Men's Diving Recruiting / Illinois / Wheaton, IL / Wheaton Warrenville South High School / Lucas Cooperman

Lucas Cooperman ‘16 Recruiting Profile

Wheaton Warrenville South High School
WARRENVILLE, IL
Men's Diving

Club:: Boiler Diving Academy
Height:: 5'9"
Weight:: 125
Age:: 25
Prim. Position:: Platform
Sec. Position:: 1m Springboard

1m 6 Dive Score: 279.35
1m 11 Dive Score: 511.10

August 2015

August 2015

February 2015

December 2014

Personal Statement

NEW:: Platform List:: 107b, 205c, 405c, 303c, 5253b, 6243d

3 Meter List:: 107c, 205b, 305c, 405c, 5335d, 5152b 5136d

1 Meter Best Dives List: :105b, 203b ,205c 303b, 305c, 403b, 5333d, 5134d,

I spent the 2 weeks this summer at Longhorn Diving Camp, and 7 weeks this summer at Ripfest Diving Camp. It was an incredible experience working with amazing coaches and meeting divers from all over the world. At camp I was able to put together a list on Platform and 3 meter, work on perfecting my hurdle and just get better at all things diving.

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I had a great year with my High School Diving team, winning Sectionals and finishing 10th at State. I also had a great year with High School Gymnastics, finishing the State meet 4th on Hibar, 4th on Floor and 2nd on Parallel bars.

I discovered diving as a sport only about 3 years ago, but I have been a competitive gymnast since I was 6 years old. I love to flip and I am an adrenaline junkie. As you can imagine, I'm passionate about diving, particularly from tower.

I have worked hard through club and school improving my diving and gymnastics skills. I enjoy the workouts and practices, but it is competition that defines me. The challenge of beating others and myself is a rush. From my perspective, succeeding in competition is the only way to really know if you have conquered a skill.

I want to dive in college because I love it, because I am driven to get better, and for the challenge it represents. While both diving and gymnastics are in some ways individual sports, the team aspects of both are important to me. I thrive on having people around who understand my obsession. My teammates and I have always challenged, encouraged and helped each other.

I find diving, especially 10 meter tower diving, to be exhilarating and challenging. It's a thrill, and I love it.

Lucas Cooperman

1 meter dives I am competing: 103b, 105b, 201b, 203c, 203b, 301b,, 301c, 303b, 303c, 305c, 401b, 403b, 404c, 405c, 5225d,, 5134d, 5233d, 5333d, 5227

Athletics

High School Information

Years w/ Varsity:
3 years
2014 Varsity Team
Individual Awards:
1st Team All-Conference, 1st Team All-State, Second place Conference, First Place Sectionals, State Finals
2013 Varsity Team
Individual Awards:
Team Captain, all Conference, academic all conference
2012 Varsity Team
Team Awards:
Qualified for Sectionals

Club Information

Seasons of Club Experience:
3 seasons
2014 Boiler Diving Academy
Notes: I drive 3 hours to West Lafayette, IN from Warrenville, IL most weekends since September 3 to train with Boiler Diving Academy so that I can train on 10 m. Tower. I practice with the club Friday evening for 2 hours and Sunday afternoon for 2 hours. Saturdays I usually have a private lesson for 2-3 hours. Once HS season is over, I will begin to compete with the team.
2014 Wheaton Diving Club
Notes: I train with the club but have not really competed with the club.
2013 Wheaton Diving Club

Coach References

High School Head Coach
Holly Anne Higgins
Club Coach
J. Luke Meador
Club Director
John Wingfield
Club Coach
Kevin Chope, Gymnastics
High School Head Coach
Greg Gebhardt, Gymnastics
Private Coach
Chelsea Ale

Events

Camp/Event

Jetstream Diving Camp
8/5/12 to 8/11/12
This was a great experience and my first "real" experience training/practicing diving
Camp/Event

