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Mary Hoover (born Cunningham January 15, 1928) is an American athlete who lives in El Paso, Texas. The El Paso Herald-Post called her "one of El Paso's greatest living athletes" in 1974.

Biography
Hoover attended Crockett Elementary School where she was involved in swimming, track, basketball and football. At age 5, she started participating in rodeo. She attended Austin High School, was crowned a Grand Champion in rodeo at age 15 and started playing tennis and cheerleading. In 1943, Hoover won the junior girls doubles in the Southwestern Tennis Association Championships.

Hoover went on to attend the University of Arizona (UA), where she played golf. At UA, she was on the women's golf and tennis teams.

In 1974, Hoover was inducted into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame.