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'Covers the campus like the magnolias'
"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black
"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black
Cooper Sullivan

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor

Cooper Sullivan is a senior from Winston-Salem majoring in Communication with double minors in Journalism and Art History. He enjoys long walks on the beach, dancing like no one is watching and "committing to the bit".
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A mostly empty Allegacy Stadium watches Wake Forest beat Vanderbilt 36-20 in Week 2.

Tracking all the intended transfers in and out of Wake Forest

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
December 4, 2023
Head Coach Jen Averill, left, speaks with her coaching staff during a preseason exhibition match against No. 1-ranked UNC.

[Photo] DeNovio: Wake Forest Field Hockey found a winner

December 1, 2023
Mitch Griffis drops back for a pass during the Sept. 9 win over Vanderbilt.

Breaking: Wake Forest loses two quarterbacks to transfer portal

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
November 28, 2023
Redshirt junior quarterback Michael Kern speaks to the team prior to kickoff (Courtesy of Wake Forest Athletics).

Football season ends on sour note with 35-31 loss to Syracuse

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
November 26, 2023
Junior guard Hunter Sallis drives to the rim against Charleston Southern. Sallis finished Friday’s game with 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 assists.

MBB overcomes first-half struggles to beat Charleston Southern

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
November 25, 2023
Junior guard Hunter Sallis makes a mid-range jumper during the first half of Friday’s game.

PHOTOS: Men’s basketball defeats Charleston Southern

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
November 25, 2023
Jahmal Banks attempts to reel in a pass (Courtesy of Wake Forest).

Ghost of quarterback past haunts Wake Forest against Notre Dame

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
November 20, 2023
Rynard Swanepoel (left) and Hunter Jones (right) run the Panorama Farms course in Earlysville, Va. (Courtesy of Wake Forest Athletics)

Men’s cross country finishes Nationals in 24th

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
November 20, 2023
Mitch Griffis looks at the Memorial Stadium crowd during the Oct. 7, 2023, road game against Clemson.

Sullivan: It ain’t 2018 anymore

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
November 10, 2023
Jasheen Davis (No. 30) celebrates a strip sack in the first quarter. (Photo courtesy of Wake Forest Athletics)

‘It’s a shame:’ Costly fourth-quarter mistakes erase Wake Forest lead

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
November 3, 2023
Brooke Wilson receives All-ACC honors from conference commissioner Jim Phillips after finishing in 18th place with a time of 20:21.1.

Women’s XC’s goal just out of reach at ACC Championships

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
November 1, 2023
Joe O’Brien (left) and Luke Tewalt (right) pose with their All-ACC medals after Friday morning’s conference championship meet (Courtesy of WFU Athletics).

Men’s XC can’t repeat as conference champs after roster reset

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
November 1, 2023
Emily Morris (center) contributed a goal and assist during Thursday night’s match at Miami.

Women’s soccer rocks the Hurricanes, earns ACC Tournament berth

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
October 29, 2023
Luke Petitbon and the Wake Forest offense celebrate on the field.

Mamma Mia! Marucci Makes Most of Opportunity

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
October 24, 2023
Sisters Emily, left, and Abbie Colton, right, were literally matched up against each other at the midfielder position during the Wake Forest-UNC soccer match on Oct. 13, 2023.

‘It’s a full circle moment:’ Colton sisters face off during Wake Forest-UNC soccer match

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
October 19, 2023
It’s been a week since Drake released his latest album, “For All the Dogs.”

For all the deacs

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
October 18, 2023
Emily Murphy dribbles the ball past the UNC defense in Wake Forest’s 1-1 draw Friday night.

Women’s soccer earns ‘bittersweet’ draw with No. 3 UNC

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
October 16, 2023
Wake Forest junior quarterback Mitch Griffis is pressured to pass in Clemson’s redzone.

Football gets stuck in a valley, loses 17-12 to Clemson

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
October 10, 2023
Teezos provocative appearance is as boundary-pushing as his music. (Courtesy of Spotify)

Teezo Touchdown’s newest project as eccentric as him

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
October 9, 2023
Head coach Steve Forbes speaks with a referee during a break in the Jan. 17, 2023, game against Clemson.

