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McKenah Peters

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McKenah Peters was announced as an assistant coach for Florida Atlantic's staff in the spring of 2025, reuniting with newly-hired Head Coach LeAnn Freeland, after previously being on staff together at Nova Southeastern.

Peters comes to FAU after serving as an assistant coach at Nova Southeastern from 2022-2025. Since becoming an assistant, she has had winning seasons in each of her three years on staff with Coach Freeland. In the 2024-25 season, the Sharks finished with a 25-6 season, good for third in the SSC, with a conference record of 16-4. For the third consecutive season NSU found themselves in the NCAA Tournament, earning the No. 3 seed in the South Region Tournament. It was the Sharks’ first time making three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances since 2013-2015. Peters helped guide Aubrey Stupp to first team All-SSC and Payton Graber to third team and All-Defensive All-SSC. Graber also selected for the D2CCA All-South Region Team.

The 2023-24 season saw NSU finish with a 25-6 overall record and an 18-2 SSC record. In her second season as an assistant, Peters helped Nova Southeastern to its second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance while achieving a program-record 20-game winning streak in the process. The Sharks ranked as high as No.11 in the WBCA rankings. Nova Southeastern won the SSC regular season title for the first time since the 2015-16 season. In the NCAA Tournament, the Sharks earned the No. 4 seed in the South Region Tournament, where they advanced to the Sweet 16. Five different Sharks received SSC honors, which included Nicole Scales and Morgan Kane (All-SSC First Team), Aubrey Stupp (All-SSC Third Team), and India Shepherd (All-SSC Defensive Team). Kailyn Terrell won SSC Freshman of the Year, while Kane was also selected for the D2CCA All-South Region Team, and Scales recognized as a WBCA All-American with an honorable mention.

In her first season as an assistant in 2022-23, Peters helped guided NSU to a 21-9 record, and its first NCAA Tournament appearance since the 2018-2019 season. NSU earned the No. 7 seed in the South Region Tournament, where they took on the No. 2 seeded Eckerd Tritons. On the season, Madison Frederick landed on the All-SSC first team and newcomer team while Hailey Conley landed on the All-SSC second team. Frederick was also tabbed a spot on the D2CCA All-South Region second team.

Prior to joining Coach Freeland’s staff, she spent her last season of eligibility as a student-athlete on the NSU team in 2021-2022. Peters was named to the All-SSC second team and newcomer team in her lone season as a shark. She made her way into the NSU record book in only one season after connecting on 83 three pointers (third all-time) and shooting 41% from three (sixth all-time during the NCAA DII era). Peters graduated with a master’s degree in sports science from Nova Southeastern in August of 2022.

Before NSU, Peters played four years of Division I basketball at Youngstown State University. She was a three-year captain and starter for the Penguins, appearing in 107 games. At the conclusion of her sophomore year, Peters was chosen as the team’s “Defensive Player of the Year” and the “Impact Player of the Year” her junior year. In 2021, she received her bachelor’s degree in telecommunications studies with a sports broadcasting track and a minor in coaching.

Hailing from LaGrange, Ohio, Peters attended Keystone High School, where she holds multiple records, including the all-time career scoring record with 1907 points, and ranks second all-time in scoring in Lorain County. In 2021, her number (34) was retired.