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Michael Cooper

  • Class 2020
  • Hometown Alta, Calif.
  • High School Sugar Bowl Academy

Biography

Career: One of 48 Senior Scholar Award-winners, who have participated in varsity sports for four years and maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or better.

2020: Team captain.... United States Collegiate Ski Coaches Association All-Academic selection.... NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.... Finished the season ranked 23rd in the EISA in the slalom and 31st in the giant slalom.... Paced the men with a two-run combined time of 1:39.04 in the slalom, good for 22nd place out of 82 competitors at the NCAA East Regional.... Came in 28th place in 1:38.8 in the slalom at the Williams Carnival, good for 18 carnival points and three NCAA points.... Took 24th place at the Williams Carnival in the giant slalom in 1:45.2, good for 21 carnival points and seven NCAA points.... Placed 12th among 88 skiers in the slalom at the Colby Carnival, posting a 50.78-second first run and going 55.27 seconds in the second run for a combined time of 1:46.05.... Tied with teammate Joe Gillis for 21st in the giant slalom at the Colby Carnival.... Led the Bates alpine skiing teams, placing 14th among collegiate skiers in the giant slalom at the UVM Carnival.... Placed 21st in the giant slalom at the Harvard Carnival, finishing with a two-run combined time of 2:10.14.... Had runs of 47.08 and 48.69 seconds to finish 14th out of 75 collegiate men at 1:35.77 in the slalom at the Harvard Carnival to open the season, scoring 22 NCAA Championship qualifying points and 28 team carnival points.

2019: Team captain.... United States Collegiate Ski Coaches Association All-Academic selection.... Finished the season ranked 23rd in the EISA in the slalom and 28th in the giant slalom.... Led the way at the UNH Carnival in the slalom, taking 17th out of 64 competitors with a two-run combined time of 1:49.21, earning the Bobcats 26 carnival points and picking up 14 NCAA points.... Finished 28th in the giant slalom with a two-run combined time of 2:09.55 at the UVM Carnival, combining with Arie van Vuuren and Joe Gillis to give the Bates men the sixth most GS carnival points in a field of 13 schools.... Placed 22nd out of 62 men in the slalom with a two-run combined time of 1:39.80 at the Dartmouth Carnival, earning 40 carnival points and nine NCAA points.... Paced the Bobcats with a 23rd place showing out of a field of 86 with a two-run combined time of 2:02.58 in the giant slalom at the Dartmouth Carnival, Cooper's second run of 59.25 was the eighth fastest in the field.... Led the way in the slalom at the Middlebury Carnival, finishing in a tie for 27th out of 66 skiers with a two-run combined time of 1:40.99, earning 20 carnival points and four NCAA points.... Finished 14th out of 71 skiers to lead the Bates men's alpine skiing team to a sixth-place finish out of 13 schools in the giant slalom at the Bates Carnival.... Turned in the best performance of the day for the Bobcats in the slalom at the Bates Carnival, taking 11th place out of 78 men's skiers with a two-run combined time of 1:53.89. His second run time of 53.78 was the fastest in the entire field. Cooper earned the Bobcats 30 carnival points and he picked up 24 NCAA points.    

2018: Team captain.... Missed almost the entire season due to injury.

2017: Made first appearance in the NCAA National Collegiate Skiing Championships, Bates' first male alpine skier at NCAAs since 2012.... Finished 26th out of 34 competitors in the men's giant slalom and 29th out of 34 in the men's slalom.... Ranked 19th in the EISA circuit on the NCAA Qualifier List.... Sixth place in slalom at Bates Carnival.... 25th place in GS at UVM Carnival.... NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.

2016: NCAA combined slalom and giant slalom ranking of 47th in the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association, first among Bates men.... Top carnival results: 12 points in GS at UVM; 8 points in slalom at Colby.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016First Year

  • 2017Sophomore

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    2018Junior

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    2019Redshirt Junior

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    2020Fifth Year

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