Boiler Diving Camp
6/16/13 to 6/20/13
This camp was my first opportunity to dive 10 meter tower. I didn't do it until the last day, but I loved it.
Camp/Event

Boiler Diving Camp
6/15/14 to 6/19/14
I was able to dive 10 meter tower again and was able to spend more time working on it. Met some great divers.
Camp/Event

Boiler Dive Camp
6/29/14 to 7/3/14
I was really happy to have another week of camp to work on diving. It was at the end of camp that I started to investigate possibility of diving at Purdue during the year, so that I could continue to get tower experience.
Camp/Event

Individualized Diving Camp
11/14/14 to 11/16/14
This was a great camp (head coach Drew Johansen) with only 9 divers (from all over the country) and 3 great coaches. It was exhausting but great.
Camp/Event

Ripfest Diving Camp
6/7/15 to 6/19/15
Two weeks of camp to get back into diving after gymnastics season and to work on Platform.
Camp/Event

Longhorn Diving Camp
6/21/15 to 7/3/15
Great camp, unfortunately I had a pulled muscle the first week and was limited in my diving. Second week was better as I could dive more.
Camp/Event

Ripfest Diving Camp
7/26/15 to 7/31/15
Great week working with terrific coaches including John Wingfield and Chelsea Ale. Trying to dive as much as possible this summer.
Camp/Event

Ripfest Diving Camp
8/9/15 to 8/21/15
Just found out I was chosen Male Camper of the Summer. It is a great honor because there were so many terrific and talented divers at Ripfest this summer.

Training

Springboard
F
3 Years
I started investigating diving as a sport in Spring of 2012 as an outgrowth of my lifelong, and ongoing, competition in men's gymnastics. I started lessons with the park district that summer. I attended Jetstream dive camp in Florida (coached by Joe Greenwall) that summer, then started on HS team that fall. I have attended diving camps at Purdue Summer 2013 & 14. I train now with Wheaton Dive Club and Boiler Diving Academy as well as with my High School Team. I attended the Individualized Training Camp at Indiana University (head coach Drew Johansen) in Fall of 2014. During the week (off HS season) I train with Wheaton Diving Club 1 1/2 hours a day 3 days a week.
10 Meter Tower
F
1 Year
This is my passion and the specialty I am most interested in pursuing. Unfortunately, there are no 10 m towers in our area. I first dove off a 10 meter board at the Purdue Diving Camp summer of 2013. I was able to practice on it again at Purdue Dive camp 2014. I now dive with Boiler Diving Academy at Purdue on weekends so that I can train on 10 m tower. I train 6-7 hours a weekend. This summer I was able to work on my tower skills at Ripfest Diving Camp and at Longhorn Diving camp.
High School Diving
F
3 Years
My High school training schedule is 1 1/2 hours / day 5-6 days a week.

Additional Sports

Diving
F
4 Years
Varsity Team
GYMNASTICS: HS school team: State champs F & So years. 2nd place State Junior year. Junior year 2015-Conference 2nd place in AA, 1st place Floor, Vault & HiBar. HS Coach [email protected], Club Coach [email protected]

Academics

Grades

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Test Scores

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High School Information

High School:: Wheaton Warrenville South High School
State:: ILLINOIS
Phone:: (630) 784-7200

Academic Accomplishments

Registered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?

Yes

Awards, Achievements and Activities

Award
- Wheaton Warrenville South Athletic Leadership Council 2014-2016
Award
- DVC All-Conference Gymnastics 2016
Award
- 2015
Award
- 2014
Award
- DVC All Conference Diving 2016
Award
- 2015
Award
- 2014 DVC Academic All-Conference Gymnastics 2016
Award
- 2015
Award
- 2014
Award
- DVC Academic All-Conference 2016
Award
- 2015
Award
- 2014 US Marine Corp Distonguished Athlete Award 2016
Award

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Contact Information

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Mailing Address

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Statistics

Statistic	2014 Varsity Te
Best Score	511.1
Best Place	First at Sectionals

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