Maddison Penn

Maddison Penn
Personal information
Born (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High schoolPymble Ladies' College
(Pymble, New South Wales)
CollegeBritish Columbia (2016–2020)
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

Maddison Rylie Penn[1] (born 9 May 1994) is an Australian professional basketball player.

Early life

Penn was born in Wahroonga, New South Wales.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] 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. ^ "Maddison Rylie Penn (Australia) - Basketball Stats, Height, Age". FIBA Basketball. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Maddison Penn". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  3. ^ "hokiesports.com :: Women's Basketball :: Maddison Penn". hokiesports.com.
  4. ^ "Maddison Penn - 2016-17 Women's Basketball roster". gothunderbirds.ca.
  5. ^ "Maddison Penn's profile". archive.fiba.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2015.