2022 Men's Soccer Roster
Cooper Flax
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Dix Hills, N.Y.
- High School:
- Half Hollow Hills HS East
- Deals:
Career Honors
- 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
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.
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.
