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Here’s our TFP for Monday, June 10, 2024:

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THE FINAL PITCH: ELLA CUNNINGHAM

Michigan State-bound 2024 LHP Ella Cunningham recently talked to Line Drive Media about Force Elite-Rogers, Silverdale Academy, winning a THSSAA Division II Class A state championship, Baylor School, adapting, Michigan State, physician’s assistant, history, Lindsay (Wilhelmson) Strong, Barbara Kingsolver, Natasha Bedingfield, “Gilmore Girls,” Hallmark movies and puzzling.

THE FINAL PITCH Q&A

Name: Ella Cunningham

Hometown: Cleveland, TN

High School: Silverdale Academy

Club Team: Force Elite 18U-Rogers

Graduation Year: 2024

Height: 5-3

Position/s: LHP

Nickname: “Ice Box.” “Ice Box” came from the movie “Little Giants.” I was playing football with a friend when I was about 4 (years old). You trucked him and his dad said, “dang, ‘Ice Box’” and it stuck.

Social Media: @EGCunningham06 on Twitter and @ellacunningham08 on Instagram

Honors: Softball — TSSAA Division II Class A state champion (2024), All-District (2024), TSSAA Division II Class A state champion (2023), All-State (2023), Best of Preps (2023), All-District (2023), All-Region MVP (2023), All-District MVP (2022), 1st Team All-State (2022), 2nd Team All-State (2021), All-District (2021), Alliance Player of the Month (September, 2021), Alliance Super Cup All-Tournament (2021) and Scenic City Top 25 All-Tournament (2023); Basketball — Honorable Mention All-District (2022), 2nd Team All-District (2021), state Champion (2022).

Travel Ball Summer 2023 Stats: Hitting — .487 AVG, .883 SLG, 6 HRs; Pitching — 57 Ks.

High School Spring Stats: Hitting: .485 AVG, 1.014 SLG, 17 HRs, 65 hits; Pitching — ERA: 0.58 ERA, 31-1, 368 Ks.