Trevor Donald Cooney (born August 1, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Leyma Coruña of the

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High school career

Cooney, a 6'4 guard, grew up in

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and attended the Sanford School. He led the Warriors to two state championships. By the time Cooney graduated, he was the school's all-time scoring leader.

College career

Cooney red shirted his freshman season at Syracuse with the

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, since he realized that minutes were limited in a back court that also contained

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, and

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. On Syracuse's 2012–13 Final Four team, he played infrequent minutes. In his final three seasons, he started 102 consecutive games. In his red shirt senior year, he became the first Syracuse player in school history to play for two Final Four teams, averaging 12.7 points per game for the season. Cooney scored 22 points, on 9-of-18 shooting from the field, in his final game in an Orange uniform, an 83–66 loss to

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. Cooney scored 1,437 points in his college career, and he shot .337% from the 3-point range. His 281 made three-pointers trails only

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and

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, in the school's record books.

Professional career

On August 15, 2016, Cooney signed for the

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of the

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. In August 2016, he joined Baskonia for the preseason. One month later, he extended his contract for two more months. On November 11, 2016, he signed with

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of the German

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. On December 30, 2016, he parted ways with Vechta after averaging 3.4 points per game. On January 18, 2017, he was acquired by the Long Island Nets of the NBA Development League. On August 5, 2017, Cooney signed with Leyma Coruña of the

. In June 2018, one of Cooney's best friends Sean Locke committed suicide. Since then, Cooney has become an advocate for mental health awareness. He is a board member of the Unlocke the Light Foundation which sponsors a basketball tournament in his honor.

The Basketball Tournament (TBT)

In the summer of 2017, Cooney competed in

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for Boeheim's Army; a team composed of

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basketball alum. In five games, he averaged 6.8 points and 2.0 rebounds per game to help lead Boeheim's Army to the Semifinal Round where they fell 81–77 to the eventual champions

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High school career

College career

Professional career

The Basketball Tournament (TBT)

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