INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) \u2014 An Indiana Fever fan favorite is returning to the team for the upcoming season. <\/p>\n
The Fever announced on Sunday morning that guard Sophie Cunningham is coming back for her second season with the team after agreeing to a new deal with the franchise. It is a one-year deal, according to multiple reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cWe\u00a0are\u00a0thrilled to have Sophie back with the Fever and are grateful for her commitment to return and build on what we started a year ago,\u201d Fever Chief Operating Officer and General Manager Amber Cox said in a press release<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cNot only is\u00a0Sophie\u00a0one of the best three-point shooters in\u00a0the league, but\u00a0she\u00a0is an\u00a0exceptional\u00a0teammate,\u00a0both on and off the court. She plays with\u00a0infectious\u00a0energy\u00a0that\u00a0impacts not only our team, but our fanbase as well.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Cunningham played in 30 regular season games during the 2025 season, averaging 8.6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. Her season though would ultimately be cut short due to a knee injury<\/a>. <\/p>\n Last year was Cunningham\u2019s first year as a member of the Fever. She had previously played for the Phoenix Mercury. <\/p>\n \u201cWe had a really special group last year and it was an incredible first season for me in Indy; I loved everything about my teammates and the Fever organization,\u201d Cunningham said in the press release. \u201cWe fought through a ton of adversity, and it was important to me that we have a chance to see through what we started. I have a feeling this is going to be another special season, so\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0excited to get things started and to, of course, keep playing in front of the best fans in the WNBA.\u00a0Let\u2019s\u00a0get spicy!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Cunningham is the latest player from last year\u2019s roster that the Fever have re-signed this weekend. The other players include guard Lexie Hull<\/a> and guard Kelsey Mitchell<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) \u2014 An Indiana Fever fan favorite is returning to the team for the upcoming season. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-579994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}