| Megan McKay | |
| Position: | Center |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| League: | NBL1 South |
| Team: | Bendigo Braves |
| Number: | 25 |
| Birth Date: | 1997 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Katanning, Western Australia, Australia |
| High School: | St Mary's (Perth, Western Australia) |
| College: | Saint Mary's (2015–2019) |
| Draft League: | WNBA |
| Draft Year: | 2019 |
| Career Start: | 2013 |
| Years1: | 2013–2015 |
| Team1: | Perry Lakes Hawks |
| Years2: | 2019 |
| Team2: | Perry Lakes Hawks |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Team3: | TSV 1880 Wasserburg |
| Years4: | 2020 |
| Team4: | Townsville Fire |
| Years5: | 2021 |
| Team5: | Perry Lakes Hawks |
| Years6: | 2021–2023 |
| Team6: | Bendigo Spirit |
| Years7: | 2022–present |
| Team7: | Bendigo Braves |
| Years8: | 2024 |
| Team8: | Melbourne Boomers |
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Megan Ann McKay (born 8 January 1997) is an Australian professional basketball player.
McKay was born and raised in Katanning, Western Australia.[1] [2] She attended St Mary's Anglican Girls' School in Perth.[3]
McKay played for the Perry Lakes Hawks of the State Basketball League (SBL) in 2013, 2014 and 2015.[4]
McKay played four years of college basketball in the United States for the Saint Mary's Gaels between 2015 and 2019.[5] She earned first-team All-West Coast Conference in 2017–18 and 2018–19.[6]
Source[7]
| 2015-16 | Saint Mary's | 32 | 61.9% | – | 62.9% | 5.91 | 0.50 | 0.66 | 0.38 | 7.38 | |
| 2016-17 | Saint Mary's | 33 | 55.7% | – | 63.2% | 7.85 | 1.33 | 0.61 | 0.97 | 10.67 | |
| 2017-18 | Saint Mary's | 30 | 60.8% | – | 69.9% | 7.33 | 0.67 | 0.43 | 0.73 | 15.33 | |
| 2018-19 | Saint Mary's | 33 | 58.2% | 29.4% | 67.6% | 7.85 | 1.09 | 0.55 | 0.21 | 12.64 | |
| Career | 128 | 58.9% | 26.3% | 66.7% | 7.24 | 0.91 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 11.45 |
| 2015-16 | Saint Mary's | 32 | 96 | 155 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 70 | 189 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 236 | |
| 2016-17 | Saint Mary's | 33 | 146 | 262 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 95 | 259 | 44 | 20 | 32 | 352 | |
| 2017-18 | Saint Mary's | 30 | 180 | 296 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 143 | 220 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 460 | |
| 2018-19 | Saint Mary's | 33 | 159 | 273 | 5 | 17 | 94 | 139 | 259 | 36 | 18 | 7 | 417 | |
| Career | 128 | 581 | 986 | 5 | 19 | 298 | 447 | 927 | 116 | 72 | 73 | 1465 |
Coming out of college, McKay returned to the Perry Lakes Hawks for the 2019 WSBL season.[8]
For the 2019–20 season, McKay joined TSV 1880 Wasserburg of the Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga.[9] In 21 games, she averaged 16.2 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.[10]
McKay joined the Townsville Fire for the 2020 WNBL Hub season in Queensland.[11]
McKay re-joined the Perry Lakes Hawks for the 2021 NBL1 West season.
McKay joined the Bendigo Spirit for the 2021–22 WNBL season. She then played for the Bendigo Braves of the NBL1 South during the 2022 NBL1 season and then re-joined the Spirit for the 2022–23 WNBL season.
With the Braves in 2023, McKay earned NBL1 South MVP and NBL1 South All-Star Five.[12] She helped the Braves win the NBL1 South championship[13] and the NBL1 National championship.[14] [15] She was subsequently named NBL1 National Finals Championship Game MVP and NBL1 National Finals All-Star Five.
On 19 January 2024, McKay signed with the Melbourne Boomers for the rest of the 2023–24 WNBL season as an injury replacement for Penina Davidson.[16] [17]
McKay re-joined the Braves for the 2024 NBL1 South season.[18] She stepped away from the team mid season to take a break from basketball for personal reasons.[19] She returned to the squad for the 2024 NBL1 National Finals, where she helped the team reach the championship game[20] and earned All-Star Five honours.[21]
McKay played for Australia at the 2013 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship in Melbourne, where Australia took home the gold.[22] She played for the Australian University National Team in 2017 at the World University Games in Taipei.