Wake Forest Athletics
2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 13
Cooper Schwieger
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Overland Park, Kan.
- High School:
- Blue Valley Southwest
Career Honors
2024-25 (Valparaiso)
Averaged 15.8 points and 7.8 rebounds per game while starting all 34 contests… Named to the All-MVC Second Team and MVC Most-Improved Team… Ranked sixth in the league in scoring average, led the league in rebounding average, ranked eighth in field-goal percentage (.489), fourth in free-throw percentage (.850) and first in blocked shots (68, 2.00 per game)… Led the league with 10 double-doubles… Scored 17 points or more in each of the final five games of the season and 12 points or more in each of the final 24 games… Became the first Valpo player to secure a double-double in the first half in eight years and the first Valpo player to do so with over seven minutes left in the first half in over 20 years on his way to a 21-point, 13-rebound game on Dec. 22 vs. CCSJ... Named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week and an Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week for the final week of the regular season, becoming the first Valpo player to win National Player of the Week honors since Alec Peters in February 2016... Blocked 13 shots in the MVC Tournament, tied for the second most in the history of Arch Madness and tied for the most since 1984… Finished fourth in single-season program history in blocked shots and sixth in program history in career blocked shots… Finished third in program history for career points through the end of a sophomore season and fifth in program history for points as a sophomore.
2023-24 (Valparaiso)
Played in 31 games, all starts, during his freshman season... Named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year, becoming just the fourth Valpo freshman to win a league Newcomer/Freshman of the Year Award … He was the first to do so in a quarter of a century and the last two are members of the Valpo Athletics Hall of Fame... Was just the fourth MVC freshman since 1992-93 to average at least 13.0 points per game and 5.0 rebounds per game, joining three other Freshmen of the Year – Southern Illinois’ Marcus Domask (2019-20), Creighton’s Doug McDermott (2010-11) and Tulsa’s Shea Seals (1993-94)... Also a member of the MVC All-Freshman Team... Led all MVC freshmen in the following categories: points per game (13.2), rebounds per game (5.4), MVC-only points per game (14.6) and MVC-only rebounds per game (5.7)... Also had 11 steals, 28 blocks and 31 assists while shooting 50.2 percent from the field, 36.3 percent from 3 and 78.9 percent from the free-throw line... In league play, he shot 51.9 percent from the field, 38.7 percent from 3 and 82.2 percent from the free-throw line... Finished the season as the only freshman in the nation averaging double figures in scoring and shooting 50 percent from the field and 80 percent from the free-throw line in league play... One of only six players in the MVC to average double figures in scoring and shoot at least 50 percent from the field and 80 percent from the line in league play ... Finished the season with 409 points, tied with Belmont’s Cade Tyson’s 2022-23 season for the 23rd most points by a freshman in the long and proud history of the Missouri Valley Conference... Was one of nine freshmen nationally to average 13.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg... Became just the third Valpo freshman to average over 13.0 points per game since 1992-93 ... Became the third Valpo freshman since 1992-93 to average over 5.0 rebounds per game ... Was named the MVC Freshman of the Week a league-high five times – Nov. 27, Jan. 15, Jan. 24, Feb. 12 and March 4... Ranked 19th in the MVC in scoring average at 13.2 ppg, 20th in rebounding at 5.4 rpg, ninth in field-goal percentage at 50.2, ninth in blocked shots per game at 0.9 and 10th in offensive rebounds per game at 1.94... In league-only play, ranked 14th in scoring average at 14.6, 19th in rebounding average at 5.74, seventh in field-goal percentage at 51.9, tied for 14th in blocks per game at 0.74 and tied for ninth in offensive rebounds per game at 2.0.
Personal
Has a twin brother Carson ... Major is Communication.
