COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Women’s Basketball senior guard Sophie Cunningham (Columbia, Mo.) has been named to the watch list for the 2019 Cheryl Miller Award, as announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association on Wednesday. The annual award is in its second year and recognizes the top small forwards in women’s NCAA Division I college basketball.

Cunningham, a finalist for last year’s award, was one of 20 candidates named to this season’s watch list. She is the only remaining member of last year’s five finalists.

A national committee of top women’s college basketball personnel including media members, head coaches, sports information directors and Hall of Famers will narrow the watch list candidates down to 10 and then five finalists by March. From there, fans will then have the chance to vote for their favorite finalist as the winner will be revealed during the Final Four weekend in Tampa, Florida.

Last season, Cunningham averaged 18.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game in her junior campaign, and 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). She scored in double figures in 28 of 31 games she played in, and ranked fourth in the NCAA in three-point percentage as she earned AP All-America Honorable Mention and All-SEC First Team honors, each for the second consecutive season.

— Mizzou Athletics —