2020-21 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Saw action in nine games, finishing rookie campaign with 0.6 points, 0.4 rebounds and 3.3 minutes per game.
Saint Francis (PA) (11/30): Scored first collegiate points with a three-pointer. Michigan State (2/13) Scored a point from the charity stripe and added a rebound in a career-best eight minutes of action. vs. Michigan State (3/10): Finished with one point and one rebound in the Big Ten Tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-time All-State and four-time All-Conference pick from Owego Free Academy…Was a member of the varsity basketball team since seventh grade, tallying career numbers of 1,974 points, 633 rebounds, 301 assists, and 298 steals…Holds school records for career points (1,974), single-season points (542), single-game points (55), career three-pointers made (151), career FGs made (151) and career FTs made (351)…Two-time NY Section IV Player of the Year honoree following junior and senior seasons…Also named NY STAC Metro Division Player of the Year and Tioga County Player of the Year following senior season in which she scored 518 points…Tallied a single-season school record 542 points during junior year to lead the Indians to a 19-2 overall record, Metro Division Championship and Section IV Class B Runner-Up status, earning first team All-State honors, second team USA Today All-USA New York Girls Basketball plaudits and Section IV Class B Player of the Year accolades for her efforts…McDonald’s All-America nominee…Helped Philadelphia Belles AAU team to first place in the U17 bracket of the Nike Tournament of Champions in Chicago in 2019…Attended U17 U.S. National Team Trials at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado in May 2018…Member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Full name is Kaci Donovan…Daughter of Bill and Janet Donovan…Has one brother named Will…Mother, Janet, is a volleyball coach at Hartwick…Father, Bill, is a 1991 Penn State graduate…Born on April 30, 2002 in Johnson City, N.Y.
WHY KACI CHOSE PENN STATE
"I have always loved being on campus. My parents told me that I attended my first Blue and White game 10 days before I was born, so Penn State has always felt like home to me. I am so lucky to be going to college at the place that I love."