Jump to content

Megan Lukan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 135.180.134.247 (talk) at 18:54, 5 July 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Megan Lukan
Date of birth (1992-02-14) February 14, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birthToronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin–Green Bay
Queen's University
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition

Megan Lukan (born February 14, 1992) is a Canadian multi-sport athlete. Lukan switched to rugby from basketball after graduating in May 2015 from the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, where she was a four-year starting guard for the Green Bay women's Division l basketball team.[1][2] During her UWGB basketball career, Lukan set a number of records included most career assists since the team became a member of the NCAA's Division I and most minutes played during a career.[3] Lukan is a Canadian rugby union player,[4] who was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5] In 2018, she was selected by the Canadian Olympic Committee and was sponsored to attend Smith School of Business MBA program at Queen's University.[6] Lukan's younger sister Kaili Lukan also played basketball at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and is a current member of the Canada women's national rugby sevens team[7].

References

  1. ^ UWGB Women's Basketball Player profile
  2. ^ UWGB Women's Basketball Record Book
  3. ^ "Green Bay Basketball - Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Megan Lukan". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  5. ^ MacDonnell, Beth (July 8, 2016). "Historic first Canadian women selected for Olympic rugby at Rio 2016". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  6. ^ Davidson, Neil. "Canadian rugby sevens women open crucial World Series season in Colorado". Burnaby Now. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  7. ^ "Green Bay Basketball - Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)