbrier Collegiate Invitational with rounds of 72 and 71 … Recorded a 13th-place finish at the 2015 MAC Championships with scores of 74, 77, 73 and 68 for a 72-hole score of 292, +4 … Placed in a tie for 16th-place at the Rutherford Intercollegiate with a 54-hole score of 222, +9 (70-76-73) … Carded rounds of 76, 75 and 75 at the 2015 Aggie Invitational … Turned in a three-round combined score of 218, +2, at the Quail Valley Intercollegiate (71-72-75) to finish in a tie for 32nd overall … Also played for BGSU at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational (78-71-76), the Rees Jones Intercollegiate (78-82-84), the Wolfpack Intercollegiate (77-78-74) and the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic (74-77-76) in the fall season … Teed-off for the Falcons at the Barona Collegiate Cup (70-80-72) and the Lone Star Invitational (75-76-72) in the spring.

2013-14
Carded a stroke average of 75.80 over 25 rounds of play on the year … Posted a low round 71 at the 2014 Desert Shootout, at the Greenbrier Collegiate Invitational and the Rutherford Intercollegiate … Went 1-1-1 at the 2014 Mid-American Match Play event … Finished 11th-place overall with a score of 221 (74-76-71) at the Greenbrier Collegiate Invitational … Turned in a 24th-place overall at the Rutherford Intercollegiate with a score of 221 (73-71-7) … Placed in a tie for 30th overall with a score of 225 (72-78-75) at the Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational … Also posted a score of 225 (78-75-72) at the Old Dominion/Outer Banks Collegiate … Recorded a score of 231 (78-80-73) at the John Piper Intercollegiate to finish in a tie at 32nd-place overall … Carded rounds of 77, 75 and 71 at the 2014 Desert Shootout … Competed at the 2014 Samford Intercollegiate with rounds of 76, 85 and 75.

2012-13
Averaged a 76.45 through 29 rounds of golf ... Finished second at the Ball State Individual Tournament (69-70-73) ... Added another second-place finish at the Mount St. Mary's Spring Invitational (73-73-70) ... Recorded a 313 (79-76-81-77) at the MAC Championships to finish in 28th ... Also finished in 28th-place at the Detroit Golf Classic (78-71) … A 2013 MAC All-Academic Team Honorable Mention.

2011-12
Played in six tournaments and averaged a 78.59 per round as a freshman ... Posted a season-best 13th-place finish at the John Piper Intercollegiate with a score of 223 (76-72-75) ... Shot a 72 in debut round as a Falcon at the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate ... Carded a 239 (78-82-79) at the Triumph at Pauma Valley event ... Turned in a spring-best 77 as the Falcons won the Rutherford Intercollegiate.

High School
Is a 2011 graduate of Wayland High School … Coached by Bill McInerney … Holds the Massachusetts nine-hole match scoring record with a 31, -5 under par … 2009-10 Boston Globe Golfer of the Year … A four-time Dual County League All-Star … Took first-place overall at the 2009 State Championship with a 67, -3 under par … Led his team to become the 2009 Team State Champions for the first-time in school history … Finished as the State Runner-Up with a 71, even par, in 2010 … Three-time Boston Globe All-Scholastic Team member.

Personal
Full name – Joseph Anthony Cooper ... Born April 8, 1993 ... Son of Keith and Renee Cooper ... Has one brother named Matt … Majoring in Individualized Business.