Awards and Honors
WGCA All-American Scholar (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022)
OVC Academic Medal of Honor (2019-20, 2020-21)
OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)
Dean's List (F17, S18, F18, S19, F19, S20, F20)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (S21, F21, S22)
As a graduate in 2021-22: Returned for a fifth year at Austin Peay and played in nine tournaments… had 14 of her 22 rounds count towards the team score… ranked 17th in the OVC with a 78.64 stroke average… put up back-to-back 76s in the second and third rounds of the APSU F&M Bank Intercollegiate en route to a score of 234 and a 28th-place finish in her first event of the season… shot a 228 (75-79-74) and finished tied for 31st at the Butler Fall Invitational, helping the Govs win their first three-round tournament in program history…  finished third on the team and tied for 38th overall at the HBU Husky Invitational with an aggregate score of 239 (79-78-80)… scored in all three rounds of the OVC Championship and had a tide-turning par save on the 18th hole in the final round to help Austin Peay capture its first-ever conference title… finished third on the team and tied for 12th overall with a score of 232 (75-78-79) at her final OVC Championship… shot a 238 (76-78-84) at the NCAA Franklin Regional and finished in 59th place in the field… wrapped up her Austin Peay career by getting up-and-down from a greenside bunker and sinking a seven-foot par putt on the final hole at the NCAA Regional.
As a senior in 2020-21: Govs relied on her veteran leadership during the spring semester… fired a final-round 80 at the Kiawah Island Classic, aided by a pair of birdies on the front nine to post a 37 going out… her second-round 72 at Kiawah Island was her season’s best round and equaled the best by a Gov in 2020-21… opened the Ohio Valley Conference Women’s Golf Championships with a 75 en route to a top-25 finish (75-78-82—235); also led the tournament in par-5 scoring at 4.75 strokes per hole.
As a junior in 2019-20: Made tremendous strides in her third season… one of three Govs to appear in all eight tournaments, counting 19 of 22 rounds… second among Govs at the season-opening Payne Stewart Memorial, shooting 232 (76-80-76)… broke out with her first career top-10 finish at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate, with a 228 (76-80-72) aided by an even-par final round… put together back-to-back top-20 finishes to close the fall at the Lady Red Wolves Classic (20th) and the Town & Country Invitational (19th), with a season-best 71 in her second round and career-best 224 54-hole mark in Jonesboro… closed season with a 163 (79-84) at the Benbow Invitational.
As a sophomore in 2018-19: While injury robbed her of much of her fall campaign, showed flashes of tantalizing potential with a promising spring… 80-80-79 at the Spring Break Shootout… shot a season-best 78 in the final round of the Colonel Classic and was the only Gov to improve her score in all three rounds in Arlington.
As a freshman in 2017-18: Clarksville native has a bright future in the lineup… made eight starts for the Governors, earning two top-20 finishes… opened her career with an 18th-place finish at the NKU Fall Classic, carding a three-round 234 (83-76-75)… first F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate saw her finish 24th at 239 (77-79-83)… carded season-low 74 in the final round of the Winthrop Intercollegiate… career-best 17th-place finish to conclude the fall at the Town and Country Invitational with a 153 (75-78)… competed in the Battle at Boulder Creek II and the Murray State Invitational during the spring.
Prior to Austin Peay: Clarksville High product was a four-time All-Area First-Team honoree under JT Batson... during her four seasons, Wildcats won three district and two region titles, capping the run by winning the 2016 TSSAA Class AAA state title; Cooper finished 12th overall, posting a final-round 76 and averaging even-par on both the par-3 and par-5 holes during the 36-hole event... off the course, she maintained a 4.0 grade-point average and a spot as student body vice president.
Personal: Elleanor Riley Cooper is the daughter of Brad and Tracy Cooper... has three siblings: Ford, Eliza, and Brady... born June 23... graduated from Austin Peay with a bachelor’s in communications with a broadcast media focus in the spring of 2021… earned a master’s of science in management in 2022
