Alexandra Coppadge
Alexandra Coppadge

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Wilmington, Del.

High School:
Wilmington Friends School

Height:
5-6

Event:
Multis

Coppadge's PR's
• Pentathlon - 3,771

• Heptathlon - 5,161

Sophomore Year: Set the third-best heptathlon mark in school history at the ACC Outdoor Championships • Also competed in the high jump during the outdoor season • Earned All-ACC honors during the indoor season with a fourth place finish in the pentathlon • Set the pentathlon school record at ACCs.

Freshman Year: Finished 13th in the pentathlon at the ACC Indoor Championships • Also competed in the 60-meter hurdles, long jump and high jump • Scored in the ACC Outdoor Championships with an eighth-place finish in the heptathlon.

Prep: Three-time Nike Indoor All-America in heptathlon • All-state four years • 2005 State Indoor Athlete of the Year • Three-year captain • Co-founder of Black Student Forum and Bridges Diversity Awareness Organization.

Personal: Majoring in communications • Enjoys watching TV, listening to music and shopping • Admires Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Gail Devers • Her parents have had the greatest influence on her athletic career • Lists "Brown Sugar" as her favorite movie and "The Wire" as her favorite TV show • Alexandra Melissa Coppadge is the daughter of Joel and Arlene Coppadge • Born September 24, 1987, in Wilmington, Del.