Sophie Cunningham's dating history: confirmed relationships, rumored affairs and everything you need to know about her love life

Sophie Cunningham has been making headlines within the WNBA. The athlete is quite vocal about her life choices and decisions. Fans get an idea about her daily life from the athlete’s instagram stories and posts. These include her hoop life, hikings and daily routines. However, there is this one aspect that the athlete keeps very private. And this is none other than her dating life.

While the athlete’s contemporaries and teammates have been quite vocal about their relationships, Sophie talks really less about it. However, over the course of her life and career, there have been names that popped up in terms of her love life. The WNBA athlete had a confirmed relationship with Jacob Neidig, a rumored affair with the Mercury Phoenix owner and even a brief moment of marriage speculation tied with Cade Cunningham. Let’s take a detailed look at these facts and rumors.

Sophie Cunningham’s relationship with Jacob Neidig

Sophie Cunningham has kept her dating life private. However, at one point in time, her relationship with Jacob Neidig got recognized. Thanks to the couple’s then subtle gestures towards each other. Sophie and Jacob reportedly started dating in 2019. Ever since, the duo has made public appearances demonstrating their support towards each other. Sophie even posted pictures with her partner across her social media platforms. Jacob was spotted wearing Sophie’s jersey to her games. Fans were quite excited about this relationship. However, it ended quickly around the month of May 2020. The social media posts stopped completely and the reason behind the abrupt ending of the relationship was never made public.


Jacob was a fellow athlete of the WNBA star from the University of Missouri. Jacob was known for his efficiency across two different sports, football and basketball. Due to undisclosed reasons, the athlete never made it to the professional leagues.

Sophie Cunningham’s rumored affair with Phoenix Mercury owner

The rumors revolving around the Phoenix Mercury CEO Josh Bartelstein and Sophie Cunningham found their light during a lawsuit that was filed against the former. It was filed by Gene Traylor, the Phoenix Suns’ director of safety, security and risk management. As per the lawsuit, the WNBA star had an illicit affair with the CEO. The claim created a shock amongst the fans and it went viral almost immediately.


While initially there was no response from either one of the accused, Sophie later issued a statement. She posted it on X and wrote, “I am deeply saddened by the recent false accusations made against me by Gene Traylor, someone I do not know and have never met. Let me be clear: his statements are untrue and extremely hurtful.” The claim lasted for quite some time and put the WNBA star in a controversy that was uncalled for.

Sophie Cunningham’s humorous link-up to Cade Cunningham

Sophie Cunningham was linked to the NBA athlete Cade Cunningham after a meme went viral. It was related to Sophie’s controversial on-court moment against Jacy Sheldon. Sophie defended Caitlin Clark in that game and got into a physical altercation with Jacy. The moment went viral and memes started popping up. At that moment, a hilarious post went viral where Cade was shown making a statement about Sophie. The statement read, “Just shows she is a protective teammate. I am just proud of my wife.”


The post went viral immediately as fans started speculating about an actual marriage between the two. However, that is not true. Sophie and Cade are not married, nor do they have any significant history of sharing posts and stories across social media. So it can be safely stated that it was a made-up rumor that did not last for long.

In multiple recent interviews, the WNBA athlete has made it clear that she is currently enjoying her single life status. Sophie does not want to rush into a relationship at the moment and focuses more on her career and upcoming roadmap of achievements within the league and in her personal life.

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