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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: All-state in track all four years • State Indoor Athlete of the Year in 2005 • Nike Indoor All-America heptathlon in 2003, 2005, and 2006 • Track team captain 2003 - 2006 • Co-founder of Black Student Forum and Bridges Diversity Awareness Organization • Member of school newspaper staff and yearbook staff. Personal: Journalism major • Favorite athletes include Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and Gail Devers • Favorite movie is "My Cousin Vinny" • Lists her biggest sports thrill as finishing second at the Nike Indoor High School Nationals in the pentathlon where her score landed in the Top 10 all-time • Alexandra Melissa Coppadge is the daughter of Joel and Arlene Coppadge • Born September 24, 1987, in Wilmington, Del. |
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