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Cokley
Cokley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Chris Cokley (born 1996), American basketball player *Rebecca Cokley (born 1978), American disability rights activist and public speaker See also * Coakley *Cowley (surname) ''Cowley'' is a surname in the English language. Etymology The surname ''Cowley'' has numerous origins. In some cases it originated as a habitational name, derived from any of the several places in England named ''Cowley''. One such place, in ... {{surname English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Cokley
Chris Cokley (born July 27, 1996) is an American basketball player who last played for AS Douanes of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He competed in college for the UAB Blazers. Early life Cokley is the son of Angela Green and he grew up on the east side of Savannah, Georgia. He first began playing basketball at the age of five and learned the game at the Blackshear Community Center. Cokley developed into a star at Savannah High School, where he was coached by Tim Jordan. He led the team to the GHSA Class 5A finals as a sophomore. As a junior, he passed out in a state quarterfinal game against Washington County High School and missed the semifinal game, but returned in the state finals. College career Cokley was recruited to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he earned regular minutes on a Blazers team that reached the NCAA Tournament as a No. 14 seed and defeated No. 3 seed Iowa State in the first round of the tournament. As a sophomore, Cokley partnere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Cokley
Rebecca A. Hare Cokley (born December 4, 1978) is an American disability rights activist and public speaker who is currently the first U.S. Disability Rights Program Officer for the Ford Foundation. Prior to joining Ford, Cokley was the founding director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress. During the Obama Administration, Cokley served as the executive director of the National Council on Disability. Early life and advocacy Born Rebecca A. Hare on December 4, 1978, in California, Cokley grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was born with achondroplasia, a common cause of dwarfism. Both of Cokley's parents were born with the same kind of dwarfism and met at a Little People of America convention in the 1970s. She is the granddaughter of Judge James A. Hare Jr, and Katherine Terrell Hare. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) in 2001. Cokley began her career at the Institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coakley
Coakley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Coakley (born 1987), Scottish football striker *Andy Coakley (1882–1963), US baseball pitcher born in Providence, Rhode Island *Cheryl Coakley-Rivera (active 1995–2014), US politician from Massachusetts * Daniel Coakley (born 1989), Filipino/US swimmer, member of Philippine team at 2007 Southeast Asian Games *Dexter Coakley (born 1972), US American football linebacker *Jackie Coakley (active 2014–2016), US student involved in sexual assault allegations reported in retracted article A Rape on Campus *John Coakley (active 1994–2016), professor in School of Politics & International Relations, University College, Dublin *Martha Coakley (born 1953), US Attorney General of Massachusetts * Paul Stagg Coakley (born 1955), US Roman Catholic prelate *Sarah Coakley (born 1951), English Anglican theologian *Tommy Coakley Thomas Coakley (born 21 May 1947) is a Scottish former football player and coach. Coakley, who pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowley (surname)
''Cowley'' is a surname in the English language. Etymology The surname ''Cowley'' has numerous origins. In some cases it originated as a habitational name, derived from any of the several places in England named ''Cowley''. One such place, in Gloucestershire, is derived from two Old English elements: the first, ''cu'', meaning "cow"; the second element, ''leah'', meaning "woodland clearing". Two other places are located in Derbyshire which are derived from the Old English ''col'', meaning "coal" (in reference to charcoal). Another place is located near London, which can has two possible derivations: the first is from the Old English ''cofa'', meaning "shelter" or "bay"; the second possibility is that this place name is derived from the Old English personal name ''Cofa''. Other places are located in Buckinghamshire, Devon, Oxfordshire, and Staffordshire: these place names are thought to be derived from elements meaning "the wood or clearing of ''Cufa''", although they may al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |