Shaquille Cooper (9/14/2015) - Athlete Awards

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9/14/2015
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Football
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Cooper rushed for 263 yards in the 27-13 win over Northeastern State this past week in Hays. He earned MIAA AstroTurf Offensive Athlete of the Week honors for the second consecutive week for his efforts.

His 93-yard touchdown run with 2:19 remaining in the game broke a 13-13 tie. It was a new career-high for Cooper, who has now rushed for over 100 yards in five of his six career games at running back. The 263 rushing yards were fourth-most in a single game in FHSU history. He averaged 9.1 yards per carry in the game. He also added 22 receiving yards to finish with 285 all-purpose yards on the night.

Through two games this season, Cooper has 426 rushing yards, averaging 8.5 yards per carry. He has a total of 480 all-purpose yards over the two games.

Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
9/14/2015	Shaquille Cooper	Football
9/7/2015	Jordan Hester	Women's Soccer
9/7/2015	Drew O'Brien	Football
8/20/2015	Trey Page	Men's Wrestling
8/20/2015	Kate Lehman	Women's Basketball
4/20/2015	Brittney Ricci	Women's Tennis
4/20/2015	Justin Hersch	Baseball
4/13/2015	Cooper Langley	Baseball
4/13/2015	Camille Caron-Bedard	Women's Tennis
4/6/2015	Estefania Lopez	Women's Track and Field
4/6/2015	Andre Vieyra	Baseball
3/30/2015	Kevin Czarnecki	Baseball
3/30/2015	Madison Wolf	Women's Track and Field
3/23/2015	Paxton Duran	Softball
3/23/2015	Chase Newman	Baseball
3/11/2015	Amanda Vaupel	Softball
3/11/2015	Caleb Cherryholmes	Baseball
2/23/2015	Tyler Patty	Baseball
2/23/2015	Beth Bohuslavsky	Women's Basketball
2/18/2015	Tori Beltz	Softball