Player In 2011, Cooper captained the
Southern Suns team from South Australia to victory in the
Australian Hockey League championship in Darwin. At the
2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the
New Zealand women's national field hockey team in the
women's event. She played under coach
Mark Hager where she was part of the team that defeated the Australian Hockeyroos (
Australia women's national field hockey team) 1–0 in the opening game and went on to finish fourth.
Coach Cooper previously coached Adelaide Hockey Club in 2012, 2013 and 2014 in the men's premier league competition in South Australia, culminating in a losing grand final in 2014. In 2014, Cooper became the first woman to lead-coach a men's team in the
Australian Hockey League with the
Southern Hotshots. She was co-head coach with Mark Victory, older brother of
Craig Victory. The Hotshots finished eighth. In 2019, Cooper was the inaugural head coach of the Adelaide Fire women's team in the Hockey One League. The team lost in the semi-final to Queensland.
Administration 2022 Cooper was appointed the High Performance Director for the Adelaide Fire Men's and Women's Teams competing in the Hockey One League. Cooper joined the Hockey South Australia Board as a Non-Executive Director. ==Recognition==