Karen Cope

[2] She is the daughter of Stwart Cope a former basketball player,[3] and Brenda Charles Clark, now-deceased,[4] who is former sports educator and national record holder in track and field.

[10] After playing the TV Azteca Women's Stars tournament,[11] she made the selection for the 2006 FIVB World Championship, appointed for jumping ability and considered one of the team's top players.

[32] During the 2008–09 CEV Cup With Kanti Schaffhausen, they defeated the Croatian OTP Banka Pula[33] 3–0 and 3–0 in the 1/16 round[34][35] and later to the Portuguese Clube Desportivo Ribeirense 2–3 and 3–0.

[37] Kanti Schaffhausen was unable to achieve their first championship being defeated by Volley Köniz, after Kope suffered a season-ending injury that her club could not overcome, winning anyway the Swiss cup.

[38] When she returned from Switzerland, she was called to the national team who was scheduled to play the 2010 FIVB World Championship NORCECA qualification tournament with lack of warm up games.

[42] After the Pan American Cup, her national team traveled to Orlando, Florida to play the 2010 FIVB World Championship NORCECA qualification tournament.

[51] But in December, she played the Costa Rican Closing tournament with San José Bio Gel, leading the team to their second straight championship[56] being awarded Most Valuable player.

[62] In June, she played the Ocean City stop of the National Beach Volleyball League in the United States, with the Costa Rica Olympic Committee backup,[60] winning the bronze medal and using this tournament to improve the blocking and the service effectiveness.

[67] After her participation, Cope defined playing with the score and improve the closing as the key points for their next competitions and also thanked the support and motivation from Costa Rica during the World Championship.

[77] Togegther with Marcela Araya and Valeria Valenciano the duo of Alfaro and Cope qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics by winning the NORCECA Continental Cup, first time ever in beach volleyball for their home country.