![Cooper McKenna](/sports/wwaterpolo/2022-23/photos/McKenna3430.jpg?max_width=510&max_height=600)
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- Hometown:
- Mountain View, CA
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- High School:
- Gunn
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- ATT
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- Major:
- Biology
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- College:
- Claremont McKenna
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Bio
At CMS
2023 season (Junior)
Earned first-team All-America honors from the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches ... Earned first-team Academic All-America honors from College Sports Communicators ... Earned All-SCIAC first team honors ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Appeared in 30 games ... Lead the Athenas in both goals (59) and points (78) ... Took 125 shots for a .472 shooting percentage ... Added 19 assists and 24 steals on the season ... Had a five-goal game in a win over Augustana and a four-goal game against Chapman ... Recorded eight games with three goals, including in a sudden death overtime win at La Verne in which she scored the game-winner from mid-pool to beat the shot clock ... Had the tying goal with four seconds left in regulation in the national championship match against Pomona-Pitzer, before the Athenas finished as the runner-up in overtime.
At CMS
2022 season (Sophomore)
ACWPC First-Team All-American ... Earned first-team All-SCIAC honors ... Earned Offensive Player of the Week honor ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Appeared in 25 games ... Led the Athenas with a team-best 51 points with 40 goals and 11 assists ... Took 82 shots for a .488 shooting percentage ... Finished 16 steals on the season ... Scored at least one goal in 23 of 24 games this season, including the last 20 in a row heading into the postseason ... Provided a few dramatic moments for CMS this season, including the game-winning goal in the 8-7 comeback win over Cal Lutheran on Feb. 23 with just one second left ... Also had the game-winner with just over a minute remaining in the 8-7 win over Whittier.
Prior to CMS
Attended Gunn High School, where she was a member of the water polo and swimming programs ... Helped her team to the CCS Division I championship as a senior in the fall of 2019, the first in school history.
Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where she majors in biology.
Player Profile
Recent Games | ||
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Apr 15 | at Occidental | W, 15-6 |
Apr 19 | at Cal Lutheran | W, 11-8 |
Apr 28 | Cal Lutheran | W, 9-6 |
Apr 30 | at Pomona-Pitzer | L, 9-5 |
May 6 | at Augustana | W, 20-9 |
May 7 | vs. Pomona-Pitzer | L, 14-13 |
  | Overall | Conf | ||
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Games | - | - | ||
Points | 0 | 0 | ||
Goals | - | - | ||
Assists | - | - | ||
Shots | - | - | ||
Shooting percentage | - | - | ||
Steals | - | - | ||
Turnovers | - | - | ||
Blocks | - | - | ||
Exclusions Drawn | - | - | ||
Exclusions | - | - |
Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | stl | to | ed | blk | sh | sh% |
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Jan 21 | at Long Beach St. | L, 21-3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jan 21 | vs. Loyola Marymount | L, 14-6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Feb 4 | Fresno Pacific | W, 11-8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Feb 17 | vs. Biola | W, 12-9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Feb 18 | vs. Fresno Pacific | L, 10-6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Feb 18 | vs. Azusa Pacific | L, 9-8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Feb 19 | at Fresno St. | L, 16-7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 3 | Augustana | W, 21-13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 3 | Iona | W, 15-4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 4 | Pacific | L, 15-9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 4 | USC | L, 17-8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 8 | at La Verne | W, 11-10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 11 | at Redlands | W, 6-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 11 | Biola | W, 9-7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 15 | Cal Lutheran | W, 11-8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 18 | Chapman | W, 19-5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 22 | Occidental | W, 16-3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 25 | Concordia | W, 7-6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 25 | Brown | L, 10-9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mar 29 | at Caltech | W, 16-7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Apr 1 | Whittier | W, 10-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Apr 5 | at Pomona-Pitzer | L, 13-10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Apr 8 | Redlands | W, 9-6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Apr 12 | La Verne | W, 18-11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Apr 15 | at Occidental | W, 15-6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Apr 19 | at Cal Lutheran | W, 11-8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Apr 28 | Cal Lutheran | W, 9-6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Apr 30 | at Pomona-Pitzer | L, 9-5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
May 6 | at Augustana | W, 20-9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
May 7 | vs. Pomona-Pitzer | L, 14-13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
gp | gs | g | a | stl | to | ed | blk | ex | sh | sh% | ||
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Event | Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Location | Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Away | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Neutral | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Result | Wins | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Losses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
News Mentions
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18 Athenas Honored for Academic Performance by ACWPC
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches released its annual All-Academic Awards for women's water polo this week, and...
