Mater Dei All-County girls basketball player Kaeli Wynn will undergo surgery this week for a dislocated knee cap and will miss the season, her coach and mother Jody Wynn confirmed Tuesday.
Wynn, a 6-foot-1 senior forward who signed with South Carolina last month, suffered the injury late last season in January and re-injured her knee in training in April.
Her playing status for this season has been unclear in recent weeks.
Jody Wynn said Tuesday that surgery was “unfortunately” her daughter’s “only option to return to playing again.”
“(She’ll) sadly be out for her senior season,” the coach said.
Last season, Wynn averaged 17 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists to help the Monarchs reach the Open Division in the CIF-SS and SoCal regional playoffs.
She was selected first-team All-County as a sophomore and junior.
Mater Dei (5-0), ranked No. 1 in Orange County, plays host to West of Utah on Friday at 2 p.m.