Flax Named to All-ACC First Team After Career Season
11/12/2025 11:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
The senior leads the team with nine goals and seven assists this season.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest senior midfielder Cooper Flax has been named to the 2025 All-ACC First Team, the league office announced Wednesday morning. Flax earned the second All-ACC selection of his career following a standout campaign in which he led the Demon Deacons in both goals and assists.
Flax becomes Wake Forest's 16th First Team honoree since 2015 and continues the program's long tradition of excellence under head coach Bobby Muuss.
Wake Forest First Team All-ACC Selections Under Muuss
Elite Production
Flax finished the regular season with nine goals and seven assists, totaling a team-high 25 points in 17 starts. The senior converted four-for-four on penalty kicks, notched two game-winning goals, and recorded at least one goal contribution in nine different matches, including seven of the last nine.
He ranks top 10 in the ACC in the three major offensive categories, sitting second in total points, third in goals and sixth in assists.
He delivered several statement performances throughout the year, including:
The 2024 All-American has now totaled 21 career goals, moving into a tie for 18th on Wake Forest's all-time scoring list with Geraint Davies (1986-89). He also moved into 20th all-time in career points with 59.
Flax becomes Wake Forest's 16th First Team honoree since 2015 and continues the program's long tradition of excellence under head coach Bobby Muuss.
Wake Forest First Team All-ACC Selections Under Muuss
- Ian Harkes (2015, 2016)
- Jack Harrison (2015)
- Jacori Hayes (2015, 2016)
- Alec Ferrell (2016)
- Jon Bakero (2017)
- Ema Twumasi (2017)
- Bruno Lapa (2018, 2019)
- Omir Fernandez (2018)
- Calvin Harris (2020)
- Isaiah Parente (2020)
- Kyle Holcomb (2021)
- Garrison Tubbs (2023)
- Cooper Flax (2025)
Elite Production
Flax finished the regular season with nine goals and seven assists, totaling a team-high 25 points in 17 starts. The senior converted four-for-four on penalty kicks, notched two game-winning goals, and recorded at least one goal contribution in nine different matches, including seven of the last nine.
He ranks top 10 in the ACC in the three major offensive categories, sitting second in total points, third in goals and sixth in assists.
He delivered several statement performances throughout the year, including:
- A hat trick and seven-point outing in Wake Forest's 7-0 win over Liberty on Sept. 22.
- Scored the winner at Cal in a crucial result.
- A goal and assist effort in a dominant 3-0 victory over Notre Dame on Oct. 31 to close the regular season.
- A two-goal performance at SMU in the ACC Tournament on Nov. 5 that pushed his season total to nine.
The 2024 All-American has now totaled 21 career goals, moving into a tie for 18th on Wake Forest's all-time scoring list with Geraint Davies (1986-89). He also moved into 20th all-time in career points with 59.
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