Washington State University Athletics

WASHINGTON STATE
CAREER: Two-year letterwinner...appeared in 25 games, 13 as a starter...122 tackles, six tackles-for-loss and an interception at WSU...52 career games played with 319 tackles, 21 for loss and two interceptions.

RS-SENIOR (2025): Named 2025 Pac-12 Conference Top Defensive Performer…started all 12 games…led team with 83 tackles…recorded five tackles-for-loss including a pair of sacks…picked off one pass, recovered a fumble and broke up one pass…tallied three double-digit tackle efforts (at Colorado State, at No. 4 Ole Miss, Toledo)…made six stops in season-opening win over Idaho, named WSU Defensive Player of the Week…had seven tackles in win over San Diego State…had six tackles with a sack in Apple Cup…made 10 tackles including 1.5 for loss in win at Colorado State…had 12 tackles at No. 4 Ole Miss…had five tackles and broke up a pass at No. 18 Virginia…had 10 tackles with one for loss and an interception in win over Toledo…had six tackles in win over Louisiana Tech…made six tackles and shared a sack at No. 21 James Madison…made seven stops, shared a sack and recovered one fumble in win over Oregon State…missed bowl game with injury.

RS-JUNIOR (2024): Transferred from Portland State in January and participated in spring practice…appeared in all 13 games, one as a starter…made 39 tackles with one sack, one pass breakup and forced a fumble…led team with seven special teams tackles…made five tackles in season-opening win over Portland State…had two tackles in win over Texas Tech…made three stops in Apple Cup win over Washington…made four tackles at No. 25 Boise State…had two stops including a sack and forced fumble in win over Hawaii…made one stop and broke up a pass in win at San Diego State, named WSU Special Teams Player of the Week…made five tackles in win over Utah State…had season-high six tackles at Oregon State…started, made three tackles against No. 21 Syracuse in Holiday Bowl...earned degree in social sciences.

PORTLAND STATE
RS-SOPHOMORE (2023):  All Big-Sky honorable mention…started all 11 games, totaling 75 tackles, 9 tackles-for-loss, two sacks, one interception and four passes defended…was 11^th in the Big Sky in tackles…season-high 15 tackles, 7 solo, with 2 tackles-for-loss against Montana…had 11 tackles and 1.5 TFL’s in 47-35 win over Eastern Washington…had nine tackles against both Idaho State and UC Davis..,lone interception came against North American.

SOPHOMORE (2022): Missed most of the season due to injury and is able to take it as a redshirt year...played in four games with three starts...made 24 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, a sack and a forced fumble in those four games...despite not starting had a team-high seven tackles and a forced fumble against Sacramento State (11/11)...also had seven tackles at Montana (9/24).

FRESHMAN (2021): Took charge of the middle of the Viking defense as a freshman...started all 11 games at middle linebacker...had a team-high 88 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, a sack, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a pass breakup...led the team in tackles six times... ranked 10th in the Big Sky Conference in tackles...opened the season with seven tackles, including one for loss at Hawai’i (9/4)...had 10 tackles at Washington State (9/11)...nine tackles, including one for loss in the win at Southern Utah (10/2)...a season-high 11 tackles at Idaho (10/9)...made seven stops and recovered a fumble in the win over Idaho State (10/16)...had 10 tackles, a sack and a pass breakup in the win over Cal Poly (10/30)...started in the spring game at Montana, making a team-high 10 tackles, including one for loss.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in football at Beaverton High School… named Metro League Defensive Player of the Year… first team All-League and All-State selection.
 
PERSONAL
Son of Dan and Dana McKenna… has one sister, Maddie… majoring in Business Administration: Marketing… hobby is fishing.
 
YEAR             G        TT        PT         AT     TFL       SACKS         FF        FR       PD      INT/YDS
2020 (PSU)     1         10          6            4    .5/-1             0/0          0          0          0               0/0
2021 (PSU)   10         81         46          35  4.0/-7         1.0/-1          1          1          1               0/0
2022 (PSU)     4         24         19            5  1.5/-9             0/0          1          0          0               0/0
2023 (PSU)   11         75         38          37   9/-20             0/0          2          1          5            1/-19
Total             26       190       109          81 15/-37         1.0/-1          4          2          6            1/-19