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Jersey Number 5
Ava McKennie
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- G/F
- Major:
- Management
- Hometown:
- McSherrystown, PA
- High School:
- McDonogh School
As a Sophomore (2025-26):
- Scored career-high 7 points with 2 boards and a steal vs. Loyola
- Added 7 points with a steal and a block vs. Bethune-Cookman
- Scored 6 points off 2 threes with 5 rebounds vs. Hofstra
- Suffered torn ACL in game vs. Hofstra
As a Freshman (2024-25):
- Saw action in 21 games
- Grabbed 4 key defensive rebounds in win over Michigan
Before Maryland:
- No. 35-ranked overall player by ASGR
- Led McDonogh Team to three IAAM Championships and All-Conference honors
- Baltimore Sun All-Metro First Team honoree
- Averaged 13.5 points, 9.3 rebounds and 4 steals as a senior
- Played AAU for Philly Rise ( 2023, 2022, 2021)
- AAU team was 16U EYBL champions
- 2022 GEYBL national champion
- 2022 All GEYBL Second Team
- All-Conference honoree in track as well
The McKennie File…
- Parents are Jodi and Ellis McKennie
- Has two siblings - Stayce and Ellis
- Brother, Ellis, played football at Maryland (2016-19) and dad, Ellis, played basketball at George Washington
- Chosen to be a Koby Ambassador for the Jordan McNair Organization.
- Wants to be a teacher or get into humanitarian work
- Enjoys puzzles and Legos
- Management major
- Frank and Sue Ann-Pennsylvania Terps Endowed Scholarship for Intercollegiate Athletics and Current-Use Fund recipient
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Maryland Women's Basketball: Under the Shell | Season 22 EP7 | 2006: 20 Years Later
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Maryland Women's Basketball | NCAA Press Conference | Second Round vs. North Carolina
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