Cooper Flax

Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Dix Hills, N.Y.
High School:
Half Hollow Hills HS East

2025 Academic All-ACC
2025 United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American
2025 First Team All-ACC
2025 United Soccer Coaches First Team All-South Region
2025 Midseason TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 Players - #55
2025 United Soccer Coaches Midfielders to Watch
2025 Preseason TopDrawerSoccer Best XI - First Team
2025 Preseason TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 Players - #11
2024 United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-American
2024 United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-South Region
2024 ACC All-Tournament Team Selection
2024 All-ACC Second-Team Selection
2024 TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 Players (No. 42)
2023-24 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2023 All-ACC Academic Team Selection
2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2022 All-ACC Academic Team Selection
2022 ACC All-Freshman Team Selection
2022 TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 Freshmen (No. 44)
2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2025 (Senior)
Started all 17 matches in a standout senior campaign… Was named an All-American for the second-consecutive season (Second Team)... Earned First Team All-ACC honors… Tabbed First Team All-South Region… Landed on the MAC Hermann Midseason Watch List… Academic All-ACC… Was named the team MVP… Led the team in the three main offensive categories with nine goals, seven assists and 25 points, all of which ranked inside the top 10 in the ACC… Recorded assists in back-to-back matches against Lipscomb (9/5) and Campbell (9/9)... Had a stellar seven-point outing against Liberty with a hat-trick and an assist and earned man of the match honors (9/22)… Added a goal and two assists in the next match against Clemson (9/26) as he finished the week with four goals and three assists… Scored from the spot late to secure three points for Wake Forest on the road at Cal (10/11)... Had at least one goal contribution in the final four matches of the season… Scored against Wofford (10/21)... Assisted a goal against Pitt… Scored and assisted in the regular season finale en route to a 3-0 win over Notre Dame (10/31)... Had a brace in the ACC Tournament on the road against SMU (11/5)

2024 (Junior)
The only field player to start all 24 matches during the season, leading the Demon Deacons in points (19), goals (nine) shots (63) and shots on goal (26) … United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-American ... United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-South Region ... Named All-ACC Second-Team … Earned All-ACC Tournament Team honors … Served as a team captain … Played a field player-high 2,090 minutes … Led the ACC in shots … Scored in eight matches including goals against ACC opponents in Virginia (Sept. 13), Virginia Tech (Oct. 19), Syracuse (Nov. 6), SMU (Nov. 10) and Virginia (Nov. 14) … Logged the first multi-goal performance of his career with two goals in a 5-1 victory over Virginia (Nov. 14) … Became the first Deac to score in three consecutive matches since former teammate Roald Mitchell did so from Sept. 6-13, 2022 … Logged an assist in the Deacs’ 4-1 victory over UNCW (Oct. 15).

2023 (Sophomore)
Appeared in all 19 matches with 14 starts, recording eight points off of two goals and four assists in 935 minutes of action … Recorded an assist on four different occasions: against Furman (Sept. 4), Gardner-Webb (Sept. 12), Louisville (Oct. 27) and Indiana (Nov. 19) … Logged game-winning goals in back-to-back ACC road victories at Boston College (Sept. 29) and NC State (Oct. 6).

2022 (Freshman)
Appeared in 15 matches with 12 starts during his debut season with the Demon Deacons, recording five assists and a goal … Named to the ACC All-Freshman Team … Started his collegiate debut in a 1-0 victory over UCF on Aug. 25 … Recorded assists in victories over Air Force (Aug. 28), Winthrop (Sept. 6), Virginia Tech (Sept. 16), Clemson (Sept. 24) and Louisville (Oct. 28) … First career goal secured a 3-2 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson on Sept. 13 … Finished the season with 678 minutes of action.

Background
Rated as the No. 23 prospect in the IMG Academy 150 and the No. 1 prospect out of the New York region … The highest ranked college commit in the entire Class of 2022 ... Attended three USYNT camps … Went on trial with three Premier League clubs … Was included in the NYCFC first team for preseason training on two occasions … Captained the NYCFC academy teams at all ages … Chose Wake Forest over Maryland, Stanford and North Carolina.

Personal
Born on January 21, 2004 … Son of Jonathan and Debra Flax … Brother Mathew played soccer at Binghamton … Has two brothers, Mathew and Austin ... Major is Communication with a Minor in Entrepreneurship.