Sophie Cunningham posts baptism on TikTok after signing new Fever deal
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Indiana Fever fan favourite Sophie Cunningham appeared to have fun her new contract that can preserve her teammates with Caitlin Clark by getting baptized a second time.
After signing a one-year$665,000 contract Sunday, Cunningham posted a video on TikTok Tuesday of her grownup baptism Tuesday.
“I got baptized when I was little but I was feeling a tug on my heart to do it on my terms as an adult! Such a fun, amazing day. Thank you Jesus,” she wrote.
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Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham reacts throughout a WNBA sport in opposition to the Phoenix Mercury at PHX Arena in Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 7, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)
The trio of Clark, Cunningham and teammate Lexie Hull proved to be an environment friendly and gravitating pressure in recognition once they had been all on the court docket on the similar time final yr. Along the best way, they earned a mysterious nickname on social media, which they later adopted for themselves — “Tres Leches,” which interprets from Spanish to “three milks” and refers to a well-liked Latin American sponge cake.
“We saw it on Twitter at some point, and people ran with it,” Hull beforehand advised Fox News Digital of the nickname. “It was funny.”
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Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham arrives earlier than a sport in opposition to the LA Sparks on the Crypto.com Arena Aug. 5, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
Cunningham gained fame and favor amongst Fever followers when she began an on-court altercation with opposing gamers to defend Clark final yr.
During a sport between the Fever and the Connecticut June 17, physicality boiled right into a brawl. After Sun guard Jacy Sheldon poked Clark in the eye and fellow Sun participant Marina Mabrey shoved Clark to the bottom, Cunningham dedicated a tough foul on Sheldon, initiating an on-court struggle that resulted in three ejections.
Now, Cunningham is getting into her second yr in Indiana with the group anticipated to contend for a WNBA championship.
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Injured Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, left, and guard Caitlin Clark act from the bench in the course of the first half of a WNBA sport in opposition to the Chicago Sky at United Center in Chicago June 7, 2025. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Imagn Images)
Cunningham is amongst a rising variety of girls’s basketball stars to outwardly embrace Christianity and baptism.
Recent No. 1 WNBA draft choose Azzi Fudd and fellow UConn star KK Arnold reportedly obtained baptized after their sport within the girls’s Final Four earlier this month, in response to People.com.
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