A former Cooper Lady Cougar is now a national champion.

Freshman guard Kelsey Wasmer helped Odessa College to the NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Saturday night, as OC downed Central Arizona 73-50. The Lady Wranglers finished the season 32-2, handing Central Arizona only its third loss of the year in the championship game.

Wasmer was a standout at Cooper, averaging 18 points, 6 rebounds and almost 2 steals per game her senior season. Another name that may be familiar to District 3-5A fans is Whitney Davis - she's also a freshman guard at Odessa College and played her high school basketball at Odessa High. The biggest name on the roster is probably that of LaDe'sha Stoudemire. If that name sounds vaguely familiar - at least the last name - it is. Her older brother is NBA all-star Amare Stoudemire. She's a sophomore, last year earning all-conference recognition and playing in the all-star game.

Wasmer was key in getting the Lady Wranglers - who won the national title in 1986 and 1991 and lost in last year's title game - to the championship game, scoring 11 second-half points and hitting three of the team's 10 3-pointers in a 77-66 win over Seward County (Kan.) in Friday's semifinal. She scored nine in the title game.