University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
2026 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Harper Cooper
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Parish Episcopal
- Hometown:
- Rowlett, Texas
โข MPSF All-Academic Teamย (2025)
โข Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025)
โข 6-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025)
2025
Ended the season with an overall record of 22-9 (22-9 career) โฆ began theย season partnering with Sophie Moore and went 9-4 (all on court five)ย โฆ she then went 9-1 with Jessie Smith (8-1 on court five and 1-0 on court four)ย โฆ ended the year with Ensley Alden (12 of the last 13 duals including the postseason), recording a record of 4-4 (1-0 on court four and 3-4 on court five)ย โฆ the Bruins faced 32 ranked opponents in the 39 duals on the year with Cooper going 19-9 against ranked teamsย โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of nine duals, whichย began vs. No. 16 Grand Canyon (March 8) with Sophie Moore for one dual and then extended with eight more wins with Jessie Smith and ended vs. No. 2 TCU (March 29)ย โฆ Cooper clinched eight victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins (six with Moore and one each with Aldenย and Smith) with the biggest coming in a 3-2 victory over No. 4 LMU on Apr. 11 at the Center of Effort Challenge at Cal Poly with Alden โฆ Cooper and Alden went 0-2 in postseason play (0-1 at NCAAs and 0-1 at MPSFs with four truncated matches) โฆ Cooper went 19-5 in two-set matches (9-1 with Smith, 7-2 with Moore, and 3-2 with Alden) and 3-4 in three-set matches on the year (2-2 with Moore and 1-2 with Alden).
2024
Harper Cooper redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Attended Parish Episcopal High School of Texas for four years โฆ was a four-year letterwinner in indoor volleyball playing as a setter or outside hitter โฆ named District Offensive Player of the Year, District Setter of the Year, First-Team All-Districtย four times, First-Team All-State four times, Team Offensive MVP three times, and All-Academic four times โฆ placed third in TAPPS 6-A Division 1 โฆ played club volleyball for MadSand โฆ placed first in BVCA Club Challenge in 2022, second at BVCA in 16U in 2021, third at AVP in 18U in 2022, and fifth at BVCA in 18U in 2022 โฆ named to P1440 Fab50 and to Club of the Year for MadSand during the 2021-22 season.
PERSONAL
Full name is Harper Noel Cooper โฆ born in Dallas, Texas to parents Leslie and Reggie Cooper โฆ has an older sister Reagan (22) โฆ father, Reggie, played professional football for the Dallas Cowboys and Reagan, sister, plays volleyball at Texas Tech โฆ chose UCLA because โit has the perfect balance of competitive athletics and superior academics, along with an elite coaching staff and strong team moralsโ โฆ describes greatest athletic thrill as โunexpectedly getting third in state for indoor high school volleyball with some of my closest friendsโ โฆ admires Kristen Nuss and the late Kobe Bryantโฆ enjoys listening to music, spending time with my parents, watching movies, and reading in her free time โฆ a fun fact is she โlikes cats more than dogs by a landslideโ โฆ major is Financial Actuarial.
