{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1997)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Christian Cunningham | image = Christian Cunningham.jpg | number = | position = Forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 7 | weight_lb = 216 | league = B.League | team = Shonan United | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|11|21}} | birth_place = El Paso, Texas, U.S. | high_school = Cibola (Albuquerque, New Mexico) | college = Jacksonville State (2015–2019) | draft_year = 2019 | career_start = 2019 | years1 = 2019–2020 | team1 = Selfoss Karfa | years2 = 2020 | team2 = Amicale Steesel | years3 = 2020 | team3 = Hapoel Be'er Sheva | years4 = 2021 | team4 = Ramat HaSharon | years5 = 2021–2022 | team5 = Kagoshima Rebnise | years6 = 2024–2025 | team6 = Fibwi Palma | years7 = 2025–present | team7 = Shonan United | highlights = }} '''Christian Cianan Cunningham''' (born November 21, 1997) is an American basketball player for the Shonan United of the B.League. He plays the forward position.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/index.asp|title=Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings |website=Eurobasket LLC}}</ref>
==Biography== Cunningham was born in El Paso, Texas, and his hometown is Albuquerque, New Mexico.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://jsugamecocksports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/christian-cunningham/3586|title=Christian Cunningham – Men's Basketball|website=Jacksonville State University Athletics}}</ref> His parents are Viola and Paul Cunningham.<ref name="auto"/> He is {{convert|6|ft|7|in|cm|abbr=on}} tall, and weighs {{convert|216|lb|kg}}.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=12669&lang=en|title=ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2020–21 Season | Hapoel Altshuler Shaham Be'er Sheva | Christian Cunningham|website=basket.co.il}}</ref>
He attended Cibola High School ('15) in New Mexico.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Christian-Cunningham/NCAA/97636/Career/By_Season/Per_48|title=Christian Cunningham NCAA Stats, Jacksonville State, International Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards – RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}}</ref> Cunningham played basketball for the Cibola Cougars, and was a first team all-district player in his junior year.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>
Cunningham attended Jacksonville State University ('19).<ref name="auto1"/> He played basketball for the Jacksonville State Gamecocks.<ref name="auto1"/> In his sophomore year in 2016–17, he ranked second in the Ohio Valley Conference in blocked shots per game (1.7), third in offensive rebounds (2.9), fourth in field goal percentage (61.3), and set the JSU NCAA Division-I single-season rebounding record (275) and block record (59).<ref name="auto"/> In his junior year in 2017–18 he led the Ohio Valley Conference in field goal percentage (.661) and blocked shots (57), and had 8.1 rebounds per game.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/christian-cunningham-2.html|title=Christian Cunningham College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref> In his senior season in 2018–19 he was named Preseason All-OVC and was second in the OVC in field-goal percentage (.624), and fourth in shots blocked per game (1.7) and offensive rebounds per game (3.0).<ref name="auto"/> He is Jacksonville State's all-time blocks leader (215), and its NCAA Division-I career rebounding leader (864) and field-goal percentage leader (.621).<ref name="auto"/>
In December 2020 Cunningham joined Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Israel/news/656316/Christian-Cunningham-(ex-Amicale)-joins-H.Beer-Sheva|title=Christian Cunningham (ex Amicale) joins H. Beer Sheva |website=Eurobasket|date=December 2, 2020}}</ref>
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