Jenna Knudson will enter her second year Drury Lady Panthers assistant coach in 2024-25.
Arriving with head coach Kaci Bailey before the 2023-24 season, Knudson helped guide the Lady Panthers to a 25-7 record, an 18-4 mark in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, the team's eighth-straight GLVC championship game appearance, and the program's 21st NCAA-II Tournament appearance. Drury also featured four All-GLVC performers and GLVC and Midwest Region Player of the Year, Reese Schaaf.
Knudson was an assistant coach at Quincy under current DU head coach Kaci Bailey from 2022-24 and served as a graduate assistant coach for the Hawks from 2020-22. Working with Bailey during the last two seasons, she was part of a coaching staff that transformed Quincy from a 15th place team in the Great Lakes Valley Conference to a squad that made its first postseason appearance in seven years.
Knudson went to Quincy after a prolific playing career at Embry-Riddle (Ariz.). She was a three-time All-California Pacific Conference selection and set a program record in steals. In her senior year, her 3.1 steals per game ranked eighth nationally in the NAIA and she was second in the conference in assists, averaging 3.7. Knudson was in Embry-Riddle’s inaugural signing class and part of a program that went 81-29 during its first four seasons in existence.
Originally from Sterling, Colorado, Knudson was a four-time Academic All-Conference honoree at Embry-Riddle and was named an NAIA Scholar-Athlete twice. In high school, she was the Class 3A Player of the Year in Colorado, a three-time All-State selection, and she helped Sterling High School to a state runner-up finish in 2015 and a third place finish in 2014.
Knudson earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Quincy University and a business degree from Embry-Riddle.
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