Kirk Penney
- January 5, 2024
- Basketball Player
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Kirk Penney |
| Occupation | Basketball Player |
| Date Of Birth | Nov 23, 1980(1980-11-23) |
| Age | 44 |
| Birthplace | New Zealand |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Horoscope | Sagittarius |
Kirk Penney Biography
| Name | Kirk Penney |
| Birthday | Nov 23 |
| Birth Year | 1980 |
| Place Of Birth | New Zealand |
| Birth Country | New Zealand |
| Birth Sign | Sagittarius |
| Siblings | Rodd Penney |
| Spouse | Audra Penney |
Kirk Penney is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on November 23, 1980 in New Zealand, New Zealand. Basketball player who has competed for New Zealand at many international tournaments, winning gold at the FIBA Oceania Championship in 2009. The same year, he was named the National Basketball League’s MVP as a member of the New Zealand Breakers.
He was teammates with NBA All-Star Devin Harris at Wisconsin.
Born in the Auckland suburb of Milford, Penney attended Westlake Boys High School and played junior basketball for the North Harbour Basketball Association, joining their New Zealand NBL team, the North Harbour Kings, in 1998 as a 17-year-old. He earned NZNBL Rookie of the Year honours that year and helped the Kings reach the grand final. He played a further season for the Kings in 1999 before leaving for the United States to begin his college career with the University of Wisconsin.
Penney debuted for the New Zealand national basketball team in 1999 at the age of 18, going on to represent the Tall Blacks at two Olympic Games (in 2000 and 2004) and four world championships (2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014).
His brother is rugby union player Rodd Penney.
Kirk Penney Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Basketball Player |
| House | Living in own house. |
Kirk Penney is one of the richest Basketball Player from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kirk Penney 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was two-time First-Team All-Big Ten selection at the University of Wisconsin.
He was the second leading scorer at the 2010 World Championships, scoring 24.7 points per game.
Kirk Samuel Penney (born 23 November 1980) is a New Zealand former professional basketball player and current Player Development Manager on the coaching staff with University of Virginia. During an outstanding college career with the University of Wisconsin, Penney helped the Badgers to an NCAA Final Four his freshman year and a Sweet Sixteen in his senior year along with two Big 10 conference titles, and was twice named first team all-conference and an all-American. He is in the University of Wisconsin Hall of Fame.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 6 ft 5 in |
Kirk Penney height 6 ft 5 in Kirk weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Kirk Penney Dating?
According to our records, Kirk Penney married to Audra Penney. As of December 1, 2023, Kirk Penney’s is not dating anyone.
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He represented New Zealand at the Sydney and Athens Olympics and averaged 16.9 points at the World Championships at Indianapolis in 2002 and 24.7 points at the World Championships at Turkey in 2010. He became the second Kiwi in the NBA when he appeared briefly for the Miami Heat in 2003 and the Los Angeles Clippers in 2005, and went on to play professionally in Spain, the NBA Development League, Israel, Lithuania, Germany and Turkey. In 2007, he joined the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). In 2009, he was named the NBL MVP, and in 2011, he won his first championship with the Breakers.
Facts & Trivia
Kirk Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Kirk Penney celebrates birthday on November 23 of every year.
Penney was not drafted in the star-studded 2003 NBA draft but joined the Minnesota Timberwolves in July that year for the Orlando Pro Summer League where he led the league in three-point shooting. On 1 September 2003, he signed with the Timberwolves, but did not make the team’s final roster as he was waived on 23 October prior to the start of the 2003–04 NBA season. On 3 November, he signed with the Miami Heat and made his NBA debut that same day, scoring three points in 14 minutes of action against the Dallas Mavericks. Penney became the second New Zealander (after Sean Marks) to play in the NBA. The following day, he made his second appearance for the Heat, but record no stats in just four minutes of action against the San Antonio Spurs. On 7 November, he was waived by the Heat after the team signed Tyrone Hill instead.
Did Kirk Penney play in the NBA?
He became the second Kiwi in the NBA when he appeared briefly for the Miami Heat in 2003 and the Los Angeles Clippers in 2005 , and went on to play professionally in Spain, the NBA Development League, Israel, Lithuania, Germany and Turkey.
Where is Kirk Penney?
Kirk Penney joined the Virginia men’s basketball staff as a director of player development/coaching staff consultant in August of 2019. He starred at the University of Wisconsin from 1999-2003 before enjoying a 15-year professional career.