Brittnee Cooper (born February 26, 1988) is an

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player. She played for

Rabita Baku Telekom Baku (formerly named Rabita Baku) was an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club. Telekom was an eight-time champion of Azerbaijani Superleague and the winner of the 2011 FIVB Club World Championship. History The Rabita Bank was founded in 2 ...

for the 2013/14 season in the Azerbaijan Superleague as a middle-blocker. She played collegiately for

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(LSU) as a middle-blocker. She was named 1st-team AVCA All-American and SEC Player of the Year in 2009.

Career

Cooper was also a member of the

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National A2 team in 2008 and 2009. Cooper's club,

, won the bronze medal of the

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after falling 0-3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan in the semifinals, but defeating the Turkish Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul, 3-0, in the third place match.

Awards

Clubs

– Bronze medal, with

References

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