Lucas Cooperman '16 Recruiting Profile
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August 2015
August 2015
December 2014
February 2015Personal Statement
NEW:: Platform List:: 107b, 205c, 405c, 303c, 5253b, 6243d
3 Meter List:: 107c, 205b, 305c, 405c, 5335d, 5152b 5136d
1 Meter Best Dives List: :105b, 203b ,205c 303b, 305c, 403b, 5333d, 5134d,
I spent the 2 weeks this summer at Longhorn Diving Camp, and 7 weeks this summer at Ripfest Diving Camp. It was an incredible experience working with amazing coaches and meeting divers from all over the world. At camp I was able to put together a list on Platform and 3 meter, work on perfecting my hurdle and just get better at all things diving.
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I had a great year with my High School Diving team, winning Sectionals and finishing 10th at State. I also had a great year with High School Gymnastics, finishing the State meet 4th on Hibar, 4th on Floor and 2nd on Parallel bars.
I discovered diving as a sport only about 3 years ago, but I have been a competitive gymnast since I was 6 years old. I love to flip and I am an adrenaline junkie. As you can imagine, I'm passionate about diving, particularly from tower.
I have worked hard through club and school improving my diving and gymnastics skills. I enjoy the workouts and practices, but it is competition that defines me. The challenge of beating others and myself is a rush. From my perspective, succeeding in competition is the only way to really know if you have conquered a skill.
I want to dive in college because I love it, because I am driven to get better, and for the challenge it represents. While both diving and gymnastics are in some ways individual sports, the team aspects of both are important to me. I thrive on having people around who understand my obsession. My teammates and I have always challenged, encouraged and helped each other.
I find diving, especially 10 meter tower diving, to be exhilarating and challenging. It's a thrill, and I love it.
Lucas Cooperman
1 meter dives I am competing: 103b, 105b, 201b, 203c, 203b, 301b,, 301c, 303b, 303c, 305c, 401b, 403b, 404c, 405c, 5225d,, 5134d, 5233d, 5333d, 5227
Athletics
High School Information
- Years w/ Varsity
- 3 years
- 2014 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- 1st Team All-Conference, 1st Team All-State, Second place Conference, First Place Sectionals, State Finals
Team Awards
- 2013 Varsity Team
Individual Awards
- Team Captain, all Conference, academic all conference
- 2012 Varsity Team
Team Awards
- Qualified for Sectionals
Club Information
- Seasons of Club Experience
- 3 seasons
- 2014 Boiler Diving Academy
- I drive 3 hours to West Lafayette, IN from Warrenville, IL most weekends since September 3 to train with Boiler Diving Academy so that I can train on 10 m. Tower. I practice with the club Friday evening for 2 hours and Sunday afternoon for 2 hours. Saturdays I usually have a private lesson for 2-3 hours. Once HS season is over, I will begin to compete with the team.
- 2014 Wheaton Diving Club
- I train with the club but have not really competed with the club.
- 2013 Wheaton Diving Club
Coach References
- High School Head Coach
- Holly Anne Higgins
- Club Coach
- J. Luke Meador
- Club Director
- John Wingfield
- Club Coach
- Kevin Chope, Gymnastics
- High School Head Coach
- Greg Gebhardt, Gymnastics
- Private Coach
- Chelsea Ale
Events
- Camp/Event
- Ripfest Diving Camp
- 8/09/15 to 8/21/15
- Just found out I was chosen Male Camper of the Summer. It is a great honor because there were so many terrific and talented divers at Ripfest this summer.
- Camp/Event
- Ripfest Diving Camp
- 7/26/15 to 7/31/15
- Great week working with terrific coaches including John Wingfield and Chelsea Ale. Trying to dive as much as possible this summer.
- Camp/Event
- Longhorn Diving Camp
- 6/21/15 to 7/03/15
- Great camp, unfortunately I had a pulled muscle the first week and was limited in my diving. Second week was better as I could dive more.
- Camp/Event
- Ripfest Diving Camp
- 6/07/15 to 6/19/15
- Two weeks of camp to get back into diving after gymnastics season and to work on Platform.
- Camp/Event
- Individualized Diving Camp
- 11/14/14 to 11/16/14
- This was a great camp (head coach Drew Johansen) with only 9 divers (from all over the country) and 3 great coaches. It was exhausting but great.
- Camp/Event
- Boiler Dive Camp
- 6/29/14 to 7/03/14
- I was really happy to have another week of camp to work on diving. It was at the end of camp that I started to investigate possibility of diving at Purdue during the year, so that I could continue to get tower experience.
- Camp/Event
- Boiler Diving Camp
- 6/15/14 to 6/19/14
- I was able to dive 10 meter tower again and was able to spend more time working on it. Met some great divers.
- Camp/Event
- Boiler Diving Camp
- 6/16/13 to 6/20/13
- This camp was my first opportunity to dive 10 meter tower. I didn't do it until the last day, but I loved it.
- Camp/Event
- Jetstream Diving Camp
- 8/05/12 to 8/11/12
- This was a great experience and my first "real" experience training/practicing diving
Training
- Springboard
- 3 years
- I started investigating diving as a sport in Spring of 2012 as an outgrowth of my lifelong, and ongoing, competition in men's gymnastics. I started lessons with the park district that summer. I attended Jetstream dive camp in Florida (coached by Joe Greenwall) that summer, then started on HS team that fall. I have attended diving camps at Purdue Summer 2013 & 14. I train now with Wheaton Dive Club and Boiler Diving Academy as well as with my High School Team. I attended the Individualized Training Camp at Indiana University (head coach Drew Johansen) in Fall of 2014. During the week (off HS season) I train with Wheaton Diving Club 1 1/2 hours a day 3 days a week.
- 10 Meter Tower
- 1 year
- This is my passion and the specialty I am most interested in pursuing. Unfortunately, there are no 10 m towers in our area. I first dove off a 10 meter board at the Purdue Diving Camp summer of 2013. I was able to practice on it again at Purdue Dive camp 2014. I now dive with Boiler Diving Academy at Purdue on weekends so that I can train on 10 m tower. I train 6-7 hours a weekend. This summer I was able to work on my tower skills at Ripfest Diving Camp and at Longhorn Diving camp.
- High School Diving
- 3 years
- My High school training schedule is 1 1/2 hours / day 5-6 days a week.
Statistics
| Statistic | 2014 Varsity Team |
|---|---|
| Best Score | 511.1 |
| Best Place | First at Sectionals |
Academics
Grades
Test Scores
High School Information
Academic Accomplishments
Registered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?
YesAwards and Activities
- AwardsWheaton Warrenville South Athletic Leadership Council 2014-2016, DVC All-Conference Gymnastics 2016, 2015, 2014, DVC All Conference Diving 2016, 2015, 2014 DVC Academic All-Conference Gymnastics 2016, 2015, 2014, DVC Academic All-Conference 2016, 2015, 2014 US Marine Corp Distonguished Athlete Award 2016,
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