Isaac Lee McKneely (born November 10, 2003) is an American

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player who plays for the

Louisville Cardinals The Louisville Cardinals (also known as the Cards) are the NCAA athletic teams representing the University of Louisville. The Cardinals teams play in the Atlantic Coast Conference, beginning in the 2014 season. While playing in the Big East Co ...

of the

Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the ACC's eighteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athlet ...

(ACC). He previously played for the

Virginia Cavaliers The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams representing the University of Virginia, located in Charlottesville. The Cavaliers compete at the NCAA Division I level ( FBS for football), in the Atlantic Coast C ...

Early life and high school career

McKneely grew up in

Poca, West Virginia Poca is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 875 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area. The town derives its name from the Pocatalico River. Geography Poca is located at ...

and attended

Poca High School Poca High School, originally named "Pocatalico District High School", is a high school in Poca, West Virginia, Poca, West Virginia, United States. It serves the easternmost portion of Putnam County, West Virginia, Putnam County and is a part ...

. He was named the Kanawha Valley Player of the Year as a sophomore after averaging 22 points per game. McKneely averaged 23 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3.9 assists per game during his junior season and won the

Bill Evans Award Each year the Bill Evans Award is given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in the U.S. state of West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-A ...

as the high school boys basketball player in West Virginia and was also named the state Gatorade Player of the Year. He repeated as the Gatorade Player of the Year and Bill Evans Award winner as a senior after averaging 22 points, six rebounds, four assists per game. McKneely lead the Poca Dots to defeat the Bluefield Beavers in the WVSSAC AA State Championship game 65–48. He recorded 22 points, seven rebounds, and four assists in this game.

Recruiting

McKneely was a consensus four-star recruit in the 2022 class according to major recruiting services. On January 30, 2021, he committed to playing college basketball for

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

over offers from

Purdue Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donat ...

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

and

Louisville Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States. By land area, it is the country's 24th-largest city; however, by populatio ...

College career

McKneely entered his freshman season at Virginia as a reserve shooting guard. He averaged 6.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per game while leading the Cavaliers with a 39.2%

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percentage. McNeely was also named to the

's All-Academic team. McKneely transferred to

following his junior year.

Career statistics

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References

External links

Virginia Cavaliers bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:McKneely, Isaac 2003 births Living people American men's basketball players Basketball players from West Virginia Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball players People from Poca, West Virginia 21st-century American sportsmen