She goes by CoJo and Courtney. She’s an all-conference soccer player and is studying to go to medical school with a 4.0 GPA. She’s led an entire team in scoring but is currently adding her defensive prowess to an LSU back line that has allowed just seven goals in 10 conference games.Perhaps the biggest reason it’s so difficult to define LSU junior midfielder Courtney Alexander is because there isn’t much she can’t do.”I just go wherever my team needs me to go. I don’t really care,” Alexander said.Alexander arrived at LSU from Southeast Missouri State in spring 2008 as the reigning Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year, after notching nine goals and six assists for the Redhawks. One might expect Alexander to lead the LSU offensive attack — instead, she’s happy simply to be playing.”Growing up, I played every position for different teams … I’m happy to be playing soccer again, so it doesn’t matter to me,” Alexander said. “I wanted a school that had great tradition, great athletics and great pride. This is exactly what I wanted from my college experience.”    SEMS declined to release Alexander from her athletic scholarship, forcing her to miss the 2008 season and preventing her from making her first LSU start until Aug. 21.”All I could do was practice with the team — I couldn’t travel or play,” she said. “I never really got a full answer about that. I think [SEMS] were probably just upset, but I don’t really know.”But “CoJo” knew she was at home the moment she arrived on campus. Her future teammates made sure of that.”When she went down there, she had on a pair of jean shorts,” said Alexander’s mother, Dana. “They started calling her ‘Jorts,’ and eventually I think they shortened it to CoJo.”Dana Alexander said her daughter has “absolutely been successful adapting to the culture” at LSU.”She has her own identity down there,” she said. “Up here she’s Courtney, and down there she’s CoJo.”Courtney Alexander has found a home on the field as well, combining with sophomore defender Allysha Chapman to help lock down an LSU defense seeking to replace graduated defensive midfielder Casey Crawford.The Tigers’ back line has allowed just 13 goals on the season, good enough for No. 4 in the Southeastern Conference.”They both were just what the doctor ordered. It’s really helped to have two physical players on the field,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. “Every transfer has a different story, and it helps when it’s a super-nice kid like Courtney. Her transition has been really smooth.”Not that she’s forgotten her scoring ways.Alexander often moves forward to the attack and has twice helped salvage certain LSU losses, delivering two assists in a comeback victory against Vanderbilt and causing an own goal to force a draw with Duke.”We knew she was going to be capable anywhere on the wing, but she has gone up front in spot duty and been very effective,” Lee said.These accolades speak nothing of Alexander’s academic prowess — something her parents said they’ve never had to encourage. Her father, Ted, said Courtney Alexander wanted a better challenge academically when she transferred. She didn’t receive her first B until two years into college, and her mother said she has plans of becoming a doctor and joining Doctors Without Borders, a volunteer organization that provides aid in countries threatened by wars and natural disasters.Courtney Alexander skipped a month’s worth of training last summer and moved home to study for the MCAT. Ted Alexander said she didn’t want any distractions.”She’s a very hard worker, whether it’s athletics or academics,” he said. “She wants to be a doctor — that’s her passion.–Contact David Helman at [email protected]