Indiana State University Athletics

2022-23
Appeared in 31 games with one start...Averaged 4.4 points and 2.2 rebounds...Shot .505 from the field...Posted a double-double with a season-high 13 points and 11 rebounds at Valpo Jan. 1

Prior to Indiana State
Joins the Indiana State basketball program after a standout career at Truman State -- a Division II member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference -- where he has helped the Bulldogs to 20-wins and the Division II NCAA Tournament for three consecutive seasons ... Racked up several postseason honors following the 2021-22 season, including being named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-American team for the second-straight season and NABC First Team Midwest Region ... Was one of the top scorers in the GLVC, finishing the year with 19.2 points per game to earn First Team All-GLVC honors ... Shot .574 from the field and .395 from three-point range as well grabbed 6.4 rebounds per game; all of which set new career highs. With 1,608 career points, McKnight ended his career fourth on the all-time on the Truman State men's basketball scoring list... The forward earned Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year honors in 2020-21 after scoring at an 18.1 clip, averaging 5.4 rebounds and shooting 52.4 percent from the field to earn his first NABC All-American honor ... Helped the Bulldogs to a Midwest Regional Championship while earning Most Outstanding Player of the Midwest Regional before TSU's season came to an end against Flagler at the DII Championships ... Posted a career-high 34 points and 13 rebounds in the game as Truman fell 70-69 ... After a stellar year in 2018-19, McKnight earned GLVC Freshman of the Year as well as the All-Freshman Team and Second Team All-Conference after starting 28 games, averaging 26.6 minutes ... Averaged 13 points and 5.2 rebounds per game as a rookie ... Followed his first season at TSU, making 26 starts en route to earning Second Team All-GLVC honors ... Ranked second on the team with 14.1 points per game ... Over 100 games at Truman State, McKnight started each one averaging 28.8 minutes per game ... Posted a career average of 15.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists while shooting 57.5 percent from the field, 37.4 percent from distance and 78.6 percent from the charity stripe ... Dominant on the court as well as in the classroom, McKnight earned First Team Academic All-American honors from CoSIDA in 2021-22 and was also named Academic All-Region by the D2CCA ...Posted a 4.0 GPA in the Master's of Leadership program last season and is also a four-time Academic All-GLVC honoree.

Prep
At Grinnell High School, McKnight was a three-year starter and letterwinner ... Averaged 21 points and nine rebounds per game as a senior with 33 total blocks while shooting over 60 percent from the field ... Was named Second-Team All-State by the Iowa Newspaper Association and Des Moines Register All-State Honorable Mention ... Was a three-time All-Region and three-time First-Team All-Conference player and finished his career as Grinnell's all-time leader in career blocks and surpassed 1,000 points with 1,185 ... He was also a three-year starter and letterwinner as a quarterback on the football field where he was named First-Team All-District, Honorable Mention All-District and led the district in touchdowns ... Off the court and field, McKnight was a member of the National Honor Society, a three-time Academic All-State for honoree and was named to the High Honor Roll all four years.