Crystal Lake's Cori Cooper named a first team All-Midwest Conference Performer

The junior outside hitter was named to the second team her first two seasons

LAKE FOREST, IL (11/17/2011)(readMedia)-- Cori Cooper (Crystal Lake, Ill./Cyrstal Lake Central), a junior outside hitter on the Lake Forest women's volleyball team, was named to a first team all-Midwest Conference selection on Wednesday.

Cooper led the MWC with 3.91 kills per set and finished among the league leaders in hitting percentage and aces per set. Her 395 kills and 30 aces both ranked second on the team and she was also fourth on the squad with 263 digs and fifth with 26 blocks. She became the seventh player in program history to surpass 1,000 career kills and just the third to accomplish the feat as a junior.

Lake Forest finished with an 15-14 overall record and a 6-3 mark and third-place finish in league play. The Foresters defeated Monmouth College in the semifinals of the MWC Tournament before falling to league champion and host St. Norbert College in the final. It was the program's highest victory total in six years and first appearance in the tournament final since 2004.