Isaac McKneely
Isaac Lee McKneely is an American college basketball player for the Louisville Cardinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference. He previously played for the Virginia Cavaliers.
McKneely grew up in Poca, West Virginia and attended Poca High School. He was named the Kanawha Valley Player of the Year as a sophomore after averaging 22 points per game. McKneely averaged 23 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3.9 assists per game during his junior season and won the Bill Evans Award as the high school boys basketball player in West Virginia and was also named the state Gatorade Player of the Year. He repeated as the Gatorade Player of the Year and Bill Evans Award winner as a senior after averaging 22 points, six rebounds, four assists per game. McKneely lead the Poca Dots to defeat the Bluefield Beavers in the WVSSAC AA State Championship game 65–48. He recorded 22 points, seven rebounds, and four assists in this game.
Recruiting
McKneely was a consensus four-star recruit in the 2022 class according to major recruiting services. On January 30, 2021, he committed to playing college basketball for Virginia over offers from Purdue, Illinois, [West Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball|Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball|West Virginia] and Louisville.
College career
McKneely entered his freshman season at Virginia as a reserve shooting guard. He averaged 6.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per game while leading the Cavaliers with a 39.2% three-point field goal percentage. McNeely was also named to the Atlantic Coast Conference's All-Academic team. As a sophomore, he averaged 12.3 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 0.6 steals per game. McKneely averaged 14.4 points, 2.9 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game, while also shooting 43.9 percent from the field as a junior. He transferred to Louisville following his junior year.