August 16, 2023
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Cooper McKenna Captures First-Team Academic All-America Honors
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Cooper McKenna of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team earned first-team Academic All-America honors from the...
June 22, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Has Four Honored on All-America Teams
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Cooper McKenna and Grace Clark earned first-team All-America honors from the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches,...
June 5, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Rallies to Force OT, But Falls 14-13 in National Finals
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team trailed 11-5 late in the first half to Pomona-Pitzer, and came all the way...
May 7, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Advances to National Finals with 20-9 Win over Augustana
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Mia Adsen and Cooper McKenna each scored four goals as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team defeated host...
May 6, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Draws Augustana in First Round of Division III Nationals
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team will head to Illinois this weekend to face host Augustana in the semifinals...
May 1, 2023
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Grace Clark Earns SCIAC Newcomer of the Year; McKenna, Kulick Take All-League Honors
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Grace Clark of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team earned the SCIAC Newcomer of the Year Award and was joined...
April 26, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Defeats Cal Lutheran to Cap Best SCIAC Season in Program History
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team defeated Cal Lutheran 11-8 in its regular season finale on Wednesday,...
April 19, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Pulls Away from La Verne for 18-11 Win
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team scored seven times in the third quarter to build a big lead and went on to...
April 12, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Celebrates Senior Day with 9-6 Win over Redlands
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team honored seniors Jessi Beyer and Christina Kulick before the game, and...
April 8, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Comes Up Just Short in Battle of SCIAC Unbeatens
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team used a 3-0 run to get down to a single goal in the fourth quarter at 10-9,...
April 5, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Splits One-Goal Games at Axelrood
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Cooper McKenna broke a 6-6 tie with the game-winning goal with 29 seconds left as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water...
March 25, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Cruises Past Oxy for Sixth Straight Win
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Mia Adsen and Cooper McKenna scored three goals as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team had no trouble with...
March 22, 2023
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Grace Clark Captures SCIAC Weekly Accolades for CMS Women's Water Polo
CLAREMONT, Calif. - First-year Grace Clark of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team earned the SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week...
March 20, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Dominates Chapman 19-5, Moves to 4-0 in SCIAC
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team started slow, but turned it up several notches as the match went on and...
March 18, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Tightens the D for Pair of Wins
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team held Redlands to only two goals and Biola to seven as it picked up a pair...
March 11, 2023
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Back-to-Back Buzzer Beaters Give CMS Women's Water Polo Dramatic OT Win at La Verne
LA VERNE, Calif. - Isabel Del Villar beat the buzzer in the first overtime session to tie the game 10-10 and force sudden death, and Cooper...
March 8, 2023
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Cooper McKenna Captures SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week Honors
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Cooper McKenna of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team earned the SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week Award for...
March 6, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Fares Well in Battles With Top DI Programs
CLAREMONT, Calif. - After picking up two dominant wins on the first day of the Claremont Convergence on Friday, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's...
March 4, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Picks up Two Dominant Wins on First Day of Convergence
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team defended its home pool in convincing fashion on Friday, earning a 21-13 win...
March 3, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Closes Out Fresno State Invitational with Defeat to Host Bulldogs
FRESNO, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team finished off its trip to the Fresno State Invitational with a 16-7 defeat to...
February 19, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Earns 12-9 Win over Biola
FRESNO, Calif. - Christina Kulick scored four goals and Cooper McKenna added three as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team defeated...
February 18, 2023
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McKenna, Clark Net Hat Tricks as CMS Women's Water Polo Takes Down Fresno Pacific 11-8
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Cooper McKenna had three goals and two assists and Grace Clark added her first collegiate hat trick as the Claremont-Mudd-Scri...
February 4, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Opens 2023 with Two Defeats to Ranked Division I Teams
LONG BEACH, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team opened its 2023 campaign with a tough doubleheader, taking on No. 9 Long...
January 21, 2023
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CMS Women's Water Polo Picked Second in SCIAC Preseason Poll
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team was picked to finish second in the SCIAC In a preseason vote of the...
January 19, 2023