Maddison Penn
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| Born | 9 May 1994 Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 (2016–2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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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
- ^ "Maddison Rylie Penn (Australia) - Basketball Stats, Height, Age". FIBA Basketball. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
- ^ "Maddison Penn". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ "hokiesports.com :: Women's Basketball :: Maddison Penn". hokiesports.com.
- ^ "Maddison Penn - 2016-17 Women's Basketball roster". gothunderbirds.ca.
- ^ "Maddison Penn's profile". archive.fiba.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2015.