Scoonie Penn

Penn played high school basketball at Salem High School in Salem, Massachusetts. He led the team to a state championship in 1995.

After high school, Penn played college basketball at Boston College, before transferring to Ohio State University, where he teamed up to form a dominant back court with the future Milwaukee Bucks' shooting guard Michael Redd.

After college, Penn left the United States to play in Europe. He made his big splash with the Adriatic League club Crvena zvezda (Red Star Belgrade). He had a great 2002–03 season with Crvena zvezda. The fans loved him. He was the leader of the team, and that was the best season in his career.

Penn left Red Star the following season, and played in the 2005–06 season for Cibona Zagreb. In the 2006–07 season, he was a member of the Greek League club Olympiacos. He then moved to the Turkish Super League club Efes Pilsen, for the 2007–08 season, followed by the Ukrainian Super League club Kyiv, in the 2008–09 season.

At the beginning of the 2009–10 season, Penn made the move to the Italian League, to play with Virtus Bologna. On New Years Day, 2010, it was announced by Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, that Penn would return to the club, to replace Von Wafer, who had been released, due to his inability to adapt to the European game. In October 2010, he signed with Prima Veroli, which was playing in the Italian Second Division at the time.[1]

As a member of Team USA, Penn won a gold medal at the 1999 Palma Summer Universiade.[2]

After Penn retired from playing professional basketball, he became the director of player development for the Ohio State basketball program. In 2019, he accepted a position working as an assistant coach with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies.

College:

• 1995–96 Big East Conference Rookie of the Year, First Team All-Big East Conference member.
• 1996–97 First Team All-Big East Conference. Big East Conference Tournament championship winner (MVP).
• 1998–99 Big Ten Conference Co-Player of the Year.
• 1998–99 Led Ohio State to the NCAA Final Four.
• 1999–00 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, as the nation's top senior under 6'0" (1.83 m) tall.
• Selected Third Team All-America, and First Team All-Big Ten Conference, in both his junior season and senior season. Ended his career at Ohio State University, as the college's all-time leader in three-point field goals made.

• Euroleague.net Profile
• Italian League Profile (in Italian)
• Interview with Scoonie Penn from September 2003
• NBDL stats