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44 Davalyn Cunningham
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44 Davalyn Cunningham
As a Junior:
Small
for a power forward
Makes
up in strength and determination what she lacks in height
Will
not get knocked out of position under the basket
Teams
that double down on her quickly learn that she can't be left alone within
15 feet of the basket
Has
a soft shooting touch and an accurate mid-range jumper
As a sophomore
Powerful
forward who could drive to the basket or hit the short jumper
Named
to the Coca-Cola Classic All-Tournament team for the second straight season
Started
16 games, including the first 10 of the season, only player to do so
Shot
50 percent or better 12 times this season
Perfect
from the line in six games
Neutralized
6-6 Wisconsin center Nina Smith and held the much bigger player to 11 points
to enable Rutgers to earn a 63-61 victory
Cunningham
had to guard Smith for the whole game because Tammy Sutton-Brown did not
play due to injury
Contributed
13 points and six rebounds in C. Vivian Stringer's 600th win over Texas
Shot
75 percent (3-4) from the field and 2-2 from the line at West Virginia
(1/22), including two free throws to put Rutgers ahead en route to a 55-49
victory
Scored
14 points on 6-12 from the field and 2-2 from the line vs. No. 5 Notre
Dame
Recorded
her first career double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds vs. No. 17
Boston College (2/23).
Freshman Honors
Played
a season-high 27 minutes against then No. 1 ranked Tennessee at Madison
Square Garden.
Grabbed
eight rebounds and scored four points in the game
Played
in all four games of her first NCAA Tournament
Coca-Cola Classic All Tournament Team
Prior to Rutgers St. John's College
USA
Today Player of the Year in Washington D.C.
Gatorade
Player of the Year in Washington D.C.
Named
the 80th best player by the Blue Star Report
Street & Smith Magazine honorable mention all-American
Nike All-American
High
school team earned a ranking of # 21 in the USA Today high school poll
Earned
the Pigskin Award for Outstanding honorable Athlete and named all-Metropolitan
as a senior
Led
high school team to the 1997-98 conference and city championships with
a 33-1 overall record and 26-0 in the conference
Team
ranked No. 1 in the D.C. metro area.
Did
not play as a junior due to a stress fracture in her right shin.
Named
MVP of the Jelloff Summer League in 1997
Named
MVP at the 1997 New Orleans Shake-N-Bake Christmas Tournament
1997
Bullis Tournament MVP
1998
U.S. Army Reserve Scholar Athlete.
Also
played softball in high school
Excelled
in track and field and won the 1997 WCAC shot put
Member
of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society as a junior and
senior
Named
to the honor roll all four years
Davalyn,
born January 27, 1980, is the daughter of Ronald and Searcy Cunningham.
She also has a brother, Dante.
She
is interested in the field of sports psychology.
With
a last name like Cunningham, Usha Gilmore nicknamed her Opie.
Her
parents are both in the military and work at Andrews Air Force Base, but
contrary to popular rumor they don't work on Air Force One.
She
considered going to the Air Force Academy after high school.
Davalyn's
Favorites
| Food | Ice Cream |
| Movie | Titanic |
| Animal | Monkey |
| Book | Waiting To Exhale |
| Songs | Drama and Greatest Love of All |
| Actor | Samuel L. Jackson |
| Actress | Queen Latifah |
| WNBA Teams | New York Liberty and Washington Mystics |
| WNBA Player | Kym Hampton |
| NBA Team | San Antonio |
| NBA player | Tim Duncan |
| Sport other than basketball | Softball |
| Subject in school | Africana studies |
| Davalyn Cunningham Interview | |
| If you could have an ESPN SportsCenter Highlight... | my processin of cartwheels when we win a National Championship. |
| If you could be on the cover of an magazine next month... | Slam Magazine |
| Three people you would invite to dinner... | Mom, Dad, Dante (brother) |
| If you could sing one song beautifully and perfectly... | The Greatest Love of All |
| What would the title of your autobiography be? | Redwood |
| The movie/ actor/actress you would most like to co-star with... and the movie would be... | Omar Epps... More Love and More Basketball |
| One person from histroy you would like to spend a dy with... | Wilma Rudolph |
| If you were on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" who would be your phone a friend? | Shayna Hammond, my best friend |
| Your favorite Stringer expression... | " I resent that" |
| If you were Stringer for one day, you would... | give the team a day off |
| Favorite website... | ask.com |
| Why do you wear the jersey number you wear? | Because and old boyfriend had hte same number while I was in high school. |
| Most memorable road trip? Why? | The trip to Europe. We totally bonded as a team. |
| Your craziest ambition... | To become a model |
| How will you help women's basketball grow in the 21st century? | By dedicating myself completely to the game and giving everything that I have at all times. |
Davalyn Cunningham Links
Cunningham's
Goal is Within Her ReachD.C.'s
Knights of Shining Armor: Local Pair Leads Rutgers Into BattleCunningham
Earns 21st Birthday PresentRutgers
women Win At BuzzerRutgers
Wastes Efforts by Cunningham, PointerCunningham
Leads #1 Rutgers vs. W. VirginiaDavalyn's
WCTC Chat Transcript
Davalyn
Cunningham Pictures
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