Elissa Cunane

Honor: 2021 FIBA AmeriCup all-tournament team.
Gold Medal: 2021 FIBA AmeriCup.
As a member of the 2021 USA AmeriCup Team, averaged 12.8 ppg. and 8.0 rpg. to help the USA to a 6-0 record and the gold medal at the 2021 FIBA AmeriCup from June 12-19 in San Juan, Puerto Rico; named to the all-tournament team.
2019 USA U19 World Cup Team trials participant.
Competed for NC State at the 2019 Red Bull USA Basketball 3x3 Nationals in Las Vegas and helped her team to a fourth-place finish and a 3-3 record.

College Honors

ESPN All-America first team (2021).
Associated Press and USBWA All-America second team (2021) and third team (2020).
WBCA All-America honorable mention (2021)
All-Atlantic Coast Conference first team (2020, 2021).
Named 2021 ACC Tournament MVP after averaging 23.3 ppg., 9.0 rpg. and 62.5 percent (25-of-40) shooting in three Wolfpack wins; her 70 total points marked the fifth-most by a player in a single ACC Tournament in the past 20 years.
ACC All-Tournament Team (2019, 2020, 2021).
Recipient of the 2021 Caulton Tudor Award, which recognizes the Triangle basketball player who is most cooperative with the media.
Academic All-ACC (2019, 2021).
ACC All-Freshman Team (2019).

College Notes

Averaged team-leading 16.3 ppg. and 8.3 rpg. as a junior in 2020-21 as NC State finished with a 22-3 record, captured the ACC Tournament crown and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16.
Scored in double figures in all but one game in 2020-21, including six 20+ point outings and seven double-doubles.
Reached 1,000 career points in the Pack's 2020-21 season opener; the only active junior in the ACC to surpass that mark.
Ended her junior season ranked sixth in the ACC in scoring (16.3), fifth in rebounding (8.3), second in field-goal percentage (.533) and third in free throw percentage (.843).
As a sophomore in 2019-20, averaged 16.4 ppg. and 9.6 rpg. and started in 31 of 32 games played in aiding NC State to a 28-4 slate and the ACC Tournament title.
As a freshman in 2018-19, aided North Carolina State to a 28-6 record and the NCAA Sweet 16; started 11 of 34 games played and averaged 13.6 ppg. and 6.3 rpg.
Ranks second among all-time NC State freshman for scoring with 464 points and first among all-time freshman leaders for free throws made (136).
Posted career-highs of 28 points versus Notre Dame (2/18/19) and 15 rebounds and six assists versus Kentucky (3/25/19).

High School Honors

High School Notes

Played for North Guilford High School in North Carolina.
Earned a second-straight North Carolina Class 3A state championship as a senior in 2018.
As a junior in 2016-17, averaged 20.3 ppg., 12.7 rpg., 3.2 bpg., 2.7 apg., and 2.2 spg. in leading the Nighthawks to a 31-1 record and the North Carolina 3A state title.

Personal Notes