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3 Sophie Cunningham

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Columbia, Mo.
  • High School Rock Bridge

Biography

Awards and Honors

2019 USBWA All-America Third Team
2019 WBCA All-America Honorable Mention
2019 All-SEC First Team (Associated Press & Coaches’)
2019 All-SEC Tournament Team
2019 Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Finalist
2019 John R. Wooden Award National Ballot Top-15 Finalist
2019 Naismith Trophy Midseason Watch List
2019 Wade Trophy Midseason Watch List
SEC Player of the Week - January 29, 2020
SEC Player of the Week - February 12, 2020
2018 AP All-America Honorable Mention
2018 AP First Team All-SEC
2018 Coaches’ First Team All-SEC
2018 SEC Community Service Team
SEC Player of the Week - Feb. 13, 2018
2017 AP All-America Honorable Mention
2017 AP First Team All-SEC
2017 Coaches’ First Team All-SEC
USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week - Feb. 21, 2017
SEC Player of the Week - Feb. 23, 2017
ESPNW National Player of the Week - Feb. 20, 2017
SEC Co-Player of the Week - Jan. 26, 2017
2017 Naismith Trophy Women’s Preseason Watch List
2015-16 SEC Freshman of the Year (Coaches, Associated Press) 
2015-16 Second-Team All-SEC (Coaches), honorable mention All-SEC (Associated Press) 
2015-16 SEC All-Freshman Team
2016 Inside Columbia Magazine Athlete of the Year
2015-16 SEC Freshman of the Week (Nov. 17, Nov. 24, Dec. 8, Jan. 19, Feb. 23, Feb. 29)

2018-19: Started all 35 games, averaging 17.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 2.8 assists in 34.3 minutes per game … Was the only player in the nation to average 17.0 ppg, make 80 three-pointers, make 150 free throws and record 200 rebounds … Became the first student-athlete in program history to be named to an All-America team, earning Third Team honors from the Associated Press and USBWA and Honorable Mention honors from WBCA … Finished her historic career as Mizzou’s all-time leading scorer (2,187 points) and all-time leader in free throws made (537). Among program career records, ranks second in three-pointers made (238), second in three-point percentage (.403), second in free throw percentage (.839), third in points per game (17.0), fourth in assists (390), fourth in field goals made (706) and eighth in field goal percentage (.501) … Her marks of 85 three-pointers and 151 free throws made both rank fifth on the all-time single season program leaderboard … Named All-SEC First Team for the third consecutive season, becoming the first player in program history to earn three All-Conference First Team honors … Named to the SEC All-Tournament Team after averaging 25.3 ppg and 5.3 rpg while shooting 60.0 percent from the field, 47.6 percent from three and 88.9 percent from the free throw line … Named SEC Player of the Week twice … Reached 20 points in 16 games and 30 points four times this season. Mizzou went 14-2 when she scored 20+, 3-1 when she scored 30+ … In the SEC, ranked fifth in scoring (17.8 ppg), second in free throw percentage (83.9%), third in three-point percentage (40.3%), third in three-pointers made per game (2.4) and seventh in field goal percentage (48.1%) .. In conference games, finished the season leading the SEC in three-point percentage (46.5%) and three-pointers made per game (2.9) … Matched a program record with 49 career 20-point games, recording 10+ 20-point games in all four seasons (10 in 2015-16, 10 in 2016-17, 13 in 2017-18, 16 in 2018-19) … Finished her career as the SEC’s active scoring leader (2,187 points), while ranking sixth in career assists (390) and seventh in career rebounds (701) … Debuted her senior campaign with a 31-point performance at Western Illinois (11/6), her eighth career performance of 30+ points … Posted 10th career double-double with 26 points and 10 rebounds vs. Quinnipiac (11/24) … Scored 18 points and dished out a team-high eight assists at SLU (12/9) … Had her 37th career 20-point game vs. Texas State (12/17), scoring 20 points while recording three assists and three steals … Shot 16-for-18 from the free throw line against Arkansas State (12/30), the second-most made free throws in a single game in program history … Scored 20 points, had six rebounds and six assists to lead Mizzou to its first every victory over Tennessee in Knoxville (1/6) … Reached 30 points for the ninth time in her career with 30 points and 6-for-8 shooting from three against Auburn (1/27) … Posted 12th career double-double with 22 points and 12 rebounds in win over No. 18 Texas A&M (2/7) … Had 27 points and drained a career-high seven 3-pointers against Vanderbilt (2/10) … Reached 2,000 career points and became the most prolific free throw shooter in program history with 24 points in upset win at No. 5 Mississippi State (2/14), Mizzou's first ever win in Starkville … Became Mizzou's all-time leading scorer in SEC Tournament semifinal game against Mississippi State (3/9), scoring 33 points on 11-for-16 shooting from the field and 5-for-9 shooting from three … Scored 21 points and was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line in Mizzou’s NCAA Tournament First Round victory over Drake (3/22).

