Megan McKnight Mahle '98

Megan McKnight was an all-state soccer and basketball player at Badin High who sparked the Rams' female athletic program to its first state championship as the point guard on the 1998 Division II girls' basketball titlists.

She was a four-year varsity starter in soccer and helped the Rams to three consecutive state runner-up finishes in 1995, ' 96 and ' 97. As a senior, the team captain was all-league, all-city and all-state as a midfielder.

A three-year varsity player in basketball, she capped her senior season by being named second team all-Ohio as well as Player of the Year in the GGCL, in Butler County by the JoumalNews and in Greater Cincinnati by the Enquirer - as well as a finalist for the Buddy LaRosa Female High School Athlete of the Year.

Megan went on to a memorable soccer career at the University of Dayton, where she started every game during her four years there. She still holds the single season assist record (13) and as a senior she was the Atlantic 10 Student-Athlete of the Year. She concluded her outstanding career by leading the Flyers to the NCAA Sweet 16 and earning Division I Honorable Mention All-American honors.

After earning her master's degree as a grad assistant at UD, Megan turned down several college coaching offers to go into private business. She and her husband, BJ. Mahle, live in Louisville.

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