Even though her career has been over for almost two weeks, Sophie Cunningham is still making history for Missouri’s women’s basketball program.
On Monday, Cunningham became the first Missouri women’s player to make an All-American team, as she was chosen to third team by the Associated Press along with Baylor’s Lauren Cox, Connecticut’s Katie Lou Samuelson and Notre Dame’s Jessica Shephard and Jackie Young.
Cunningham received All-America honorable mention after her sophomore and junior years, but didn’t land on one of three five-player teams until her senior season. For the year, Cunningham averaged 17.8 points, a career-high 5.