Maddison Penn (born 9 May 1994) is an Australian professional basketball player.
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Born | (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 28) Wahroonga, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
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High school | Pymble Ladies' College (Pymble, New South Wales) | |||||||||||||||||||
College | British Columbia (2016–present) | |||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2012–present | |||||||||||||||||||
Position | Guard | |||||||||||||||||||
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2012–2013 | Australian Institute of Sport | |||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Sydney Uni Flames | |||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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.
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.
Australia squad – 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship – Bronze medal | ||
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