- 2024-25 All-Missouri Valley Second Team
- 2024-25 Missouri Valley Most-Improved Team
- 2023-24 Missouri Valley Freshman of the Year
- 2023-24 Missouri Valley All-Freshman Team
- Missouri Valley Player of the Week (3/4/25)
- Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week (3/4/25)
2025-26 (Junior)
Appeared in the final 34 games of the season with 11 starts … Totaled 172 points and 84 rebounds (37 offensive, 47 defensive) … Ranked second on the team in blocks with 20 … Made his Wake Forest debut against Morehead State (Nov. 7) … Scored eight points and hauled in three rebounds against Michigan (Nov. 11) … Reached double-figures in scoring four times in ACC play including a season-high 13 points at Georgia Tech (Feb. 11) … Recorded a season-high 11 rebounds at Pitt (Jan. 27) … Started 11 of Wake Forest’s 12 games between Jan. 7-Feb. 21.
2024-25 (Valparaiso)
Averaged 15.8 points and 7.8 rebounds per game while starting all 34 contests… Named to the All-MVC Second Team and MVC Most-Improved Team… Ranked sixth in the league in scoring average, led the league in rebounding average, ranked eighth in field-goal percentage (.489), fourth in free-throw percentage (.850) and first in blocked shots (68, 2.00 per game)… Led the league with 10 double-doubles… Scored 17 points or more in each of the final five games of the season and 12 points or more in each of the final 24 games… Became the first Valpo player to secure a double-double in the first half in eight years and the first Valpo player to do so with over seven minutes left in the first half in over 20 years on his way to a 21-point, 13-rebound game on Dec. 22 vs. CCSJ... Named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week and an Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week for the final week of the regular season, becoming the first Valpo player to win National Player of the Week honors since Alec Peters in February 2016... Blocked 13 shots in the MVC Tournament, tied for the second most in the history of Arch Madness and tied for the most since 1984… Finished fourth in single-season program history in blocked shots and sixth in program history in career blocked shots… Finished third in program history for career points through the end of a sophomore season and fifth in program history for points as a sophomore.
2023-24 (Valparaiso)
Played in 31 games, all starts, during his freshman season... Named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year, becoming just the fourth Valpo freshman to win a league Newcomer/Freshman of the Year Award … He was the first to do so in a quarter of a century and the last two are members of the Valpo Athletics Hall of Fame... Was just the fourth MVC freshman since 1992-93 to average at least 13.0 points per game and 5.0 rebounds per game, joining three other Freshmen of the Year – Southern Illinois’ Marcus Domask (2019-20), Creighton’s Doug McDermott (2010-11) and Tulsa’s Shea Seals (1993-94)... Also a member of the MVC All-Freshman Team... Led all MVC freshmen in the following categories: points per game (13.2), rebounds per game (5.4), MVC-only points per game (14.6) and MVC-only rebounds per game (5.7)... Also had 11 steals, 28 blocks and 31 assists while shooting 50.2 percent from the field, 36.3 percent from 3 and 78.9 percent from the free-throw line... In league play, he shot 51.9 percent from the field, 38.7 percent from 3 and 82.2 percent from the free-throw line... Finished the season as the only freshman in the nation averaging double figures in scoring and shooting 50 percent from the field and 80 percent from the free-throw line in league play... One of only six players in the MVC to average double figures in scoring and shoot at least 50 percent from the field and 80 percent from the line in league play ... Finished the season with 409 points, tied with Belmont’s Cade Tyson’s 2022-23 season for the 23rd most points by a freshman in the long and proud history of the Missouri Valley Conference... Was one of nine freshmen nationally to average 13.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg... Became just the third Valpo freshman to average over 13.0 points per game since 1992-93 ... Became the third Valpo freshman since 1992-93 to average over 5.0 rebounds per game ... Was named the MVC Freshman of the Week a league-high five times – Nov. 27, Jan. 15, Jan. 24, Feb. 12 and March 4... Ranked 19th in the MVC in scoring average at 13.2 ppg, 20th in rebounding at 5.4 rpg, ninth in field-goal percentage at 50.2, ninth in blocked shots per game at 0.9 and 10th in offensive rebounds per game at 1.94... In league-only play, ranked 14th in scoring average at 14.6, 19th in rebounding average at 5.74, seventh in field-goal percentage at 51.9, tied for 14th in blocks per game at 0.74 and tied for ninth in offensive rebounds per game at 2.0.
Personal
Has a twin brother Carson ... Major is Communication.
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