Tamera Cookman

Class:
Senior
Position:
M
Hometown:
London, England
High School:
St. Teresa’s Effingham
Prev School:
New Hampshire

PRONUNCIATION

Collegiate Accolades (at New Hampshire)
• 2023 NFHCA Division I Northeast Region First Team
• 2023 America East All-Conference First Team
• 2023 NFHCA Watchlist
• 2022 America East All-Conference Second Team
• 2022 America East All-Rookie Team
• 2022 NFHCA Northeast Region Second Team

At New Hampshire:
As a Senior in 2025
• Sidelined due to injury

As a Junior in 2024
• Started in all four games that she played
• Recorded two assists (one vs Saint Joseph's on 8/31, one vs Lafayette on 9/8)

As a Sophomore in 2023
• Started all 19 games
• Recorded eight goals and seven assists for 23
• Tied for the team lead in both game-winning goals (four) and defensive saves (one)
• Ranked second in assists (seven) and third in both goals (eight) and points (23)
• Second in shots (73) and third in shots on goal (36)
• Career-high three assists vs. Maine (10/13); also scored a goal that game to finish with five points
• Matched her career high with a season-high three goals vs. Merrimack (10/15); the six points also marked a season high
• Recorded a point in 9 of 19 games
• Scored a goal in back-to-back games three times
• Scored the game-winning goal vs. Michigan State, Bryant, Dartmouth and Maine
• Credited with a defensive save vs. Cal (10/27)

As a Freshman in 2022
• Started all 20 games
• Recorded six goals and six assists for 18 points
• On the America East conference leader board, ranked #12 in assists and #17 in points, as well as #7 in shots (52) and #11 in shots on goal (28)
• Career highs in goals (three) and points (eight) vs. Merrimack (10/16); also had a season-high two assists
• Scored the game-winning goal vs. Merrimack (10/16)
• Tallied a point in eight of the last 13 games
• Recorded a point in three consecutive games against Bryant (assist), Dartmouth (goal) and Cal (goal)
• Credited with an assist in back-to-back games vs. Columbia (10/23) and UC Davis (10/28)
• Recorded her first career points with a goal at Maine (9/23)
• Had an assist in the America East semifinal game vs. UAlbany (11/4)

High School/Prep
• Surbiton Hockey Club team co-captain in the 2020-21 season
• Achieved a high level of success through the years with her club teams dating back to being the U12 indoor and outdoor national winners.
• Part of the U13 school national winners and U14 club national winners
• Was the U16 school indoor top goal scorer and led that team to third place at nationals
• In 2018, was a Futures Cup finals captain and was named Player of the Tournament
• Gained additional playing experience on both the U16 and U18 England teams
• Also played tennis

Personal:
• Full name is Tamera Cookman
• Nickname is Mera
• Birthday is November 13
• Parents are Gavin and Beverly
• Has two siblings: Tyler and Tasmin
• Her sister, Tasmin played field hockey at New Hampshire
• Her greatest challenge has been overcoming an ACL injury