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2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

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11 Lucy Coogan

  • Position Guard/Forward
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Loreto Secondary School
  • Hometown Kilkenny, Ireland
  • Major Exercise Science

Biography

2025: Spring Academic Honor Roll, Presidents’ Level. 

2024-25: Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Division II Women's Basketball First Team... All-CACC First Team... CACC Player of the Week (12/2 & 1/6)... fourth in the league in scoring (16.8 ppg), fifth in rebounding (7.4), 11th in blocks (0.8) and sixth in minutes played (34.7). She was named to the CACC weekly honor roll six times, including two straight weeks in February, and her 1130 career points are 16th all time at CU and 9th in the DII era... Scored 10+ in 28 of 29 games, with a season-high of 28 vs. Dominican on 2/22... Had 21 points and career-high 16 rebounds vs. Bloomfield on 3/1... Scored 20+ nine times... 

2023-24: CACC Player of the Week (2/12)... All-CACC Third Team... Played in 25 games, starting 22... Had a career high 34 points vs. Wilmington (2/6)... ranked second on team and fifth in the CACC in scoring at 15.8 ppg, fourth in the league in points per 40 minutes (21.2) and was the team's leading rebounder at 7.2 rpg... closed the season by averaging 22.3 ppg over the last eight, including a career-high 34 with 10 rebounds vs. Wilmington.. recorded five double-doubles...

2022-23: Played in 28 games, starting 2... Averaged 8.9 points, 0.7 assists, 3.2 rebounds, 0.5 steals and 1.0 blocks in 20.3 minutes per game... (.406) FG%... (.281) 3PT%... (.754) FT%... Recorded a season-high 22 points and 3 blocks vs. Dominican(N.Y.) (01/25/23)... Grabbed a season-high 7 rebounds vs. Alliance University (12/03/22)...

Prior to Caldwell: U18 National team, Averaged 15.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 44% fg, 52% from 3... played in the European Championships in Bulgaria, Averaged 14.4 points, 8 rebounds, 2.1 assists... SuperLeague, IT Carlow, (played half the season) averaged 15.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, 42% FG, 32% from 3... U16 National Team, Selected for final squad due to compete in 2020 European Championships that was canceled due to COVID-19... U/15 Southeast Basketball Team in 2017 and 2018... MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the Southeast League in 2014-15 and 2018-19... Won the Southeast Cup Final in 2018-19 as captain of Kilkenny Stars... Won the Southeast Cup Final U/16 in 2016-18 with Kilkenny Stars.

About Lucy: Parents Billy and Eithna... Sister Ava, 22... Brother Aaron, 18... Plans to play professional basketball around Europe after graduating... Lucy chose Caldwell "...the intimate size of the campus resonated with me... I knew that the small, close-knit community at Caldwell would provide a comfortable and welcoming environment for me especially as I was coming from so far away... making it the ideal choice for my college journey. I believe that this nurturing environment will not only help me excel academically but also provide a strong sense of belonging as I pursue my collegiate education and athletic endeavors."

Career Highs:
Points: 34, vs. Wilmington (2/6/24)
Rebounds: 17, vs. Post (2/8/24)
Assists: 6, at Wilmington (1/6/24)
Blocks: 3, vs. Dominican (1/25/23), vs. Felician (1/3/24)
Steals: 2, multiple times



Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2022-23Freshman

    G/F
    6'0"
    12
  • 11

    2023-24Sophomore

    G/F
    6'0"
    11
  • 11

    2024-25Junior

    Guard/Forward
    6'0"
    11
  • 11

    2025-26Senior

    Guard/Forward
    6'0"
    11