March 9, 2015
San Jose, Calif. - By a vote of the conference's 11 head coaches, guard Ta'Rea Cunnigan is a 2014-15 All-Mountain West performer, it was announced by the conference office in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Monday.
Cunnigan, a senior out of Winchester, Calif., is one of 11 women's basketball players honored as All-Mountain West for their play in the conference's 18-game schedule.
The Chaparral High School product compiled the third highest scoring average in conference play at 18.7 points per game and her .451 shooting percentage was the second best in the Mountain West. She ranked 12th in both free throw percentage (.642) and steals (1.6/g) and made an average of 1.4 three-pointers per game, which ranked 15th.
During Mountain West play, Cunnigan set the San José State women's career-scoring record (1,762 points), then the school scoring record (1,768 points). She passed 1,800 points, then 1,900 points and against UNLV on Friday night, passed 2,000 career points.
Cunnigan is the 338th woman in the modern era of Division I (1981-2015) to surpass the 2,000-point plateau and begins the 2015 Mountain West Tournament with 2,005 career-points.
Cunnigan is also the holder of the school record (men and women) for free throws (534) and free throw attempts (734). When the ball it tipped in the Spartans opening game of the MW Tournament (Monday, March 9 at 2:00 p.m. vs. Utah State), she will equal the program record for games played (120) and with her second field goal attempt will set a new record in that category.
In seven other career program categories, Cunnigan ranks in the top-10 including second in scoring average (16.8/g).
This is the fourth time in her college career that Cunnigan has been honored with postseason conference honors.
2014-15 All-Mountain West Honors
All-Mountain West Team
Ta'Rea Cunnigan, Sr., G, San José State
Deanna Weaver, Sr., G/F, Boise State
Ellen Nystrom, So., G, Colorado State
Gritt Ryder, Sr., G, Colorado State
Alex Sheedy, Sr., F, Fresno State
Mimi Mungedi, Sr., C, Nevada
Antiesha Brown, Sr., G, New Mexico
Alana Cesarz, Sr., F, UNLV
Danielle Miller, Sr., G, UNLV
Marquelle Dent, Jr., G, Wyoming
Kayla Woodward, Sr., F, Wyoming
Honorable Mention
Jimi Blagowsky, Sr., G, Air Force
Erimma Amarikwa, Jr., F, San Diego State
Funda Nakkasoglu, Fr., G/F, Utah State
All-Defensive Team
Ellen Nystrom, So., G, Colorado State
Raven Fox, Sr., G, Fresno State
Mimi Mungedi, Sr., C, Nevada
Antiesha Brown, Sr., G, New Mexico
Danielle Miller, Sr., G, UNLV
Marquelle Dent, Jr., G, Wyoming
All-Freshman Team
Bego Faz Davalos, Fr., C, Fresno State
Cherise Beynon, Fr., G, New Mexico
McKynzie Fort, Fr., G, San Diego State
Nikki Wheatley, Fr., G, UNLV
Funda Nakkasoglu, Fr., G/F, Utah State
Co-Player of the Year: Gritt Ryder, Sr., G, Colorado State; Alex Sheedy, Sr., F, Fresno State
Defensive Player of the Year: Mimi Mungedi, Sr., C, Nevada
Freshman of the Year: Funda Nakkasoglu, G/F, Utah State
Newcomer of the Year: Jordan Kelley, Jr., G, Wyoming
Sixth Player of the Year: Raven Fox, Sr., G, Fresno State
Coach of the Year: Yvonne Sanchez, New Mexico