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Indiana Fever prima Sophie Cunningham opened up astir her characteristic successful a squad video released aft she posted her first double-double of nan play Friday.
After the Fever's 99-82 triumph complete nan Atlanta Dream, successful which Cunningham had 16 points and 10 rebounds, nan squad published a video characteristic connected societal media pinch Cunningham speaking candidly astir who she is.
"I bring nan energy. I bring nan feistiness. I'm a small spot sassy," Cunningham said.
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"I'm conscionable nan eventual competitor. I will outwork anyone, and I deliberation that's thing I tin bent my chapeau connected and my teammates tin ever expect from me."

Injured Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham, left, and defender Caitlin Clark respond from nan chair during nan first half against nan Chicago Sky astatine United Center. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Imagn Images)
Cunningham's admittance comes amid her emergence to stardom aft she started a conflict to take sides teammate Caitlin Clark.
In a June 17 crippled against nan Connecticut Sun, Cunningham committed a difficult foul connected Connecticut Sun defender Jacy Sheldon.
Cunningham and Sheldon’s heated speech turned into a shoving lucifer earlier players from some teams intervened to break it up. Cunningham, Sheldon and Sun defender Lindsay Allen were ejected from nan crippled pinch astir 40 seconds near earlier nan Fever took location nan victory.
The difficult foul came aft Sheldon poked Clark successful nan eye successful nan 3rd quarter. Sun defender Marina Mabrey past shoved Clark to nan level during a crippled that sewage chippy.
WHO IS SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM? CAITLIN CLARK'S NEW ‘BODYGUARD’ TEAMMATE

Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham (8) and Connecticut Sun defender Jacy Sheldon (4) scuffle successful nan 2nd half of a WNBA crippled successful Indianapolis June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
As nan Fever put distant nan Sun, 88-71, Cunningham was congratulated for stepping up arsenic nan team’s enforcer.
Cunningham saw a surge successful fame aft nan game. Her Instagram and TikTok accounts each surged past 1 cardinal followers.
With Cunningham earning nan nickname "the enforcer" for nan Fever, fans counting connected her to protect Caitlin Clark tin remainder easy knowing she is simply a achromatic loop successful nan Korean martial creation of taekwondo.
She earned nan achromatic loop astatine nan property of 6.
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Her begetter Jim played shot astatine nan University of Missouri, and she followed successful her dad's footsteps connected nan shot field.
A 2014 article by nan Columbia Missourian reported Cunningham was nan first female successful history to people points for nan squad erstwhile she kicked 2 of 4 other points successful spot of nan team's regular kicker, who had torn an ACL.
Cunningham moreover handled kickoff duties.
"I was truthful nervous," Cunningham told nan outlet. "I mean, I've ne'er played shot earlier successful each my life. Right erstwhile I sewage nan shot (on nan opening kickoff), I couldn't perceive anything. I conscionable put nan shot down and kicked it."

Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham poses for a photograph May 17, 2025, earlier a crippled aganst nan Chicago Sky astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis May 17, 2025. (Grace Smith/Imagn Images via IndyStar)
Cunningham comes from a family of farmers and credits that upbringing for nan personification she is today, according to a five-part characteristic series by nan University of Missouri.
"So overmuch of our occurrence goes backmost to what we learned here," Cunningham said of moving connected nan farm. "We loved coming retired to nan workplace to help. We recovered retired really to activity difficult and activity together. It made america workplace strong."
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Jackson Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital. He antecedently worked for ESPN and Business Insider. Jackson has covered nan Super Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.