2017-18: Started all 31 games she appeared in, averaging 15.8 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 32.7 minutes per game... Was the only player in the nation to shoot better than 54 percent from the field (54.2 percent, 186-for-343), 45 percent from three (45.7 percent, 69-for-151) and 83 percent from the free throw line (83.6 percent, 133-for-159)... Among program records, currently ranks No. 8 in all-time scoring (1,563 points), No. 4 in career 3-pointers made (153), No. 4 in PPG (16.6), No. 5 in free throws made (386), No. 3 in three-point percentage (.404), No. 3 in free throw percentage (.839) and No. 8 in field goal percentage (.508)... Reached double figures in 28 of 31 games and scored 20+ 13 times... Among SEC season leaders, ranked second in three-point percentage (45.7 percent), fourth in the SEC in points per game (18.5 ppg), fourth in field goal percentage (54.2 percent), fifth in total points scored (574) and fifth in three-pointers (69)... Ranked fourth in the NCAA in three-point percentage (45.2 percent)… Scored 25 points on 9-for-14 shooting from the field and grabbed six rebounds in season-opener vs. Western Kentucky (11/10)… Poured in 19 points and was 3-for-4 from three vs. Wright State (11/16)… Scored 26 points and shot 10-for-14 from the field and 2-for-3 from three vs. Missouri State (11/19)… Scored 18 points and had a near-perfect night shooting (6-for-7 FG, 2-for-3 3PT, 4-for-4 FT) with two rebounds two assists and two steals vs. New Orleans (12/2)… Recorded a double-double vs. Saint Louis (12/8) with 15 points and 10 rebounds while also adding four assists and two steals… Poured in 35 points and drained a career-high seven three-pointers vs. SIUE (12/10)… Scored 20 points on 7-for-9 from the field vs. Xavier (12/18)… Reached 27 points and was a percent 8-for-8 from the charity stripe against Illinois (12/22)… Scored 27 points (9-for-10 FG, 9-for-11 FT) with seven assists and six rebounds vs. South Carolina (1/7)… Recorded second double-double of the season vs. Ole Miss (1/18) with 20 points and 10 rebounds… Scored 22 points and shot 12-for-14 from the free throw line vs. Arkansas (1/21)… Scored 20 points, grabbed nine rebounds and was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line vs. Georgia (1/25)… Scored 18 points and snagged eight rebounds vs. South Carolina (1/28)… Poured in 29 points and drained five three-pointers along with five assists vs. Kentucky (2/8)… Scored 32 points and was 11-for-12 from the free throw line with five rebounds, five assists and two steals vs. Tennessee (2/18)… Scored 19 points and was 5-for-9 from beyond the arc with five assists vs. Texas A&M (2/25)… Set a program record for points in an NCAA Tournament game with 35 points on 10-for-16 shooting from the field and a career-high 14-for-16 from the free throw line vs. Florida Gulf Coast (3/17)… Named First Team All-SEC and AP All-America Honorable Mention for the second consecutive season, becoming the first Mizzou player Evan Unrau (2003-04) to earn back-to-back First Team All-Conference honors and first since Joni Davis (1984-85) to earn back-to-back AP All-America Honorable Mention honors… Earned a spot on three national award watch lists, the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year, the John R. Wooden National Player of the Year and the Naismith National Player of the Year.

