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Sophie Cunningham

&#8211; WNBA Commissioner&#8217;s Cup Champion (2025)  &#8211; SEC Freshman of the Year (2016)  &#8211; Mizzou Hall of Fame
How Acquired: Sophie Cunningham joined the Indiana Fever from the Phoenix Mercury as part of a four-team trade on January 31, 2025.  
WNBA CAREER
During her first season with the Indiana Fever Cunningham scored 257 points, the fifth-most on the team despite only appearing in 30 games. In the Commissioner&#8217;s Cup Championship, Cunningham 13 points were the second-most on the team, helping the Fever lift the trophy for the first time in franchise history.     In six seasons with the Phoenix Mercury Cunnigham appeared in 182 games, the eighth most in franchise history, averaging 7.7 points per game. Additionally, Cunningham sits ninth in all-time points for the Mercury (1,409), fourth in all-time three pointers made (254), and tenth in free throws made (243).     Since being drafted in 2019, Cunningham has appeared in the playoffs in all but one year, playing for the WNBA Finals in 2021 before ultimately falling to the Chicago Sky. Cunningham has played in 15 postseason games, averaging 5.8 points per game. 
Has appeared in 53 career games, starting in 11 of those contests
Holds career averages of 3.8 points and 1.0 rebounds
Career 88.1 percent (52-for-59) free throw shooter, having missed only seven attempts in her first two seasons
Led all rookies in free-throw shooting percentage in 2019, shooting 88.2 percent (30-of-34)
Scored a career-high 19 points on June 28, 2019 against Indiana…finished a perfect three-for-three from three-point range
Scored a career-high 19 points on June 28, 2019 against Indiana
Grabbed a career-best six rebounds on July 5, 2019 against New York
Has dished a career-high three assists twice (most recent: August 28, 2020)
2020 SEASON
Appeared in 21 games, earning the start in 11 of them
Averaged a career-best 5.0 points and 1.0 rebounds
Missed just three free throws on the season, finishing 22-for-25 (88.0 percent) from the charity stripe
Scored a season-high 15 points on August 12 against Chicago, matching her career high for three-pointers in a game with three…scored 10+ points four times on the season
Grabbed a season-high five rebounds in the Mercury’s season finale on September 11 against Seattle after playing in a career-high 32 minutes
2019 SEASON
Appeared in 32 games, earning the start in five of them
Averaged 3.1 points and 1.4 rebounds
Led all rookies in free-throw shooting percentage, shooting 88.2 percent from the charity stripe (30-of-34)
Became just the second rookie in franchise history to shoot over 88 percent from the free-throw line during rookie season (min. 30 FT attempts), joining Bridget Pettis (1997)
Scored a career-high 19 points and matched her career-high in assists (three) in the Mercury’s game on June 28 against Indiana
Finished a perfect three-for-three from three-point range on June 28 against Indiana…registered the seventh ever game in franchise history of at least 19 points and a perfect 100-percent mark from three-point range (min. 3 attempts)…Jennifer GIllom, Penny Taylor, Tangela Smith, Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter (twice) are the only others to do so
Grabbed a career-high six rebounds in her first career start on July 5 against New York
COLLEGE CAREER
Finished her four-year career at Missouri as the program’s all-time leader in points (2,187) and free throws (537), second in three-point field goals (590) and fourth in points per game (17.0)
Led the program to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances after Missouri missed 10-straight appearances in the ‘Big Dance’
2019 All-America Third Team selection following senior season
Three-time All-SEC First Team selection during college career
AP All-America Honorable Mention in both her sophomore and junior seasons
Became first Missouri player since 1994 to earn SEC All-Tournament honors at the SEC Tournament
Only player in the nation to average 17.0 points, grab 200 rebounds and hit 80 three-pointers and 150 free throws during senior season
INTERNATIONAL
Played for the Melbourne Boomers in Australia’s WNBL during the 2019-2020 WNBA offseason&#8230;averaged 11.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game…shot 57 percent from the field (57-of-100), 33.7 percent from three-point range (29-of-86) and 89.6 percent from the free throw line (43-of-48)
PERSONAL
Born August 16, 1996 to Jim and Paula Cunningham
Favorite WNBA player growing up was Diana Taurasi
Sister, Lindsey, also played basketball at Missouri&#8230;mother (track and field), father (football), aunt (basketball), uncle (football) and grandfather (football) all played at Missouri