University of St. Thomas Athletics
Volleyball
Olson-Cooper, Amy
Amy Olson-Cooper
- Title:
- Senior Associate Athletics Director, SWA (Volleyball Sport Administrator)
- Email:
- ajolson-cooper@stthomas.edu
- Phone:
- 651-962-5902
Amy Olson-Cooper joined St. Thomas as the Senior Associate Athletics Director, SWA in fall 2021.
Olson-Cooper returns to the Twin Cities after serving in both coaching and administrative positions at every level (Division I, II, and III) of college athletics. She will have oversight responsibility for St. Thomas' business and finance, compliance, purchasing, human resources and other key administrative areas. She will serve as both Senior Women's Administrator and Chief of Staff and have sport administration responsibility for baseball, women’s basketball, women’s tennis, and volleyball.
Prior to St. Thomas, Olson-Cooper served in a similar athletic administrative position at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she was tasked with the oversight of budget, travel and ticketing and also served as HR liaison and Senior Women's Administrator.
As a Division I student-athlete at Howard University, Olson was twice named All-Big South Conference and team co-MVP three times in soccer. In her long college soccer coaching career, she also was named the 2015 Division III Independent Soccer Coach of the Year, and trained multiple nationally-ranked players.
A native of Minneapolis, Minn., Olson-Cooper was a prep student-athlete at Minneapolis Washburn High, where she was her school's Athena Award Winner as a senior. A four-sport athlete (track & field, basketball, soccer, and swimming & diving), she also an All-State and four-time All-Conference selection in track & field, All-State and three-time All-Conference honoree in soccer, and All-Conference selection in swimming & diving.
Olson-Cooper returns to the Twin Cities after serving in both coaching and administrative positions at every level (Division I, II, and III) of college athletics. She will have oversight responsibility for St. Thomas' business and finance, compliance, purchasing, human resources and other key administrative areas. She will serve as both Senior Women's Administrator and Chief of Staff and have sport administration responsibility for baseball, women’s basketball, women’s tennis, and volleyball.
Prior to St. Thomas, Olson-Cooper served in a similar athletic administrative position at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she was tasked with the oversight of budget, travel and ticketing and also served as HR liaison and Senior Women's Administrator.
As a Division I student-athlete at Howard University, Olson was twice named All-Big South Conference and team co-MVP three times in soccer. In her long college soccer coaching career, she also was named the 2015 Division III Independent Soccer Coach of the Year, and trained multiple nationally-ranked players.
A native of Minneapolis, Minn., Olson-Cooper was a prep student-athlete at Minneapolis Washburn High, where she was her school's Athena Award Winner as a senior. A four-sport athlete (track & field, basketball, soccer, and swimming & diving), she also an All-State and four-time All-Conference selection in track & field, All-State and three-time All-Conference honoree in soccer, and All-Conference selection in swimming & diving.
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