Kirk Penney

Kirk Samuel Penney (born 23 November 1980) is a New Zealander former professional basketball player. He is the all-time leading scorer for New Zealand’s national team. He ranks 12th all-time in points scored at the FIBA World Cup.

Penney played four years of college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers between 1999 and 2003, where he was initially a walk-on and later was twice named first-team all-conference and as an all-American. He became the second New Zealander in the NBA when he appeared briefly for the Miami Heat in 2003 and the Los Angeles Clippers in 2005. He went on to play professionally in Spain, the NBA Development League, Israel, Lithuania, Germany and Turkey. He also played six seasons for the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He was named the NBL MVP in 2009, named to the NBL first-team four times, led the NBL in scoring three times and won an NBL championship with the Breakers in 2011.

Penney represented New Zealand at the Sydney and Athens Olympics and averaged 16.9 points at the World Championships in Indianapolis in 2002 and 24.7 points at the World Championships in Turkey in 2010.