Freshman Year 2023

Played in 22 matches … Finished with four goals and two assists for 10 points … Fired 14 shots on goal for a shots on goal percentage of .700 … Netted JCCC’s fourth goal and assisted on their eight goal in a 9-0 win over Hesston (9-13-23) … Took a season high five shots against the Larks … Followed with a goal in a 6-0 win at Pratt (9-16-23) … Credited with an assist in an 11-0 home win over Pratt (10-11-23) … Scored JCCC’ final goal in a 4-0 win over No. 16 Rock Valley in the first match of pool play at the NJCAA D-II National Championship (11-13-23).

High School

Was a three-year starter for coach Derek Wilson at Gardner-Edgerton High School, Gardner, Kan. … Graduated 2023 … Selected honorable mention Kansas Class 6A All-State at midfielder by the Kansas High School Soccer Coaches Association as a junior and senior … Also was a two-time All-Sunflower League first-team selection … Tallied 24 goals over her three varsity seasons … Scored four goals as a sophomore, nine as a junior and 11 her senior season … Played club soccer for Fire FC … Was a three-year letter winner in basketball … Garnered All-Sunflower League honorable mention her senior year and was a DiRenna All-Star Game selection … Led the Sunflower League and set the school record for steals in a season  her senior year … Ranked among the top 20 in the league as a junior … Received the David Valasquez Award which is given to the most inspirational athlete at Gardner-Edgerton … Academic letter winner.

Personal

Born Brenley Nickoel Cunningham on July 29, 2005, in Overland Park, Kan. … Daughter of Nick and Tara Cunningham … Has a brother, Briggs … Both parents played college basketball at Ottawa University … Her mother also attended JCCC … Major is undecided … Favorite foods are chicken, eggs and salad … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chipotle … Favorite TV show is Better Call Saul … Favorite movies are Step Brothers and Pitch Perfect … Favorite sports movie is Remember the Titans … Favorite actor is Will Ferrell … Favorite music entertainers are Kendrick Lamar and Tyler the Creator … Favorite cartoon character is Eric Cartman … Favorite athletes are Alex Morgan, Carilin Clark and Angel Reese … Favorite sports team is the Kansas City Chiefs … Has a superstition of tapping her school on the field before every game begins … Her two greatest sports moments were making a backwards shot in basketball and scoring a header goal … Best player she has competed against is S’Mya Nichols, a basketball guard at Kansas and formerly Shawnee Mission West … Notable alumni from her school are current Baltimore Orioles pitcher John Means and former Kansas City Royals outfielder Bubba Starling.