Rebecca Cooke Season 2023

2023 • SENIOR SEASON 
Awards: Appeared as a MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List member in the preseason... Landed a spot as a United Soccer Coaches Forward to Watch... Appeared on the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Top-100 Players list.
 
Season: Played in 22 of Penn State’s 23 matches, making a pair of starts in her first season with the Nittany Lions... Tallied 548 minutes of playing time as a reserve striker for the Blue & White... Finished the season with a trio of goals and six total points... Attempted 24 shots and placed 15 of those chances on frame... Finished with a shot-on-goal percentage of 0.625, the highest mark of any Nittany Lion forward.
 
North Carolina (8/17): Made her Nittany Lion debut in the nationally televised fixture against the Tar Heels. West Chester (8/20): Scored her first goal of the season with six shots on goal in the 8-0 win. TCU (8/27): Attempted one shot in 25 minutes of playing time. Monmouth (9/03): Attempted two shots with one shot on goal in the 4-1 win. Maryland (9/15): Scored her second goal of the season in 27 minutes of playing time in the B1G-opening 4-0 win. Nebraska (9/24): Attempted one shot in the 1-0 win. at Michigan State (9/28): Saw the field for 13 minutes with one attempted shot. at Purdue (10/12): Attempted two shots with one on target in 30 minutes of work. Indiana (10/29): Attempted one shot on goal in 25 minutes on the field. Central Connecticut State (11/10): Scored one goal in the 7-0 win in the NCAA Tournament first-round match, playing for a total of 59 minutes.
 
BEFORE PENN STATE
Arrived in Happy Valley following the most productive individual season of her career in 2022, scoring a nation's-best 22 goals alongside seven assists for a Division I-leading 51 total points…Connected on an NCAA-high six game-winning goals…Named a United Soccer Coaches and College Soccer News Third-Team All-American in addition to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Golden Boot recipient in 2022…All-MAAC First Team selection…Directed Quinnipiac to its first MAAC title and an NCAA Tournament opening round appearance against Penn State…Has increased her scoring output in every year of her collegiate career…Scored 39 goals and added 11 assists in her Bobcat career for a total of 89 points…Appeared in 44 games for the Bobcats and made 41 starts, logging 3,555 minutes of playing time on the field in three years.
 
HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB
Represented the Republic of Ireland on the U17 and U19 National Teams…Competed with the Irish's Senior National Team in a friendly against Belgium in 2019…Played club soccer with Shelbourne FC.
 
WHY PENN STATE
"I chose Penn State because it's the perfect place for me to grow, both as an athlete and a person. The sense of family and togetherness I felt while playing against the Nittany Lions in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last year was undeniable. Penn State women's soccer is a highly competitive program, which is exactly the challenge I need to push myself to become the best athlete I can be. As soon as I visited PSU, I knew that this was the right place for me. I'm extremely excited to start this next chapter in my career."