Candice Cooper Class: Senior Hometown: Winnetka, Ill. High School: New Trier Height: 5-7 Position: F/M Birthdate: 11/10/1982

2004: National Field Hockey Coaches Association second-team All-American ... Honored as a third-team All-American by womensfieldhockey.com ... Named to 2004 NFHCA All-West Region team ... Earned second-team All-Big Ten honors ... Scored 21 goals for the year, tops on the 'Cats and ranked nationally ... Averaged 1.05 goals per game for the year ... Also tallied four assists, tied for fourth-best on the team ... Shot-on-goal percentage of .742 best among Wildcats who recorded multiple shots ... Her three game-winning goals were the most for Northwestern ... Recorded consecutive hat tricks for the 'Cats in games against Ohio (9/3) and Fairfield (9/5) ... Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for her consecutive hat trick games ... Also named to womensfieldhockey.com's national honor roll ... Had a goal in five consecutive games for Northwestern ... Tallied six multiple-goal games for the year, including her final collegiate game ... Scored one penalty-stroke goal ... Started all 20 games for the 'Cats.

2003: Started all 18 games ... Second-team All Big Ten selection ... First-team NFHCA All-Midwest Region ... Led Wildcats with eight goals, five assists and 21 points ... 40 of her 59 shots were on goal, a team-high .678 percentage ... Had a goal and an assist in win over Boston College (8/30) ... Tallied game-winning goal and added an assist against Central Michigan (9/7) ... Scored game-tying goal in 2-1 win vs. Kent State (9/21) ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 20 after scoring against Indiana (10/17) and twice against nationally ranked Cal (10/18) ... Also scored against Stanford (10/5) and in the Big Ten Tournament against Ohio State (11/8).

2002: Led team with eight goals, including game winner against Saint Louis (9/20/02) ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 21. ... Tallied first collegiate hat trick in 5-0 win at Saint Louis ... Tied for second on the team with three assists ... Started 18-of-19 games ... 30-of-57 shots were on goal for a .526 shots on goal percentage ... Scored 19 points on the season.

2001: Played in all 15 games, starting eight ... Only Wildcat freshman to play in every game ... Scored two goals in the team's final three games ... Scored lone goal in losses to Iowa and Michigan ... Finished the season with eight shots on goal.

High School: Captain and Most Valuable Player of field hockey team her senior year, leading New Trier to state runner-up finish ... Tallied 48 goals and 24 assists over high school career ... Led team in scoring sophomore, junior and senior years ... Two-time all-state honoree ... Four-year starter and member of state championship team her freshman and sophomore years ... High school team was 75-13-9 over her four years ... Participated in USFHA Regional Futures program the past four years ... Four-year honor roll student and named Scholar-Athlete in 2000 ... Also four-year starter for high school softball team ... Named all-conference in 2000 ... Two-year member of women's ice hockey team ... Hockey team won state championship her junior year ... Served as captain and was an all-star game participant senior year.

Personal: Born Candice Ann Cooper on 11/10/82 ... Daughter of Martin and Judy Cooper ... Sister, Bridget, played field hockey at Michigan State ... Chose Northwestern over Boston University, Iowa, Ohio State and Michigan State ... Human development & psych. services major.

Cooper's Stats

Year	G/GS	Shots	G	A	Pts.	GWG
2001	15/8	8	2	0	4	0
2002	19/18	57	8	3	19	1
2003	18/18	59	8	5	21	1
2004	20/20	120	21	4	46	3