Women’s basketball standout performer Andrea (Wasuk) Cohen left behind a tremendous individual career at Westfield State that helped guide the Owls program back to the top of the MASCAC.

Cohen joined Westfield State as a first-year student in 2005 where she played four seasons with the Owls, totaling 1,373 career points to sit seventh on the all-time scoring list.

As a senior, Cohen was named an honorable-mention All-American, and was the 2009 MASCAC Female Scholar Athlete of the Year and a COSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Selection.

In the same season, Cohen led the Owls to an NCAA Tournament appearance after winning the MASCAC Regular Season and tournament championships for the first time since the 1991-92 season. Cohen was named the MASCAC Player of the Year for her efforts during the season as she fronted the Owls offense with 15.0 points per game and 5.9 rebounds per game, leading Westfield in both categories for the third-straight season.

The Owls recorded the third-most wins in a single season under the captaincy of Cohen in her senior year, racking up 22 victories to just five losses. Westfield dominated conference play as well, posting an 11-1 mark against league foes during the regular season which was punctuated by a 26-point MASCAC Championship win over Salem State.

Cohen is a three-time MASCAC All-Conference selection as she was named to the first team in 2008 and 2009 while also tacking on a second-team nod in her sophomore year. She is sixth all-time in field goal percentage, averaging 12.95 points per game on 47.9% shooting from the field across 106 games. Wasuk was a starter in every game of her career, ranking third all-time in games started. The Owls forward consistently found her way to the free throw line as well, ranking in the top five in career free throws made (320) and attempted (521)

A native of Lenox, Mass., Cohen was previously inducted into the Berkshire County Girls Basketball Hall of Fame. Currently, Andrea and her husband Dan Cohen, a former quarterback of the Owls football team, reside in Bridgewater, Mass. where she is the mother of four children - Harper, 9; Brady, 8; McKenna, 6, and Ryleigh, 3.

Cohen is currently a stay-at-home mother who also coaches her daughter’s youth basketball team.