Thomas Cooper
Destination: Physical education teacher
Path: Student/athlete on HCC’s nationally ranked lacrosse team

Whether it’s on the basketball court or lacrosse field, multi-talented Thomas Cooper is usually ready for anything.  But when the McDonough graduate began looking at colleges, he realized something: he wasn’t quite ready to leave home.  So he looked to attend a nearby school, preferably one with a strong lacrosse program.  HCC fit the bill perfectly.  Now finishing up his first semester as an athletic training major at HCC, Thomas has become a star defender on HCC’s nationally ranked lacrosse team and played a key role in the team’s recent victory in the Region XX championship.  After HCC, he hopes to transfer to an out-of-state four-year college, and eventually become a gym teacher.