At CMS
2022 (Senior)
First-Team AFCA All-American ... Second-Team AP All-American ... SCIAC Defensive Player of the Year ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Led a CMS defense that allowed just 9.2 points per game on the year and did not allow a touchdown in five of its nine games ... Had 44 tackles, two interceptions and two forced fumbles ... One of the forced fumbles came on the Chapman one-yard line, setting up a one-yard touchdown drive in a 28-6 win for the Stags ... Named SCIAC Defensive Player of the Week after tallying nine tackles (seven solo) and an interception in a narrow 12-7 loss to Whitworth ... Added a second Defensive Player of the week honor after the Chapman game, when he had six tackles and an interception to go with his forced fumble ... Had five tackles and three pass break-ups in a 42-0 shutout win over Redlands that clinched a share of the SCIAC title.Â
2021 (Junior)
Second-Team All-SCIACÂ ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Totaled 36 tackles (31 solo) ... Had nine pass break-ups and one interception ... Three of his tackles were for losses ... Played for half the season with a cast fully covering a broken hand ... Had a season-high seven tackles in a road win over Chapman ... Picked off a pass in a 27-0 shutout win over Cal Lutheran, the program's first shutout since 2017.Â
2020
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Stags did not compete due to COVID-19.
2019 (Sophomore)
Second-Team All-SCIAC... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Earned All-SCIAC honors for second time... Tallied a team-high five interceptions... Led the team with 14 pass break-ups... Had two interceptions in an overtime game at La Verne, and had at least one interception in each of his four games... Named to D3football.com Team of the Week for his efforts on Opening Day against Puget Sound, when he had seven solo tackles, an interception, and six pass breakups... Played in 10 games, made 29 total tackles (26 solo, 3 assisted)... Finished with 67 return yards on five interceptions and two tackles for a loss of seven yards... Posted 61 yards in the return game, averaging 6.1 yards per game while making three return appearances and posting a long of 24 yards... Recorded one interception against Puget Sound (9/7), at Northwestern (9/14), against Pacific Lutheran (9/21), and two at La Verne (9/21)... Posted a season-high 7.0 tackles on two occasions: first on Sep. 7 at Puget Sound, second on Oct. 19 against Redlands.Â
2018 (First Year)
Second-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Played in all 11 games, including 10 starts ... Ranked third on the team in tackles (56) and first in interceptions (three) ... Tallied 10 tackles (nine solo) in an NCAA contest at Whitworth ... Had an interception in a key road win at Redlands, which ended up deciding the SCIAC Championship, while also picking off two passes ... Picked off a pass in a home win over Northwestern (Minn.) ... Added another interception in a home win over Whittier ... Had seven tackles in a win over Cal Lutheran ... Recovered a fumble (which was forced by his brother) in a SCIAC-opening win over La Verne.Â
Prior To CMS: All conference, All Area, Academic All State, Team MVP….National Honor Society, Scholar athlete award.
Personal: Son of Mara and Chris Cooney… List back to back semis appearances as his biggest sport moment… List his favorite hobbies as basketball and video games…. Career Ambition is to be a CEO of a company.
 