2015 Women's Soccer Roster

Gabriel L. Acosta

2 Tyler Cunningham

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fairfield, CA
  • High School Rodriguez HS

Biography

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CAREER Finished her UC Riverside career ranked third in points, third in goals and first in assists ... Her 10 assists in 2014 were the program's single-season record at the time of her graduation ... 

2015 Named to the Big West All-Conference First Team (story) and the NSCAA Division I All-West Region Third Team (story) ... Finished the regular season ranked tied for fifth in the Big West in both goals and points ... Netted four game winners on the season—vs. Southern Utah on August 30 (box score/recap), at CSU Bakersfield on September 6 (box score/recap), vs. Hawai'i on October 9 (box score/recap) and vs. UC Davis on Ocotber 11 (box score/recap) ... Scored two goals against UC Davis in a 3-1 victory ... Became the Highlanders' career assist leader early in the season passing Renee Scachetti ...    


2014 Named to the NSCAA All-West Region Second Team (story) and the All-Big West Second Team (story) ... College Sports Madness named her to their All-Big West First Team (story) ... Broke the program record for assists in a season, and moved into second place in career assists ... Finished second in the Big West in assists and tied for sixth in points ... Led the Highlanders in points and tied for third in goals ... Assisted on seven of the team's final nine goals ... Six of her assists came in the Highlanders' eight conference matches ... College Sports Madness named her to the Big West Preseason All-Conference Second Team (story) ... Big West Conference coaches named her to the preseason All-Conference Team (story) ... Named Tournament Most Outstanding Player, Outstanding Offensive Player and to the All-Tournament Team at the UNLV Rebel Classic after scoring a goal and dishing out two assists in the Highlanders two victories (story) ...

2013 Led the team with five goals and 10 points for the season ... Also led in shots, shots on goal, and PKs (2-2) ...
Earned Big West Offensive Player of the Week honors for matches played from October 27 through November 3 ... Scored in the first match against UNLV (box score/recap) ... Scored in the 2-0 win over Hawai'i (box score/recap/video recap) ... Netted a pair of goals in a 2-1 victory at the final conference game of the season, advancing the Highlanders to the Big West Tournament (box score/recap) ... Picked up another goal in the Cal State Fullerton 2-1 shootout victory at the Big West Tournament Finals (box score/recap) ... Was named to the All-Conference, Second Team by the Big West (story) as well as College Sports Madness (story) ...

2012 Made the first appearance of her UC Riverside career in the Highlanders 2-1 season-opening win over CSU Bakersfield on August 17 (box score/recap/video recap) .... Made the first start of her career vs. Houston Baptist on August 24 (box score/recap) ... Recorded her first points as a collegian with an assist on an Ashley Graves goal at Southern Utah on August 19 (box score/recap) ... Scored her first career goal against Long Beach State on September 28 (box score/recap) ... Recorded a goal and the game-winning assist at Pacific on October 26 (box score/recap) ...

High School Played soccer for two seasons at Angelo Rodriguez High School for Coaches Vince Cowen and Mike Viri ... Won the 2010  league championship and advanced to the second round of the state championship ... Also played basketball for two seasons and ran track for two years where she ran the 200m, 400m, 4x100m and 4x400m ... In 2012, her 4x100m relay team made the finals of the San Joaquin Masters Division ... Named her high school's 2012 Female Athlete of the Year ... Received the 2012 Distinguished Athlete Award from the United States Marine Corps ... Earned the scholar athlete award from 2009 through 2012 ...

Personal Tyler Millette Cunningham is the daughter of Tanya Victorian Cunningham and Oliver Cunningham ... Her father played basketball at Stanford; her mother ran track at Cal; and her cousin, Christopher, plays basketball at San Jose State ... Majoring in biology ... Would like to become a forensic scientist for the FBI after graduation ... Named to the honor roll all four years of high school, and graduated with high honors ... Was the secretary for the Black Student Union ... Roots for the Miami Heat ... Considers Didier Drogba to be her favorite athlete ... Enjoys watching "Grey's Anatomy" and "House" on television ... "Glory Road" and "Safe House" are two of her favorite movies ... Enjoys eating spaghetti with garlic bread ... Listens to R&B and soul music, particularly Anthony Hamilton and Trey Songz ... Hobbies include drawing and art ... Helped her Mustangs club team run camps for children ages seven through eleven ... Considers her father to have had the greatest influence on her athletics career because he pushed her and taught her to fight when life and the game become tough ...


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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2012Freshman

    Forward
    5'9"
    2
  • 2

    2013Sophomore

    Forward
    5'9"
    2
  • 2

    2014Junior

    Forward
    5'9"
    2
  • 2

    2015Senior

    Forward
    5'9"
    2