Men’s basketball announces SEC scrimmage for cause close to home

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
October 4, 2023
Wake Forest students, faculty and staff run laps around Hearn Plaza to raise money for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund during Hit the Bricks on Oct. 6, 2022.

How to Hit the Bricks without letting the bricks hit you

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
October 3, 2023
Head Coach Dave Clawson speaks passionately with one of the referees.

Turnovers sting as football falls to the Yellow Jackets

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
September 25, 2023
Caiya Hanks (9), Emily Murphy (35), Abbie Colton (33) and Kristin Johnson (7) react to Emily Morris’s disallowed goal in the 82nd minute.

Controversial calls overshadow women’s soccer match

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
September 22, 2023
Jao Ituka takes the ball into the paint against Appalachian State on Dec. 14, 2022.

Ituka to miss 4-6 months with injury

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
September 19, 2023
Taylor Morin reels in one of two touchdowns of the day. Morin finished the game with six receptions for 112 yards and two scores (Courtesy of Wake Forest Athletics).

Football avoids trainwreck, conducts comeback against Old Dominion

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
September 18, 2023
Emily Murphy (No. 35) has gotten comfortable in the old gold and black, scoring her third goal of the season against URI (Courtesy of Wake Forest Athletics).

Women’s soccer goes 1-0 in rain-shortened road trip

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
September 11, 2023
Tate Carney runs into the end zone during the second quarter of Saturday’s game. The redshirt freshman finished the game with 13 rushes, 117 yards and a touchdown.

Football outruns bad weather, Vanderbilt defense

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
September 11, 2023
Emily Morris (in white) prepares to strike the ball.

Women’s soccer takes the wind out of Iona’s Gaels

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
September 5, 2023
Caleb Carlson kicks the ball off to Elon.

Sullivan: Football’s perennials are beginning to grow

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
September 4, 2023
Midfielders Anna Swanson (left) and Carly Wilson (right) celebrate on the field (Courtesy of WFU Athletics).

Women’s soccer notches a pair of wins on the road

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
September 1, 2023
The Wake Forest defense works to stop a play against Liberty.

The Demon Deacon defense is ready to tackle the 2023 season

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
August 30, 2023
Student sections, like the one at Spry Stadium pictured here, are the place to be when Wake Forest sports teams play their biggest games.

Previewing marquee matchups for Wake Forest’s fall sports

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
August 28, 2023
Caiya Hanks charges the ball. The midfielder scored her second goal of the season in Thursdays contest.

Wake Forest keeps a clean sheet against Idaho State

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
August 27, 2023
The Wake Forest football team celebrates a touchdown in their 2022 season opener (Courtesy of WFU Athletics).

Wake Forest’s offense looks to continue its dominance in 2023

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
August 26, 2023
The new McCrerary football complex includes, among other amenities, 130 lockers a nutrition center and a barber shop (Courtesy of Wake Forest).

Wake Forest unveils new football locker room

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
August 20, 2023
Mitch Griffis, redshirt sophomore quarterback, takes the podium at 2023 ACC Kickoff in Charlotte on July 27, 2023 (Courtesy of the ACC).

Mitch Griffis came under center at the ACC’s media day; here’s what we learned

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
July 28, 2023
Recent news out of the transfer portal brings more clarity about who will be taking the field for the home team at the David F. Couch Ballpark next spring (Courtesy of Wake Forest Athletics).

Baseball transfer portal sees big names coming and going

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
July 23, 2023
Wake Forests bats fell quiet after the top of the second, scoring no additional runs.

Baseball falls to LSU, setting up Thursday rematch

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
June 22, 2023
The Wake Forest baseball team celebrates on the mound after defeating Alabama in the Super Regionals.

Wake Forest sweeps its way to Omaha as Crimson Tide ebbs

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
June 11, 2023
Luke Tewalt (left) and Zach Facioni (right) complete one last workout before Friday night’s 10:55 EDT 5K National Championship race in Austin, Texas.

