Maddison Penn

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Maddison Penn
Personal information
Born (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 29)
Wahroonga, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High schoolPymble Ladies' College
(Pymble, New South Wales)
CollegeBritish Columbia (2016–present)
Playing career2012–present
PositionGuard
Career history
2012–2013Australian Institute of Sport
2014–2015Sydney Uni Flames
Medals
Representing  Australia
Basketball
FIBA U-19 World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Lithuania Team
FIBA U-18 Oceania Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 New Zealand Team

Maddison Penn (born 9 May 1994) is an Australian professional basketball player.

Career[edit]

College[edit]

Penn began her college basketball career in 2013 at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia for the Hokies in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I.[1] However, in 2014, Penn departed Virginia Tech and returned home to Australia. In 2016, she reassumed her college career at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia with the Thunderbirds as a sophomore.[2]

WNBL[edit]

Penn made her WNBL debut in 2012, with the Australian Institute of Sport. After a year of college basketball, she returned and Penn was signed as a development player with the Sydney Uni Flames for the 2014–15 WNBL season.

National team[edit]

Youth level[edit]

Penn made her international debut for the Gems at the 2012 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship in Porirua, New Zealand.[3] She would once again represent the Gems at the Under-19 World Championship in Lithuania the following year, where they finished in third place and took home the bronze medal.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "hokiesports.com :: Women's Basketball :: Maddison Penn". hokiesports.com.
  2. ^ "Maddison Penn - 2016-17 Women's Basketball roster". gothunderbirds.ca.
  3. ^ "Maddison Penn's profile". archive.fiba.com.