May 6, 2025 - Sports
Meet the Indiana Fever: Sophie Cunningham
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The Fever won their first two preseason games, including Saturday's 2025 Gainbridge debut against Washington.
Why it matters: One of the team's newly added veterans led the team in points and minutes in that first game.
🏀 #8 Sophie Cunningham: Guard
- The 13th overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft out of Mizzou, Cunningham spent six years with the Phoenix Mercury before joining the Fever in the offseason.
- She shot nearly 38% from behind the arc in 2024, 17th-best in the league.
- Cunningham has done commentary for the Phoenix Suns and sees broadcasting in her future as a self-proclaimed "yapper."
- She provided a spark off the bench against the Mystics, forcing overtime by making two big free throws and finishing with 21 points.
Fun fact: She got her black belt in tae kwon do at age 6.
The intrigue: Her friendship with and resemblance to teammate Lexie Hull has provided off the court laughs already. And she seems to embrace it.
What she's saying: Cunningham acknowledges that this Fever roster is packed with on-court talent, but she believes that kind of off-court bonding will be the key to success.
- "We have a lot of new faces here," she said. "Getting to know each other. Getting to love each other … it makes it easier to go to war with them on any given night."