Lauren Marie Scherf (born 7 March 1996) is an Australian professional
basketball player for the
Perth Lynx of the
Women's National Basketball League
The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is the pre-eminent professional women's basketball league in Australia. It is currently composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the women's counterpart to the National Baske ...
(WNBL).
Professional career
Scherf began her professional career in 2013 with the
Dandenong Rangers. She played four seasons with the Rangers, where she won the
WNBL Rookie of the Year Award in 2015.
She played two seasons with the
Canberra Capitals between 2017 and 2019,
and then two with the
Sydney Uni Flames in
2019–20 and the
2020 Hub season.
On 30 April 2021, Scherf signed with the
Perth Lynx for the
2021–22 WNBL season
The 2021–22 WNBL season is the 42nd season of the competition since its establishment in 1981. The Southside Flyers were the defending champions, however they failed to qualify for finals. The Melbourne Boomers won their second championship, de ...
. On 3 June 2022, she re-signed with the Lynx for the
2022–23 WNBL season
The 2022–23 WNBL season is the 43rd season of the competition since its establishment in 1981. The Melbourne Boomers are the defending champions.
Cygnett was named as the WNBL's naming rights partner for this season, after signing a three-year ...
. On 7 January 2023, she had 33 points and 14 rebounds in a 75–64 win over the
Sydney Flames
The Sydney Flames are an Australian professional basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a b ...
, with 27 of her points coming in the first half. Later that month, she played her 200th WNBL game.
National team career
Scherf has represented Australia at the 2011 FIBA U16 Oceania Championship,
2012 FIBA U17 World Championship,
2013 FIBA U19 World Championship (winning bronze), and the
2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival
Australian Olympic Committee
Australian Youth Olympic Festival
Australian Youth Olympic Festival
Australian Youth Olympic Festival
The Australian Youth Olympics Festival (AYOF) is an international multi-sport event organised by the Australian Ol ...
(winning gold).
References
External links
FIBA profile"It's not a bird or a plane, it's Super Scherf rescuing Perth! Lauren Scherf dominating WNBL season for Lynx"
at thewest.com.au
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1996 births
Living people
Australian women's basketball players
Canberra Capitals players
Centers (basketball)
Dandenong Rangers players
Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
Perth Lynx players
Power forwards (basketball)
Sydney Uni Flames players
Universiade gold medalists for Australia
Universiade medalists in basketball
20th-century Australian women
21st-century Australian women
People from East Melbourne
Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia)
Basketball players from Melbourne