Kennedi Myles

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Photo by: Ben Solomon

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
High School:
Walnut Hills HS
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Prev School:
Illinois

Honors & Awards:
Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Dec. 16, 2019)
2021 Winter Academic All-Big Ten
2022-23
BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2022-23(Sr.): Averaged 1.9 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.3 assists in 29 appearances with seven starts ... Grabbed seven rebounds and scored a season-high seven points in a win against Milwaukee (11/13) ... Had six points and four boards against Saint Francis (11/27) ... Dished out a career-high four assists to go with two rebounds,and a block against Loyola Chicago (12/10) ... Totaled six points, three assists and a rebound against Colorado (12/21) ... Posted four points, six boards, and two assists in a victory against Seton Hall (1/22) ... Pulled down a season-high eight rebounds, accompanied with two assists, one point and a steal against St. John's (3/4).

2021-22 (Jr.): Made 32 appearances on the year, averaging 2.0 points and 3.2 rebounds ... Logged two starts, averaging 11.0 minutes per contest ... Made her Marquette debut with a season-high 14 points to go along with five boards in 16 minutes against Alcorn State (Nov. 9) ... Brought down 11 rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench against NJIT (11/12) ... Tied season-high with 11 rebounds versus Southern (11/15).

Prior to Marquette: Myles spent her first two years of college at the University of Illinois, where she started in all 52 games she appeared in during the past two seasons ... She averaged 8.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists during those two seasons while shooting 37.4 percent from the field ... She played and started in 29 of 30 games as a freshman for Illinois ... Myles ranked second on the team in scoring (8.9 ppg) and minutes (28.0 mpg) and led the team in rebounding (8.7 rpg), steals (61) and blocks (21) ... Set a freshman record with 251 rebounds and her 61 steals ranked third all-time among Illini freshmen ... As a sophomore, she was one of three Illini to play at start in all 23 games, leading the team in rebounding (8.0 rpg) and ranking third in scoring (8.7 ppg) ... Myles ranked second on the team in steals (3.5 spg) and recorded at least one steal in 21 of 23 games ... She posted four double-doubles, scoring in double-figures 11 times and recording 10+ rebounds on six occasions.

High School: A two-year captain at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, Myles was a two-time Eastern Cincinnati Conference Player of the Year (2016-17, 2017-18) ... She was recognized as an All-Eastern Cincinnati Conference player four times in her career ... Myles led Walnut Hills to three-straight Eastern Cincinnati Conference titles and took the squad to the third round of the OHSAA tournament as a senior ... A McDonald’s All-American nominee, Myles averaged 13.6 points, 10.6 rebounds, 1.5 blocked shots and 3.0 steals per game during her senior season, also leading the Eastern Cincinnati Conference in rebounding.

Personal: The daughter of Bill and Janet Myles, Myles was born July 24, 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee ... Studying advertising and minoring in sports management ... Also, at UI, she was a member of the Big Ten Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition ... Lists singing as one of her hobbies.