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Meghan McKeown

Class: Junior Hometown: Glencoe, Ill. High School: Loyola Academy

Height: 5-9 Position: G

McKeown 2012-13 Game-by-Game Stats

2012-13: Played in three games (vs. CMU, Howard and Yale) before being sidelined with a season-ending hip injury ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2011-12: Saw action in every game this season, and played a season-high 22 minutes against Penn State (2/12) ... Scored a career-high six points at Iowa (12/30) and tied that last time out against Iowa (2/23) ... Scored a career-high six points again against Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament (3/1)... Sunk a key three-pointer at Missouri to spark an NU run ... Scored a clutch three-pointer as the shot clock ran down vs. NC State (11/30) ... achieved Academic All-Big Ten honors.

2010-2011: Appeared in 18 games, averaging 3.5 mpg ... Played a career-high 13 minutes and scored a season-high five points against Creighton in the first round of the WNIT (3/17/11) ... Hit a clutch three-pointer against Central Michigan to put NU ahead... Recorded first career assist at Penn State (2/27/11).

High School: Four-time letterwinner and starter over career at Flint Hill (Va.) and at Loyola Academy ... Team captain senior season ... Chicago Sun-TimesTop 50 players as a junior and honorable mention as a senior ... Led Flint to the state semifinals sophomore year ... Force behind Loyola Academy's 29-3 season and trip to the regional semifinals junior year ... Played AAU for the Maryland Flames and Fairfax Stars and Illinois Hustle ... Helped the Hustle to the Illinois state championship ... Played in the AAU National Championship in Orlando and led team to top 10 finish ... Also participated in the Nike National Championship in Augusta, Ga. ... One of 30 invited to the Nike Skills Academy in Philadelphia in May 2008 ... Played against fellow signee La'Terria Taylor ... High school coach at Flint Hill was Jody Patrick ... Played for Jeremy Schoenecker at Loyola Academy ... Four-year National Honors Society member ... Two-year member of Honors Council at Flint Hill Prep ... Loyola Scholar Award, 2008-09 ... Attended same high school (Loyola) as Bill Murray and Chris O'Donnell.

Personal: Born Meghan A. McKeown ... Parents are Joe and Laura McKeown ... Father is the head women's basketball coach at Northwestern University ... Uncle, John McKeown, played college basketball at Walsh College in Ohio ... Interned at the Big Ten Network during the summer of 2012 ... Active in the Northwetern Chapter of Autism Speaks ... Majoring in journalism.