2016-17:  Started all 31 games she appeared in… Has 989 points through two seasons, the second most by any Tiger sophomore in program history… Currently has the third-best free throw percentage in program history, shooting 84.1 percent at the charity stripe… Also currently owns the sixth-best career three-point field goal percentage in program history (36.8)… 15.7 PPG through two campaigns ranks seventh best all-time at Mizzou thus far… Averaged 17.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 0.9 steals per game as a sophomore… Led Mizzou in total points, points per game, assists per game, free throw percentage, field goal percentage and total field goals made in 2016-17… Shot 84.8 percent from the free throw line, which ranked second in the SEC and ranks fifth in program history for a single season…Sunk 140 free throws, the ninth-most in a season in Mizzou history… Scored 19.1 points per game in league play, which ranked second in the SEC… Shot 48.2 percent from the field for the season (9th in the SEC) and 49.5 percent from the field in league play (7th in the SEC)… Topped the SEC in league play in three-point field goal percentage (42.7)… Reached double figures in 26 games, scored at least 20 points in 10 games and scored at least 30 points in three games… Was the only player in the SEC to score at least 32 points in three separate games in 2016-17… Grabbed at least seven rebounds in 12 games, dished at least four assists in 13 games and drained at least seven free throws in nine games… Collected a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds in a blowout road victory over Nebraska (11/14)…. Stuffed the stat sheet with 17 points, a career-high nine assists and seven rebounds against Georgia Tech at the Junkanoo Jam (11/26)… Added another double-double with 17 points, a season-high 10 rebounds and five assists vs. Western Illinois (11/29)… Racked up 22 points (9-of-14 FGs), seven rebounds and six assists against Missouri State (12/02)… Scored 21 points and tallied a career-high three blocked shots vs. UT-Martin (12/17)… Made 10-of-16 field goals on her way to 24 points against Alabama (01/08)… Followed with 32 points on 12-of-17 shooting in her next outing at LSU, making a season-best five triples (1/12)… In an OT win over Texas A&M, piled up a season-high 36 points while sinking a career-best 14 free throws in a career-high 43 minutes. The 36-point outburst was the second-highest scoring output by an SEC player during league play (01/19), leading to her earning SEC Co-Player of the Week honors… In three consecutive games vs. ranked opponents (No. 25 Kentucky, No. 5 Mississippi State & No. 24 Tennessee), averaged 18 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.7 steals per outing… Steered Mizzou to a road victory over Florida with 28 points behind an 8-for-9 effort at the free throw line (02/16)… In Mizzou’s historic win over No. 6 South Carolina, scored a team-best 26 points, including the game-winning bucket (02/19)… Earned a pair of National Player of the Week Awards and SEC Player of the Week recognition following the performance vs. the Gamecocks… In the regular season finale vs. Ole Miss, scored 32 points, shooting a season-best 84.6 from the floor (11-of-13) while making five threes (02/23)… Averaged 14.5 points during Mizzou’s NCAA Tournament run, including a team-high 17 points vs. Florida State (03/19)… Named First Team All-SEC and AP All-America Honorable Mention after an outstanding campaign.

