Randall Cunningham's Daughter, Vashti, Wins World Indoor High Jump Championship

Former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham isn't the only athlete in his family. On Sunday, Cunningham's 18-year-old daughter, Vashti, won the world indoor high-jump championship in Portland, Oregon.  

In a field of 12 jumpers, Cunningham leaped six feet, five inches for the world title. According to Pro Football Talk's Michael David Smith, Cunningham is the youngest woman to win an event at the world championships this century. 

Place	Jumper	Country	Height (Feet)
1	Vashti Cunningham	USA	6'5"
2	Ruth Beitia	Spain	6'5"
3	Kamila Licwinko	Poland	6'5"

She wasn't done making news after her victory either. Speaking with NBC Sports (via Nick Zaccardi of NBCSports.com), Cunningham announced she believes that she is going to go pro instead of going to college. Zaccardi noted she is "heavily favored" to make the United States Olympic team at the trials on July 3 for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.  

But her dad might not be 100 percent behind her decision, as he told Pat Graham of the Associated Press (via the Las Vegas Sun), "I don't believe you should peak in high school. ... She's the one that has to make that decision."

Before his 16-year career in the NFL in which he threw for almost 30,000 yards and rushed for another 4,928, Randall was a three-year starter at UNLV. Of course, football players aren't afforded the opportunity to make the jump from high school to the pros.

If Vashti does indeed make a run at the Olympic Games, she would be the youngest U.S. Olympic track and field competitor since 1976, per Zaccardi, and will continue to add more athletic accolades to the Cunningham name.

Stats courtesy of IAAF.org.