Friends, competitors and teammates: Luke Tewalt, Zach Facioni and a National Championship run

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
June 9, 2023
The Demon Deacons celebrate after winning the Winston-Salem Regional.

Baseball dominates George Mason again, advances to super-regional

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
June 5, 2023
3rd basemen Brock Wilken celebrates after his single brings Lucas Costello across home plate for the first score of the game.

Delay does nothing to disrupt the Deacs

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
June 4, 2023
Seth Keener was selected in the third round by the Chicago White Sox.

Seth Keener, Justin Johnson lead baseball over George Mason

Cooper Sullivan, Sports Editor
June 3, 2023
Cooper Sullivan is not enjoying his semester abroad.

I’m a WFU student who hates my study abroad

Cooper Sullivan, Senior Writer
April 12, 2023
Damari Monsanto attempts to block a shot. His 25 points kept Wake Forest in the game.

PHOTOS: Men’s basketball falls to No. 10 Virginia

Cooper Sullivan, Senior Photographer
January 23, 2023
Davion Bradford puts up a reverse layup. The junior finished the night with 3 points and 5 rebounds.

Men’s basketball takes down No. 19 Clemson

Cooper Sullivan, Senior Writer
January 23, 2023
Matthew Marsh hangs onto the rim after scoring a ferocious dunk.

PHOTOS: Men’s basketball hands Clemson its first ACC loss

Cooper Sullivan, Senior Photographer
January 18, 2023
Andrew Carr goes for the contested layup against Florida State’s Cameron Corhen. The junior forward finished the night with 22 points and four rebounds.

Wake Forest’s three-headed monster spears the Seminoles

Cooper Sullivan, Senior Writer
January 17, 2023

PHOTOS: Men’s basketball defeats Florida State

Cooper Sullivan, Senior Photographer
January 12, 2023
A firetruck arrives at Reynolda Hall to extinguish the fire.

BREAKING: Pit dishwasher catches fire; no injuries reported

Cooper Sullivan, Multimedia Managing Editor
November 2, 2022
The Wake Forest mens cross country team poses with the ACC Championship trophy.

Men’s cross country wins first ACC title since 1994

Cooper Sullivan, Multimedia Managing Editor
November 2, 2022
Notre Dame, which held the Demon Deacons scoreless, defends Wake Forest.

Women’s soccer falls to No. 5 Notre Dame on Senior Night

Cooper Sullivan, Multimedia Managing Editor
October 27, 2022
The Reynolda Campus is inaccessible for those with disabilities or injuries, writes Isabella Romine.

[Photo] Accessibility on campus must be improved

October 21, 2022
Sam Hartman (No. 10 in black) commands the Wake Forest offense against Clemson.

Demon Deacons can’t claw back against Clemson

Cooper Sullivan, Multimedia Managing Editor
September 29, 2022
Signs advocating against student housing do not target students, but developers, writes Professor Dean Franco.

[Photo] Wake Forest students are advised to be more respectful to their neighbors

September 21, 2022
Faculty art will be on display in the Hanes Gallery until Dec. 9.

[Photo] ‘Exponents’ exhibit highlights faculty art

September 9, 2022
Two students stand in line behind a swipe-in counter at the Pit

[Photo] Meal swipe donation program launches at Wake Forest

September 3, 2022
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[Photo] Virginia Noone

September 2, 2022

Jordan Peele pushes boundaries with ‘Nope’

Cooper Sullivan, Multimedia Managing Editor
August 30, 2022
A photograph of an unfinished roadway.

[Photo] Construction changes campus landscape

August 18, 2022
A photograph of students getting lunch at the campus dining hall.

Food options on and off campus

August 18, 2022

Cultural Affinity Group Roundtable

Cooper Sullivan
August 18, 2022
A stock photograph of a gas mask.

Conquer college with these “surefire” tips

Cooper Sullivan, Multimedia Managing Editor
August 18, 2022
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