I met Cooper Charlton through my son's passion for lacrosse when Trent was 15. At 18 - Cooper's ability to communicate, motivate, teach and inspire are far beyond most of my colleagues who have been business owners for many years in the industry I serve.
Last summer, Cooper created a Defensive Position lacrosse camp that Trent attended because he sees Cooper as not only a great lacrosse player in the position he wants to play in college - but more importantly a great leader and motivator - the kind of guy you want to learn from and emulate. We were completely impressed and amazed at what Cooper put into this camp over the 2 weeks that Trent attended. He marketed the camp (quite aggressively), set up a professional method to register and pay for the camp online and administered and led a camp that we believe exceeded the value of most of the 'professional' camps that Trent attended (at 2x the cost). Cooper created a detailed evaluation form for each player that rated their skill level and provided a detailed 'road map' for becoming a great player and peer leader.
Cooper is a natural teacher and motivator. His ability to 'break things down', critique while constantly building the person 'up', motivate and inspire - while still holding that person accountable are well beyond his years. It's an amazing balance and quite a gift. He would make a great Coach and I believe an excellent business leader some day.
I can only imagine the things this young man will accomplish in the future. And I look forward to hearing about it!
Marylee Maendler
Sales Executive
Regional Sales Trainer
3M Unitek
