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Get to Know Incoming Arkansas State Women’s Hooper, Kennedie Montue
Name: Kennedie Montue
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
High School: Plum Senior High School
Sport: Basketball
High School Accolades: Three-year letter winner, three-time Team MVP, three-time Tip-Off Tournament MVP, three-time Holiday Tournament MVP, three-time Valley News Dispatch honoree, two-time first-team all-section, two-time Valley News Dispatch Girls Basketball Player of the Year, Valley News Dispatch Girls Athlete of the Year, Roundball Classic Senior All-Star Game selection, Plum’s all-time leading scorer, scored over 1,000 career points, helped Plum win its second ever WPIAL playoff game, Averaged 23.3 points-per-game as a senior, and two-time all-state selection.
Major: General Studies with focuses in Communication and Criminology
Previous School: Oakland University
Current School: Arkansas State University. The Red Wolves play in the Sun Belt Conference and are located in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
College Accolades: 480 points, 103 rebounds, and 58 steals in 78 career games to date.
Why She Chose Arkansas State: “Arkansas State plays in a great conference and is as ready as I am to win a ring!”
What Her AAU Program, Western PA Bruins, Means to Her: “The WPA Bruins are forever my family. I love every single person from the teams I played on. Robert Cash helped me through my transfer process greatly. The organization is and I’m glad I made a family from playing with them.” Montue helped the Bruins to capture three consecutive national championships between 2018 and 2020
Her Biggest Supporters: Her parents Laura and Terrance Montue Sr., her godparents Sherry and Brian Roberts, her siblings Terrance Montue Jr. and Taylor Montue, her AAU Coach Robert Cash, her basketball trainer John Vlasic, and her former coach at Oakland University and current Eastern Michigan University Women’s Basketball Interim Head Coach, Ke’sha Blanton.
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