Cunningham helped steer Gettysburg to another banner campaign in 2019. The Bullets spent eight weeks as the No. 1 team in the country and finished with a 19-2 overall record. The team claimed its 12th Centennial Conference title and advanced to the NCAA regional championship for the fourth consecutive season. Gettysburg set team records for points (542) and assists (198) in 2019 and three Bullets were named All-Americans under Cunningham’s guidance. This past spring, the Bullets ran out to a 4-1 record and knocked off No. 7 Salisbury University 12-11 in overtime to cap the year.

Cunningham came to Gettysburg from East Stroudsburg University, where she served as the graduate assistant women's lacrosse coach for the 2018 season. During her time at East Stroudsburg, she helped the squad to its first ever Regional Championship and Division II NCAA Final Four appearance after posting a 15-4 mark. Six players were voted All-Region under her guidance. Others duties included breaking down competitor's film, developing scouting reports, mentoring student-athletes in both athletics and academics, recruiting, working camps and clinics, planning and executing fundraising activities, and making graphics for their social media accounts.

As a student-athlete, Cunningham was a four-year member of the Division II Seton Hill University women's lacrosse team where she earned second team all-conference as a senior. She tallied a career total of 37 goals and 86 assists.

Cunningham graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Corporate Communications and Advocacy Media Communications from Seton Hill in 2017 and earned her master's degree in Management and Leadership; Organizational Behavior in the summer of 2018 from East Stroudsburg University.

Other off the field academic accolades include receiving the Seton Hill's Communications Leadership Award in 2017 and was the Recipient of Award for Undergraduate Research from the Pennsylvania Communication Association in 2016.