Tegan Cunningham

Tegan Cunningham
Cunningham playing Australian rules football with Melbourne in March 2018
Born (1988-01-23) 23 January 1988
Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality Australian
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Australian rules football career
Personal information
Draft No. 22, 2017 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Melbourne
vs. Greater Western Sydney, at Casey Fields
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club Melbourne
Number 1
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2018– Melbourne 7 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2018 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com
Basketball career
No. 1 – Melbourne Boomers
Position Guard / Forward
Career information
College Oklahoma State (2008–2010)
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2010–2011 Adelaide Lightning
2011–2013 Dandenong Rangers
2013–2014 Logan Thunder
2014–2016 Dandenong Rangers
2016–present Melbourne Boomers
Career highlights and awards
  • WNBL champion (2012)
Medals
Representing  Australia
Basketball

Tegan Cunningham (born 23 January 1988) is an Australian basketball and Australian rules football player who currently plays for the Melbourne Boomers in the Women's National Basketball League and the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's competition where she wears number 1.

Basketball career

College

Cunningham joined Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kansas. During her time there she won multiple conference and tournament MVP awards and would leave the school as the all-time leading scorer. These strong showings and accolades earned her a transfer to Oklahoma State University competing in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. At the completion of her college career Cunningham was nominated for the WNBA draft where she was listed as one of the best available prospects heading in to the third and final round, however remained undrafted.

WNBL

Cunningham returned home to Australia and began her professional career in 2010, for the Adelaide Lightning. She would then move to the Dandenong Rangers and help take home the championship in the 2012 Grand Final. After a brief stint in Queensland with the Logan Thunder, she returned to the Rangers roster, after the Thunder left the league. After two seasons with the Rangers, she was signed for the 2016–17 season, by the Melbourne Boomers.[1]

After the completion of the 2016-17 WNBL season, Cunningham would find herself without a WNBL club and decided to turn her attention to the AFLW in pursuit of a career change and a new challenge.

Australian rules football

Cunningham was drafted by Melbourne with the club's third pick and the 22nd selection overall in the 2017 AFL Women's draft. She made her league debut in Round 1 of the 2018 AFLW season where she amassed 10 possessions and kicked one goal in her side's victory. [2]

She would play in all of Melbourne's seven games despite suffering a sickening head clash in Round 5, finishing the season as the 2018 Melbourne AFLW Leading goal kicker with a total of nine goals.

References

  1. ↑ "Tegan Cunningham Signs With Boomers". wnbl.com.au.
  2. ↑ http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2018-02-08/cunninghams-perfect-aflw-start
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