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Gatorade 2020 - 2021: Player of the Year

Girls Basketball - New Mexico

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Viane Cumber

Guard
SANDIA HS
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

26.5

Points per Game

9.300

Rebounds per Game

2.200

Assists per Game

1.5

Steals per Game
“Viane is, hands down, the best our state has to offer. Yes, because of basketball and how she represents herself on the court, but she’s also a kid who gives back. She’s one of a kind as far as I’m concerned.”
Bree Rose
Head Coach head coach at St. Pius X High and a former two-time Gatorade Player of the Year winner at Rio Rancho High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 5-foot-10 senior guard averaged 26.5 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.5 steals this past season in leading the Matadors to a 7-4 record and the Class 5A quarterfinals. The 2020-21 MaxPreps New Mexico High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year, Cumber was also a two-time First-Team All-Metro selection and a two-time District Player of the Year.

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Academic Achievement

Cumber has maintained a weighted 4.09 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball on scholarship at the University of New Mexico this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A National Honor Society member, Cumber has volunteered locally with the Festival of Trees, which raises money for children with physical challenges, and she has helped distribute groceries to low-income families on behalf of the Palo Duro Senior Center. Cumber has also donated her time as a youth servant at the Calvary Church and as a youth basketball coach.