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Gatorade 2024 - 2025: Player of the Year

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Kayson Cunningham

SS
JOHNSON HS
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

.509

Batting Average

23

Extra-Base Hits

27

RBI

39

Runs Scored
“The best way to pitch to him is to walk him—if you don’t, he is going to find barrel after barrel, and you hope (he hits it) right at someone. Then, once he gets on, he’s going to steal at will.”
Joey Boyd
Head Coach - Alamo Heights
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-10, 180-pound senior shortstop led the Jaguars to a 21-13 record and the second round of the 6A Division I state tournament this past season. Cunningham batted .509 with 23 extra-base hits, 27 RBI and 39 runs scored. The Richard W. “Dick” Case Award recipient recognizing USA Baseball’s Player of the Year, he stole 21 bases in 25 attempts and is ranked as the No. 4 high school prospect in the Class of 2025 by Prep Baseball. 

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Academic Achievement

Cunningham has maintained an A average in the classroom. He has signed a written letter of athletic aid to play baseball at the University of Texas this fall but is projected as a first round selection in July’s Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft.

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Exemplary Character

Cunningham has volunteered locally at the San Antonio Food Bank and with Catholic Charities of San Antonio, providing meals during the holidays and hanging Christmas decorations for the elderly. He has also donated his time to various youth baseball programs.