Maddison Penn

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

Maddison Penn
Personal information
Born (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994
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
2013 Lithuania Team
FIBA U-18 Oceania Championship
2012 New Zealand Team

Career

College

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

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

Youth level

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
  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.
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