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Amber (Hegge) Cunningham was a two-sport standout for the Coyote women's basketball and track and field programs through the Division I transition. She played for the 2008 NCAA Division II Championship as a freshman before going on to become the first women's basketball player to garner all-Summit League honors in 2012. She led the Coyotes in scoring and rebounding for three consecutive seasons from 2009-12.
Cunningham graduated as the program's second all-time leading scorer with 1,759 points, second in blocks with 176 and fifth in rebounds with 841. She is also ranked in USD's top-10 for indoor and outdoor high jump and competed in the long and triple jumps. Cunningham averaged 19.2 points and 8.4 rebounds per game as a senior, leading the Coyotes to their first Women's National Invitation Tournament.
Following her collegiate career, Cunningham played professionally for five seasons. She spent four seasons in Australia between the Ringwood Hawks and Melbourne Boomers, and was a member of the Herne Turn Club in Germany.
Cunningham and her husband, Michael, have a son, Noah, and a daughter, Olivia. Cunningham enters her seventh season with Colorado State women's basketball under the tutelage of former USD coach Ryun Williams.
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