Hailee Cooper

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Montgomery
Hometown:
Montgomery, Texas
Major:
Corporate Communications

HONORS AND AWARDS
• WGCA All-America [2019 First Team]
• Golfweek All-America [2019 Second Team]
• ANNIKA Award Watch List [2019]
• WGCA Freshman of the Year Award Watch List [2019]
• Big 12 Freshman of the Year [2019]
• All-Big 12 Conference [2019]
• Academic All-Big 12 [2019 Rookie Team]
• Big 12 Academic Honor Roll [Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020]
• Arnold Palmer Cup team member [2019]

SOPHOMORE [2019-20]
• Competed in six tournaments and 18 rounds as a sophomore for the Longhorns in 2019-20.
• Recorded a stroke average of 72.94.
• Thirteen of her 18 rounds came at par or better.
• Tied for 10th at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate with a seven-over-par 220 [73-75-72]. Recorded a team-leading seven birdies on the week.

2019-20 TOURNAMENT-BY-TOURNAMENT

Event	Scores	Place
ANNIKA Intercollegiate	76-72-78=224 [+8]	T39
Schooner Fall Classic	73-70-74=217 [+7]	T38
Betsy Rawls Invitational	74-69-74=217 [+1]	T16
White Sands Invitational	73-73-71=217 [+1]	T19
ICON Invitational	71-73-74=218 [+2]	T15
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate	73-75-72=220 [+7]	T10

FRESHMAN [2018-19]
• A WGCA First-Team All-American and a Second-Team All-America selection by Golfweek.
• The 2019 Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year. Also a 2019 All-Big 12 Conference selection.
• Competed in all 12 tournaments and 36 rounds as a freshman for the Longhorns in 2018-19. The first 10 rounds of her collegiate career came at par or better.
• Led Texas with a stroke average of 72.28, which ranks third on Texas’ all-time single-season stroke average list.
• Charted two individual victories on the season, winning the Betsy Rawls Invitational and tying for first at the Bruzzy Challenge.
• Placed fourth at the 2019 NCAA Championship with a one-under-par 218 [80-69-69]. It marked the fourth top-five individual finish at the NCAA Championship in program history and the first since 1997.
• Tied for 16th at the 2019 Big 12 Championship.
• Her second-round 65 at the Schooner Fall Classic tied for the third-best 18- hole score in program history.
• Her 54-hole total of 205 at the Schooner Fall Classic tied for the second-best 54 hole score in program history.
• Represented the United States team at the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup June 7-9 in Roland, Ark.

Event	Scores	Place
ANNIKA Intercollegiate	72-72-70=214 [-2]	T18
Schooner Fall Classic	70-65-70=205 [-8]	T5
Betsy Rawls Invitational	72-67-68=207 [-9]	1
Battle at the Beach	70-72-74=216 [+3]	T12
Northrop Grumman Intercollegiate	77-72-76=225 [+12]	T34
Allstate Sugar Bowl	69-76-75=220 [+4]	T11
Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational	74-72-76=222 [+6]	T6
Evans Derby Experience	74-74-72=220 [+4]	T19
Bruzzy Challenge	70-67-70=207 [-9]	T1
Big 12 Championship	78-74-78=230 [+14]	T16
NCAA Norman Regional	73-75-70=218 [+2]	T27
NCAA Championship	80-69-69=218 [-1]	4

PREP
• Entered college as the No. 9-ranked high school girls golfer in the Class of 2018 by Golfweek and had been ranked as high as No. 1 in her class.
• Part of the nation's No. 3 recruiting class for the Class of 2018, according to Golfweek, along with teammate Sara Kouskova.
• A five-time member of the Rolex All-American Teams.
• Made the cut at the 2018 U.S. Women's Open, tying for 55th overall [72-76-77-74].
• One of three golfers selected to represent the United States at the 2018 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Toyota City, Japan this past summer.
• The 2017 Texas Golf Association's Women's Stroke Play Tri-Champion and finished tied for 11th at the 2017 Girls Junior PGA Championship, including a tournament-record 64 in the first round.
• The 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Champion along with fellow Texas golfer Kaitlyn Papp and also was a member of the winning United States team at the 2016 Junior Ryder Cup.
• A member of the victorious West team at the 2016 and 2017 AJGA Wynddham Cups.
• The 2015 UIL Class 6A State Champion and was a member of the USA's 2015 Junior Solheim Cup Championship team.
• A USA Today First-Team All-American in 2015.
• A member of the National Honor Society and the Montgomery High School Senior Class Vice President.

PERSONAL
• Parents are Ronnie and Tonya Cooper.
• Born December 21, 1999.
• Her grandfather Mac Hairston put a golf grip in her hand when she was four days old and she grabbed it, foreshadowing her future as a golfer.
• Also played soccer growing up.
• Majoring in corporate communications.

CAREER STATISTICS

Year	Events	Rounds	Strokes	Stroke Avg.	Low Round	Best Finish
2019-20	6	18	1,313	72.94	69	T10
2018-19	12	36	2,602	72.28	65	1
Career	18	54	3,915	72.50	65	1