#8 Cooper Koch Season 2025-26

Hawk Item — Men's basketball representative on ISAAC (Iowa Student-Athlete Advisory Committee) in 2025-26 academic year.

2025-26 Honors -- Academic All-Big Ten selection. 2025-26 -- Started all 37 games, averaging 7.8 points and 3.1 rebounds... finished with a .437/.402/.833 shooting clips... made 66 3-point field goals -- second-most on the team... scored in double figures in 13 games, including five times in the final nine games... recorded one double-double... made 3+ 3-pointers in seven contests... played 35+ minutes eight times... made 29 3-point field goals over the team's final nine games... had 11 points and five rebounds in the Sweet 16 win over Nebraska (3/26) and 12 points with four 3-pointers in the Round of 32 victory over top-seeded Florida (3/22)... netted a career-high 19 points on 6-of-10 shooting (5-of-8 3PT) in the Big Ten Tournament win over Maryland (3/11)... scored 18 points with a career-high six 3-pointers in the regular season finale at Nebraska (3/8)... netted 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting (5-of-7 from 3) at Penn State (2/28)... recorded his first career double-double, finishing with 14 points and 10 rebounds against Ole Miss (11/25)... also had 11 points and six boards in the Acrisure Classic title game against Grand Canyon (11/26).

2024-25 — Saw action in 10 games before missing the remainder of the season with a medical condition... scored 46 points, averaging 4.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 13.6 minutes per game... shot 48.4 percent from the floor (15-of-31) and 42.9 percent (9-of-21) from 3-point range... scored a career-high 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting with three 3-pointers and had three assists against New Hampshire (12/30)... finished with eight points and five rebounds against South Dakota (12/12).

High School — Transferred from Peoria Notre Dame to Metamora High School for his senior season… IHSA Class 3A first-team and Illinois Media first-team all-state selection as a senior after averaging 17.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.9 steals and 2.4 assists… finished fifth in the Illinois Mr. Basketball voting for 2024 season… selected to the 2023 adidas Eurocamp in Treviso, Italy… four-star ranking by Rivals and ESPN… rated as the No. 64 player nationally by ESPN, No. 71 by On3… No. 14 power forward and No. 2 player in Illinois… ranked as the No. 51 player nationally by 247Sports and the No. 8 power forward in the class… earned Illinois Basketball Coaches Association 3A first-team all-state honors as a junior after averaging 18.6 points and eight rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.2 steals… was AP second-team all-state in 2022-23 and first-team All-Big 12 Conference honoree… honorable mention all-state and all-conference selection as a sophomore after averaging 16 points, seven rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block… played for Indiana Elite on AAU circuit.

Personal -- Born Oct. 6, 2005… son of J.R. and Jen Koch… has a younger brother, Sam… father, J.R., played at Iowa from 1995-99, was an NBA second round draft pick by the New York Knicks in 1999 and played professionally in Belgium, France, Turkey and Italy... majoring in business.

CAREER BESTS
Points: 19 vs. Maryland, 3/11/26
Rebounds: 10 vs. Ole Miss, 11/25/25
FGM: 6, 2X, last vs. Maryland, 3/11/26
FGA: 13 at Nebraska, 3/8/26
3-pt FG: 6 at Nebraska, 3/8/26
3-pt FGA: 12 at Nebraska, 3/8/26
FTM: 5, 2X, last vs. Clemson, 3/20/26
FTA: 6 vs. Grand Canyon, 11/26/25
Assists: 3, 5X, last vs. Michigan, 3/5/26
Steals: 2, 7X, last vs. Nebraska, 3/26/26
Blocks: 2 vs. New Orleans, 12/15/24
Minutes: 40 at Wisconsin, 2/22/26