Ashleigh Karaitiana (born 26 June 1992) is a New Zealand and Australian professional

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player.

College

Karaitiana played college basketball at the

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for the

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. In her last year Karaitiana scored 17 points, making five 3-pointers, and Hawaii throttled UC Davis 78-59 in the Big West Conference Tournament championship game To qualify for the NCAA tournament. They went on to the tournament and lost to UCLA 50-66.

Statistics

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, 31 , 9 , 26.7 , .386 , .382 , .703 , 5.2 , 1.6 , 0.6 , 0.2 , 2.1 , 10.4 , - , 2014–15 , align="left",

, 31 , 30 , 30.0 , .346 , .281 , .697 , 5.0 , 2.5 , 1.1 , 0.3 , 1.8 , 10.0 , - , 2015–16 , align="left",

, 32 , 32 , 26.3 , .361 , .323 , .721 , 3.9 , 2.4 , 0.5 , 0.3 , 1.8 , 8.5 , - , Career , , 125 , 101 , 27.3 , .375 , .319 , .681 , 4.6 , 1.9 , 0.7 , 0.2 , 2.1 , 9.3

Career

SEABL

Karaitiana would play her first season in SEABL with the Southern Districts Spartans where she would play two games of the season before returning to Hawaii to graduate in 2016.

WNBL

Karaitiana would begin her WNBL career in her home town of Sydney, signed as a development player with the

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for the 2010–11 WNBL season. Karaitiana would then depart to begin her college career in the United States. Karaitiana was signed by the

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for 2016–17, where she will make her return to the league. After a two-year absence and giving birth to her first child, Karaitiana returned to the league signing with the

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for the 2020 season. There, Karaitiana joins several of her

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teammates all playing under national team head coach,

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National Team

Youth Level

Karaitiana first represented Australia, alongside

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at the 2009 Under-19 World Championship in

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where Australia placed fifth. She would once again represent the Gems at the 2011 Under-19 World Championship in

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where they narrowly missed out on the bronze medal, placing fourth.

Senior Level

Karaitiana has since switched her allegiances to her country of birth and began representing the New Zealand Tall Ferns in 2018. Karaitiana was named to the final roster for the 2019 FIBA Asia Cup.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karaitiana, Ashleigh 1992 births Living people Forwards (basketball) Australian women's basketball players New Zealand women's basketball players Sydney Uni Flames players Bendigo Spirit players Melbourne Boomers players Australian people of New Zealand descent People educated at Endeavour Sports High School