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2023 Field Hockey Roster

24 Lonica McKinney

  • Position Forward/Midfielder
  • Height 5-2
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major M.S. Business Analytics
  • Hometown British Columbia, Canada
  • High School Kelowna Secondary School

Biography

Graduate Season (2023)
Started all 21 games … Finished the year with 11 points, which was fourth on the team, on three goals and five assists … Tallied a goal and an assist in the Tribe’s 4-0 NCAA Opening Round win over Sacred Heart (11/8) … Her second-quarter goal proved to be the game-winner … Scored twice in the Tribe’s 7-0 win over Queens (10/27) … Assisted on the game-winner in overtime to knock off her former team VCU (10/15) in Richmond … Tallied helpers at Towson (9/15), at Delaware (9/29), and vs. Georgetown (10/8) … Finished the year ranked 19th in the CAA in shots on goal (16) and 15th in assists … Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll High Honors during the spring and Honors during the fall  … A W&M Provost Award winner.

Senior Season at VCU (2022)
Named to the All-Atlantic 10 Second Team and Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team... Started in 19 games for VCU... Scored six goals, tied for second most on the team, and recorded a career-high four assists... Accumulated 16 points this season, tied for second on the team... Named an NFHCA Scholar of Distinction and to the NFHCA Academic Squad... VaSID Second Team All-State Selection... Named to Field Hockey Canada’s NextGen Senior Development Squad.

Junior Season at VCU (2021)
Played and started in 14 games … Scored six goals ranking second on the team … Scored career-high four goals on five shots against Villanova (9/5) … Accumulated 12 total points... NFHCA Scholar Athlete of Distinction … NFHCA All-Academic Squad.

Sophomore Season at VCU  (2020-21) 
Played in all 10 games for VCU with nine starts … Scored two goals and recorded 14 shot attempts … Scored a goal against Richmond (3/13) … Scored game-winning goal against Saint Joseph’s in the A-10 Championship (4/24) … Named to Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team … NFHCA Scholar of Distinction … NFHCA National Academic Squad.

Freshman Season at VCU (2019)
Named to the All-Atlantic 10 Rookie Team … Started and played in all 17 games … Recorded an assist, eight shot attempts and a defensive save … Part of defense that ranked 21st nationally with a 1.39 goals per game average.

Prep
Led Kelowna Secondary School to two consecutive silver medals at the Provincial Championships in 2016 and 2017 … Represented British Colombia in the 2017 U18 National Championships and was chosen as one of the Top XI players at the tournament … Was a member of the Canadian Junior National Team program since 2017 … Multi-sport athlete, playing baseball, soccer, volleyball, and ice hockey growing up.

Personal
Earned her Master of Science in Business Analytics in May of 2024 … Daughter of Lloyd and Lucille McKinney … Member of the Phi Sigma Pi National Honour Society, SCMT Supply Chain Honour Society, and Women in Business club … Father, Lloyd, played professional hockey in Denmark and England from 1988-1994, coached the South African National Men’s Team at the World Championships 1992-1993.
 

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