McKenah Peters

Biography

McKenah Peters was announced as an assistant coach for Florida Atlantic's staff in the spring of 2025, reuniting with newly-hired Head Coach LeAnn Freeland, after previously being on staff together at Nova Southeastern. Peters comes to FAU after serving as an assistant coach at Nova Southeastern from 2022-2025. Since becoming an assistant, she has had winning seasons in each of her three years on staff with Coach Freeland. In the 2024-25 season, the Sharks finished with a 25-6 season, good for third in the SSC, with a conference record of 16-4. For the third consecutive season NSU found themselves in the NCAA Tournament, earning the No. 3 seed in the South Region Tournament. It was the Sharks’ first time making three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances since 2013-2015. Peters helped guide Aubrey Stupp to first team All-SSC and Payton Graber to third team and All-Defensive All-SSC. Graber also selected for the D2CCA All-South Region Team. The 2023-24 season saw NSU finish with a 25-6 overall record and an 18-2 SSC record. In her second season as an assistant, Peters helped Nova Southeastern to its second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance while achieving a program-record 20-game winning streak in the process. The Sharks ranked as high as No.11 in the WBCA rankings. Nova Southeastern won the SSC regular season title for the first time since the 2015-16 season. In the NCAA Tournament, the Sharks earned the No. 4 seed in the South Region Tournament, where they advanced to