Towne Athlete Meet

from What's Up? Eastern Shore: June 2022

by What's Up? Media

Savor the Chesa

TOWNE ATHLETE

Kendal Moxey

Queen Anne’s County High School Basketball, Volleyball, Track & Field

By Tom Worgo

If Queen Anne’s County High Girls Basketball Coach Mike Kern had a message for opponents last season it would have probably been something like: “Good luck stopping our star center Kendal Moxey.” The 6-foot-4 Moxey intimidated rivals and dominated them on the court.

Moxey was in a league of her own. Kern couldn’t remember a time when teams slowed her down. The proof? She averaged 25.6 points and 16.6 rebounds this past winter on her way to be becoming the Bayside Conference Player of the Year for 1,000-point mark. “I think a thousand points meant more to me,” says Moxey, comparing it to her career point’s record. “When I hit one thousand, it felt really felt good because I hit a 3-pointer.”

Moxey had some memorable games in 2022 as Queen Anne’s went a sterling 15-2. In a romp over North Dorchester, she finished with 26 points and 27 rebounds. Moxey also totaled 38 points and 20 rebounds in a win over St. Michael’s.

“Teams were always double and tripling me,” Moxey recalls. “I was a lot stronger than everyone else out there, so it was tough to stop me.” Moxey showed significant improvement over her sophomore year when she averaged 16.9 points and 13.9 rebounds.

the second time. And she finished her career with 40 straight double-doubles over two seasons.

“She has the size and she is fast,” Kern says. “She is the first one down the court and if we have a fast break, she is there ready to score. She dominated every game this year. She is really special. You get a player like her once every 20 years.”

Moxey, a Centreville resident, said she would like to play Division I basketball. She has an interest in playing at one of the two schools that have already accepted her: Towson and Coastal Carolina universities. She’s also considering Chesapeake College, where she could keep improving her skills and get noticed more by colleges.

Chesapeake Women’s Basketball Coach Gwen Barnes has seen Moxey play several times. The two have a good relationship. “You don’t see players like her often,” Barnes says. “She is a Division I college player all the way. She can write her own ticket.”

She set the school record for career points with 1,168. “She was able to do that in three years—everybody else had four seasons,” Queen Anne’s County Athletic Director Dan Miler says. “She lost a season because of Covid. That shows that she is just an incredible basketball player. There’s a big gap between her and the other players. She controlled games.”

The 18-year-old Moxey is the third Queen Anne’s girls’ basketball player to surpass the

YOU DON’T SEE PLAYERS LIKE HER OFTEN. SHE IS A DIVISION I COLLEGE PLAYER ALL THE WAY. SHE CAN WRITE HER OWN TICKET.”

“I would say I definitely got a lot stronger,” explains Moxey, who earned Bayside Second-Team honors as a freshman. “My rebounding got better and I felt more confident down low and my footwork improved.” Barnes says: “She has such a passion for the game. She works so hard.”

Moxey stays busy with basketball for most of the year.

She played seven years combined of AAU for the Delaware Warriors and East Coast Thunder. “It made me love basketball more because I was playing year-round,” Moxey says. “It gave me a better level of competition to play against and I got better coaching.”

Moxey also competed in volleyball (three years) and track and field two season) at Queen Anne’s County. “Playing those two sports helped me with my foot work in basketball,” she says.