John Cunningham

Position:
Defense
Height:
6-1
Weight:
195
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Fairfield, Conn.
High School:
Fairfield Prep

At Princeton

2011 - second-team All-Ivy League ... team captain ... fifth junior in last 18 years to serve as a captain, along with Kevin Lowe and Scott Bacigalupo (in 1993), Ryan Boyle (in 2003) and Jason Doneger (in 2004) ... had three ground balls and two caused turnovers against Villanova ... had two caused turnovers and two ground balls against Brown ... had two caused turnovers against Rutgers and Dartmouth ... had a caused turnover and four groundballs against Syracuse and Yale ... had five ground balls and a caused turnover against Penn ... had two caused turnovers against Hopkins ... no Hopkins midfielder scored a goal in the game ... had one caused turnover and one ground ball against Hofstra

2010 - honorable mention All-Ivy League selection ... started first six games on defense before moving back to natural position of longstick midfielder ... mid-season second-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse ... led team with 54 ground balls ... had 13 caused turnovers ... scored five goals, most by a Princeton longstick in a season in at least 25 years ... had a goal in both games against Cornell, including goal that put Princeton up 9-8 in fourth quarter of Ivy final ... had two caused turnovers and four ground balls in NCAA tournament game against Notre Dame ... had a goal, a caused turnover and 10 ground balls against North Carolina ... goal against UNC was assisted by Jeremy Hirsch; two of Cunningham's four career goals have been assisted by a longstick, and they are the only two longstick-to-longstick goals in at least the last 23 years ... also scored a goal against Rutgers and Brown ... had five ground balls and two caused turnovers against Penn ... had two caused turnovers and three ground balls against UMBC ... helped hold Johns Hopkins All-America middie Michael Kimmel to one goal ... had six ground balls and two caused turnovers against Hofstra

2009 - returned against Cornell after missing six games due to broken jaw suffered in practice March 17...had three caused turnovers and an assist against Dartmouth in second game back...scored goal against Johns Hopkins...goal against Hopkins was assisted by Chad Wiedmaier and became first longstick-to-longstick goal since Bill Tierney has been Princeton head coach...played against Canisius as No. 1 longstick midfield in place of Charlie Kolkin, who was out with injury...leads team with five caused turnovers...had four caused turnovers and three ground balls against Canisius

Fairfield Prep

Lettered four times in lacrosse and three times in football ... ranked 28th in Inside Lacrosse Power 100 incoming freshmen ... three-time all-state in lacrosse ... three-time all-league in lacrosse and two-time all-league in football ... three state championships in lacrosse ... National Honor Society ... graduated magna cum laude.

Personal

Born Sept. 12, 1989 ... son of Kevin and Mary Cunningham ... both parents graduated from Fairfield ... father is in investment banker ... older brother Ryan graduated from Middlebury, where he played football ... older sister Carey graduated from Lafayette ... older sister Megan graduated from Richmond ... older brother Kevin attends NYU.