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8 Powerful Photos of WNBA Athlete Te’a Cooper in St. Thomas

The athlete was featured in the 2022 SI Swimsuit issue alongside four fellow female basketball players.

Ananya Panchal

Te’a Cooper was photographed by Laretta Houston in St. Thomas.

Te’a Cooper made her SI Swimsuit debut in 2022 when she traveled to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She posed alongside fellow WNBA stars Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird, Nneka Ogwumike and DiDi Richards.

Cooper was a guard for the Los Angeles Sparks and is now a free agent. Prior to the WNBA, she played college basketball at Baylor University. The 25-year-old is constantly using her platform—with 1.4 million followers on Instagram alone—to advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement. 

She is also an entrepreneur, as she founded Hollywood Luxury Hair, an extensions business, last November. Cooper continues to grow her name as a fashion icon and regularly works as both a brand ambassador and model, as she’s graced several magazine covers over the past year.

Here are eight of our favorite pics from Cooper’s 2022 photo shoot with Laretta Houston in St. Thomas.

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Ananya Panchal

ANANYA PANCHAL

Ananya Panchal is a NYC-based Lifestyle & Trending News writer at SI Swimsuit. Before joining the Swim team, the Boston University Alum worked for culture & entertainment beats at Bustle, The San Francisco Chronicle and the TODAY Show. When Ananya is not writing or doom-scrolling on social media, she can be found playing sudoku, rewatching One Tree Hill or trying new restaurants. She's also a coffee and chocolate (separately) enthusiast.