2015-16: Named SEC Freshman of the Year by the league’s head coaches and Associated Press … One of eight finalists for USBWA National Freshman of the Year … Set an SEC record with six Freshman of the Week awards (Nov. 17, Nov. 24, Dec. 8, Jan. 19, Feb. 23, Feb. 29) … Named second-team All-SEC and a member of the SEC All-Freshman Team … Started all 32 games at shooting guard … Set a school record with 42 points vs. Wake Forest (11/22) in only her fourth career game, which tied for the 12th-highest scoring output in the nation and the most by an SEC player by six points … Went 13-for-18 from the field, 6-for-8 from 3-point range, 10-for-12 from the foul line, pulled down four rebounds and grabbed three steals against the Demon Deacons … Scored 14 points in the second and fourth quarters against Wake and had 25 points at halftime … Voted Inside Columbia Magazine 2016 Athlete of the Year, finishing ahead of NASCAR driver Carl Edwards and national champion wrestler J'Den Cox ... Scored in double figures 21 times and notched 20-plus points in 10 games … Registered four double-doubles … Averaged a team-leading 14.0 points per game and ranked second on the team with 5.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.1 steals per contest … Shot 50 percent (149-for-297) from the field, 36 percent (37-for-104) from 3-point range and 83 percent (113-for-136) from the free throw line, which ranked third in the SEC … Ranked 11th in the SEC in scoring (14.0) and was the only freshman in the league’s top 23 … Was 11th in the league in assists (1.1) … Finished with the second-most points (448) and made free throws (113) ever by a Mizzou freshman … Recorded the third-best assist-to-turnover ratio (1.2) ever by a Tigers freshman … Grabbed the fifth-most rebounds (187) ever by a Mizzou freshman … Averaged 12.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 0.9 steals per game during SEC play … Team-leading 43 assists in league action … Shot 43 percent (63-for-145) from the floor, 24 percent (11-for-46) from 3-point range and 78 percent (59-for-76) from the foul line in the SEC slate … During nonconference action, averaged 15.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game ... Shot 60 percent (72-for-121) from the field, 49 percent (22-for-45) from beyond the arc and 88 percent (38-for-43) from the free throw line in nonconference action … Scored 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds at Kentucky (2/25) … Finished with 27 points vs. Lamar (12/20), including 14 points in the first quarter … Scored 24 points and pulled down 10 boards at Auburn (2/25) … Notched a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds to go along with five assists and three steals in NCAA debut at Missouri State (11/13) … Also scored 23 points at Texas (3/21) in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament and vs. Loyola Marymount (12/7) … Recorded 22 points vs. Mississippi State (1/14) … Scored 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds vs. Texas State (12/21) … Registered 20 points vs. BYU (3/19) in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament, including 16 during the third quarter ... Recorded a double-double with 10 points and a career-high 11 rebounds at Ole Miss (1/31) … Dished out a career-best eight assists vs. Arkansas (2/14) … Registered seven assists vs. Northeastern (11/27) and six assists vs. Vanderbilt (2/28) … Grabbed a career-high three steals six times, including three of the first four games and vs. BYU in the First Round of the NCAA Tourney … Career-best two blocks at Saint Mary’s (11/28) ... Played a career-high 39 minutes at Kentucky (2/25) and at Mississippi State (2/7).

High School: Recognized as a McDonald's All-American and ranked as high as No. 14 prospect in the country by Blue Star Report and No. 20 recruit by ESPN HoopGurlz after leading Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Mo., to four Class 5 state titles ... Played in the 2015 Jordan Brand Classic in New York ... 2014 USA Today Gatorade Missouri Girls Basketball Player of the Year ... Class 5 Player of the Year as a junior and senior ... 2015 Co-Miss Show-Me Basketball ... Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Year in 2014-15 ... Named the co-recipient of the 2015 Kiwanis Club of Columbia Don Faurot Sportsperson of the Year award along with her high school coach, Jill Nagel ... 2013-14 MaxPreps fourth-team All-American ... Four-time all-state, all-region, all-district and all-conference honoree ... Three-time Columbia Daily Tribune Player of the Year ... Set a school record with 1,983 career points ... Her No. 3 jersey was retired following her senior season in which she averaged 21.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.9 steals ... As a junior, averaged 18.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 2.4 steals per game ... Recorded 14.0 points, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per contest as a sophomore ... Registered 12.0 points and 4.0 assists per game as a freshman ... Invited to the 2015 USA Basketball Women's U19 World Championship Team Trials roster as one of the nation's top 34 athletes ... Also was selected to the 2014 USA Basketball Women's U18 National Team Trials and played at the 2013 USA Basketball 3x3 U18 National Tournament ... Played for Missouri Eclipse in AAU competition ... Three-time all-district selection in volleyball ... Played kicker for the football team during the latter part of the 2014 season, becoming the first female in school history to score a point on the gridiron ... Participated in track and field ... Honor roll student ... Volunteered for the Central Missouri Food Bank and multiple other community service projects ... Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), Future Farmers of America (FFA) and student council.

Personal: Born Aug. 16, 1996 ... Daughter of Jim and Paula Cunningham ... Older sister, Lindsey, also plays basketball for Mizzou ... Her mother (track and field), father (football), aunt (basketball), uncle (football) and grandfather (football) also competed athletically for the Tigers ... Major is undeclared ... Enjoys singing, swimming, fishing, riding horses and being outside at her family farm ... Favorite basketball player is LeBron James ... Earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do at six years old ... Chose Mizzou over virtually every other program in the country.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017-18Junior

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    2018-19Senior

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