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Scott Cooper Class: Graduated Hometown: O'Fallon, Ill. High School: O'Fallon Township Last College: DePaul University Position: Distance

• Oklahoma Program Record Holder -- Indoor DMR (9:31.38)

• 2011 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (800-meter run)
• 2010 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (DMR)
• 2009 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (800-meter run)

College Bests
Indoor 800-Meter Run: 1:49.66
Outdoor 800-Meter Run: 1:48.87

Personal: Son of Mel and Mandy Cooper ... Has one older brother, Aaron, and one younger brother, Michael ... Marketing major ... Named to the 2009 Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2011: (Indoor) Clocked an 800 time of 1:52.77 at the GaReat Invitational ... Improved season 800 time to 1:50.50 at the Husky Classic ... Finished fourth in the 800-meter run at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 1:50.57. (Outdoor) Ran theanchor leg of the 4x800-meter relay that was third at the Texas Relays with a time of 7:29.77 ... Took second in the 800 at the John McDonnell Invitational with a time of 1:49.77.

2010: (Indoor) Finished third in the 800-meter run at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 1:50.39 ... Took 10th in the 800 at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 1:51.23 ... Earned All-Big 12 honors as the third leg of the DMR that finished third at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 9:43.36. (Outdoor) Defended his 800-meter title at the John McDonnell Invitational with a time of 1:49.86.

2009: (Indoor) Opened the year with an indoor personal best, 1:52.91, in the 800-meter run at the Arkansas Invitational ... Improved his personal best in the 800 with a time of 1:51.95 at the Razorback Invitational ... Narrowly missed an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the 800with a time of 1:50.52, finishing fourth at the Meyo Invitational ... Moved up to No. 3 on the OU 800-meter run performance list with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 1:49.66 in the event at the Tyson Invitational, finishing fifth ... Ran the third leg of the provisionally qualifying DMR that finished first at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 9:42.43 ... Earned All-Big 12 honors with a sixth-place finish in the 800-meter run at the Big 12 Championships, crossing the line in 1:50.96 ... Ran the opening leg of the DMR that broke the OU program record at the Alex Wilson Invitational with a time of 9:31.38 ... Hit a provisional mark of 1:49.84in the 800 the following day at the same meet ... Ran the opening leg of the DMR that finished 10th at the NCAA Indoor Championships with the second-fastest time in school history, 9:38.70. (Outdoor) Won the 800-meter run at the Sun Angel Track Classic with a regional qualifying time of 1:49.71 ... Improved PR to 1:48.91 en route to winning the 800-meter run at the John McDonnell Invitational ... Continued to lower time in the 800 with a time of 1:48.87, finishing fourth, at the Oregon Relays ... Finished second in the 800 at the Peyton Jordan Invitational with a regional qualifying time of 1:49.94.

2008: (Indoor) Redshirted. (Outdoor) Redshirted.

At DePaul: Won 800 meters at Mike Poehlein Invitational and Redbird Classic ... Season-best 800 (1:54.01) came with second-place finish at Dave Rankin Invitational ... Also ran cross country ... Named Academic All-American in 2006.

High School: Earned letters in soccer and track ... First-team all-conference, all-section and all-state in the 800 at O'Fallon Township ... Owns high school records in 800 and 1600 as well as member of school-record holding 4x800, distance medley and sprint medley relays.