Hall of Fame

Dave Cooper

  • Class
  • Induction
    2005
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Basketball, AD/Coach
Dave Cooper (Basketball, 1968-71)
  • First team NAIA All-American — 1971
  • First team All-WVIAC — 1970, 1971
  • Scored 1,478 career points, 26th on all-time scoring list
  • 1,137 career rebounds, sixth on all-time rebounding list
  • Member of three WVIAC championship teams — 1969, 1970, 1971
  • WVIAC All-Tournament team — 1971
  • Scored 705 points in 1971, the sixth-highest, single season point total in Fairmont State history (20.1 ppg)
  • UPI '5-10 & Under' All-America team — 1971
  • AP All-American team which included all small colleges in NAIA and NCAA
  • Hustle Award — 1971 NAIA National Tournament
  • West Virginia 'Amateur Athlete of the Year' — 1971
  • Played in two 'Final Fours' — 1968 & 1971 NAIA National Tournament, Kansas City
  • Led squad to first unbeaten regular season in school history (25-0, 1971)
  • Pan-Am Olympic Training Camps in Colorado — 1971
  • Fairmont State athletic director — 1997-2004
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