CLAYTON, CA (Apr. 18, 2025) — Clayton resident Abbi Cooper has continued a highly successful 2025 by earning a spot on the U20 USA World Championship women’s wrestling team.

The Clayton Valley Charter senior, who is headed to Leigh University in the fall, will wrestle for Team America this summer in the 53 kg weight class (117 pounds) starting with a pre-Worlds tour in Spain and the World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria Aug. 18-24.

Representing the Community Youth Center of Concord, Cooper made her way through to the best of three championship finals at the World Team Trials this month in Spokane with four straight wins before losing decisively to William Jewell College sophomore Alexandria Waitsman in the first championship round match. But the CYC wrestler stormed back with two straight wins to earn the national team berth.

Earlier this year she capped her high school career with a fourth straight North Coast Section championship and a second-place State Meet finish at 110 pounds.

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