‘Super Cooper’ helping
Ags achieve perfection
Photo by ANTHONY CASPER
Texas A&M third baseman Cindy Cooper
shows her teammates her mighty swing dur
ing Tuesday’s game against Baylor. Cooper
has a .349 average with four home runs.
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
Off the field such phrases as “a
ton,” “super” and “great” flow out of
Cindy Cooper’s mouth. On the field,
the Texas A&M softball player yells,
“Hey buddy, what do you say Ags?”
and “Come on, it’s not over yet!"
The A&M third baseman is the
Aggie softball team’s cheerleader
and spokesperson. She gets fired up
about everything.
“Most of the time, I look at being
here as a job,” Cooper said. “I am
getting my education paid for, but at
the same time I have a job to do on
the softball field. But, it is an enjoya
ble job— pleasurable to me.”
Unlike most of the A&M players,
Cooper was born in Texas, in Tyler.
Like most of the players, she came to
A&M from another state.
“I was born in Tyler, but we
moved to Bartlesville, Okla. when I
was 4,” said the 5-foot-7 junior. “All
my relatives still live here. I have a
grandmother in Gainsville. That had
a lot to do with my coming here.”
Cooper said her athletic ability is
all inherited.
“Both of my parents are athletic,”
she said. “My mom has a lot of just
natural athletic ability. My dad
played basketball in college."
“The first goal we have is
to get to nationals. The ul
timate goal is to win it.
With the people we have,
we won’t have much trou
ble in attacking the na
tional tournament.”
— A&M softball player
Cindy Cooper
you, you’d still be pla
When Cooper turned 8, she used
her new found skill in Little League
softball.
“I remember it was 8 because you
had to be 10 to be an All-Star.
Usually only 9-year-olds could start
in little league, so I had to wait two
years to be an All-Star instead of
one.”
Cooper began her career as a
shortstop, but her Sooner High
School coach moved her to third
base her freshman year.
“I was really mad at him about
that,” Cooper said. “1 really hated
the position. Now whenever 1 g<»
back home, I see that man and he
says, ‘See, Cindy, if I hadn't moved
short."'
four years of high school
brought success to Cooper and hti
team.
"We were state champions my jo.
nior year and runner-up my senior
year,” she said. “Every yearwewent
to slate (playoffs).”
That success brought Coope
scholarship offers from far anil
near.
"I didn’t get a ton," Cooper said
"All the Big Eight schools offered
me a scholarship. Several junior col
leges of fered me a scholarship for E
basketball. 1 contemplated playing
basketball.
“I didn't have to narrow it dottn
to tell the truth. 1 was going to come
to A&M if it was softball. My whole
senior year, 1 was pretty sure in™
A&M. It was mainly their reputation
in softball. They won the MAN
championship while they were re
cruiting me. Also, it was tne factthai
I would be coming back to Texas.”
And now, three years later, she is
totally satisfied with her decision.
ot
"I wouldn’t Ixe anywhere else," she
said. "There is nowhere else I would
rather t>e playing. I really don’i
think I could be happy playing ji
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