"Getting There" HCC Student Profiles

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.