Mitch Cooper
2017 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Finished sixth in the discus at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships (6/7-10) with a throw of 59.12 meters (193-11 ft.), good for First Team All-America honors … Qualified for the National Championships with a third-place finish in the discus at the NCAA Division I West Preliminary (5/25-27) with a mark of 58.94 (193-4 ft.) … Won the discus at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship (5/12-13) with a personal-best throw of 63.98 meters (209-11 ft.).
2017 INDOOR (Sr.)
Posted a seventh-place finish in the shot put at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/24-25) with a mark of 15.26 meters (50-0.75 ft.) … Earned a 13th place finish in the weight throw at the Big 12 Championship with a personal-best mark of 16.18 meters (53-1 ft.).
2016 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
A second team All-American in the discus when he finished 10th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/11) with his throw of 57.39 meters (188-3 ft.) … Clinched first place in the discus at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/28) after posting a mark of 59.44 meters (195-0 ft.) … Claimed the league title in the discus at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) hitting 58.71 meters (192-7 ft.) … Won the discus at the Kansas Relays (4/23) after a personal best and school-record throw of 62.56 meters (205-3 ft.) … Runner-up in the discus at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) with his mark of 58.33 meters (192-0 ft.) … Finished first in the discus at the Sun Angel Classic (4/9) and ESU Relays (4/2), with tosses of 57.73 meters (189-5 ft.) and 59.34 meters (194-8 ft.) … Claimed fourth place in the hammer throw at the Kansas Relays, posting a mark of 57.81 meters (189-8 ft.).
2016 INDOOR (Jr.)
Placed in the top-20 in the weight throw and shot put at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) after tossing 16.87 meters (55-4.25 ft.) for 11th and 14.97 meters (49-1.5 ft.) for 13th, respectively … Runner-up in the shot put at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) after a throw of 14.71 meters (48-9.25 ft.) … Placed third at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) in the weight throw with a mark of 16.49 meters (55-7 ft.) … Finished sixth at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15) in the weight throw after posting a personal-best 17.17-meter (56-4 ft.) mark.
2015 OUTDOOR (So.)
Earned All-America Second Team honors following his 11th-place outing in the discus at the NCAA Championships (6/13) with his season-best mark of 58.19 meters (190-11 ft.) … Qualified for the national meet by way of his third-place finish in the discus at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/30), where he turned in a top throw of 57.75 meters (189-6 ft.) … Helped the KU scoring effort in both the discus and hammer throws at the Big 12 Championship (5/17), posting 54.37 meters (178-4 ft.) for sixth and 53.92 meters (176-11 ft.) for eighth, respectively … Posted a discus mark of 58.05 meters (190-5 ft.) en route to a fourth-place finish at the Rock Chalk Classic (5/2) … Added a season-best hammer throw outing at the Baylor Invitational (4/3) when he hit 54.30 meters (178-2 ft.) and finished sixth.
2015 INDOOR (So.)
Saw action in four of the Jayhawks’ meets during the indoor campaign … Took ninth in the weight throw at the Big 12 Championship (2/28) with a season-best mark of 16.77 meters (55-0.25 ft.) … Opened his season with a win in the weight throw, hitting 16.04 meters (52-7.5 ft.) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/6) … Won the weight throw on a toss of 16.30 meters (53-5.75 ft.) at the Jayhawk Classic (1/30).
2014 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Competed in the shot put, discus and hammer throw for the Jayhawks in his first season … Became the No. 10 performer in school history when he notched a season-best throw of 56.99 meters (187-0 ft.) in the discus for a second-place finish at the Triton Invitational (4/26) … Qualified for his first NCAA West Preliminary meet (5/31) in the discus where he finished 13th with a top throw of 56.50 meters (185-4 ft.) … Placed fifth at the Big 12 Championship (4/18) in the discus with a mark of 55.94 meters (183-6 ft.) … Recorded a first-place mark of 53.03 meters (175-1 ft.) in the discus at Ward Haylett Invitational (5/3) … At the Kansas Relays (4/18), finished third with a discus throw of 54.16 meters (177-8 ft.) … Finished in sixth in the hammer throw at the Battle on the Bayou with a mark of 49.33 meters (161-10 ft.).
2014 INDOOR (Fr.)
Season’s top mark in the weight throw came at the Armory Invitational (2/8) when he hit 16.22 meters (53-2.75 ft.) and finished 28th … Won the weight throw at the Jayhawk Classic (1/24) with a mark of 15.81 meters (51-10.5 ft.) … Finished 11th in the weight throw at the Big 12 Championship (3/1) after posting a top mark of 14.84 meters (48-8.25 ft.).
HIGH SCHOOL
Top discus mark of 63.74 meters (209-1 ft.) at the youth weight of 1.5kg ranked fourth among juniors internationally in 2012 … Finished sixth in the semifinals of the discus at the 2012 IAAF Junior World Championships, posting a top throw of 56.25 meters (184-6 ft.) … Personal-best discus throw at the senior level (2kg) is a distance of 52.10 meters (170-11 ft.).
PERSONAL
Son of Garth and Cleone Cooper … Has a younger brother, Lindsay (16) … Majoring in physical education.
