D. J. Cooper
| No. 19 – Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez | |
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| Position | Point guard |
| League | LNB Pro A |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
December 6, 1990 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Hales Franciscan (Chicago, Illinois) Seton Academy (South Holland, Illinois) |
| College | Ohio (2009–2013) |
| NBA draft | 2013 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2014 | PAOK |
| 2014–2015 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk |
| 2015 | Panathinaikos |
| 2015 | Krasny Oktyabr |
| 2015–2016 | AEK Athens |
| 2016 | AS Monaco |
| 2016–present | Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Donell "D. J." Cooper (born December 6, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez of the LNB Pro A. After a successful four years at Ohio University, Cooper entered the 2013 NBA draft but was not selected in the draft's two rounds. As a player at Ohio University, Cooper cracked the top 25 all-time Division I assists leaders list early in his final season and steadily rose up on the record as the season has progressed. He was named the preseason Mid-American Conference Player of the Year by the league's media, a prediction which proved correct when he was named Player of the Year after the regular season.
Cooper grew up in the Chicago area and spent his first three years of high school at Hales Franciscan High School. By the time he was a senior, and after transferring to Seton Academy, Cooper began to get national recognition. He was named a McDonald's All-America nominee and ranked as the 30th best player overall by ESPN.com for the class of 2009. Cooper averaged approximately 16 points and seven assists per game and led Seton Academy to the school's first-ever state championship in any sport when they won Illinois' Class 2A state title.
Cooper was recruited by some high-major Division I colleges such as Baylor. He ultimately chose to play for Ohio University, a mid-major Division I school, and head coach John Groce because Cooper "wanted to feel like [he] was someone's main priority", which Groce made him feel. He then signed with Ohio and enrolled in the fall of 2009.
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