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A litany of accolades and awards places Penny Cooper in the upper echelon of a countless number of extraordinary women's field hockey players at UBC over the years.
A member of the Thunderbirds from 1986 to 1990 under Hall of Fame coach Gail Wilson, Penny led the Thunderbirds to a CIAU (now U SPORTS) national championship title in her 1990 graduating year. She was named a Canada West all-star in all but her first year; a second-team All Canadian in 1988; a first-team All-Canadian in 1989 and 1990, and was voted to the U SPORTS Championship All-Tournament Team in 1990.
Throughout much of her UBC playing days and beyond she was a member of Canada's national team and an Olympian in Seoul in 1988, where, along with UBC team mate and UBC Sports Hall of Fame member Melanie Slade, she helped Canada to a respectable sixth-place finish.
Penny was recognized with the Harry Jerome Comeback Award by Sport BC in 1988 and UBC's Kay Brearley Award for service to women's athletics in 1992.
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