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list of Australian players who have played at least one game in the
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Australian WNBA Players

Key *a Annie La Fleur was born in
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, but moved to Australia as a child with her parents. *b Jay Kingi-Cross was born in
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, but moved to Australia with her parents at age 4. *c Leilani Mitchell was born in
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. In December 2013, Mitchell pledged her allegiances to, and represents Australia internationally. *d Kelsey Griffin was born in
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in November 2015, Griffin pledged her allegiances to, and represents Australia internationally. *e Liz Cambage was born in
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, to a Nigerian father and Australian mother, but moved to Australia with her mother at three months old. *f Sami Whitcomb was born and raised in
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. In February 2018, Whitcomb became an Australian citizen and represents Australia internationally. *g Ezi Magbegor was born in
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Australia women's national basketball team The Australian women's national basketball team is nicknamed the Opals, after the brightly coloured gemstone common to the country. From 1994 onwards, the Opals have been consistently competitive and successful having won nine medals at offic ...
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Australia under-19 women's national basketball team The Australia women's national under-19 basketball team is the women's basketball team representing Australia for all international under-19, under-18, and under-17 women's basketball competitions, including the U19 Women's World Cup, Asian Champ ...
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Basketball Australia Basketball Australia is the governing and controlling body of basketball in Australia, responsible for the development and promotion of the sport at all levels. Basketball Australia sanctions Australia's two professional leagues, the Nation ...
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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 ...
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WNBL Most Valuable Player Award The Women's National Basketball League Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) award given since the league's second season. MVP voting takes place throughout the regular season and is determined by a pl ...
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List of foreign WNBA players The following is a list of foreign players in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The list includes players both past and present. This list does not include players from the United States unless they have represented another coun ...
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List of Women's National Basketball Association players The following is a list of Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) players. A *Farhiya Abdi *Tajama Abraham *Svetlana Abrosimova *Natalie Achonwa *Jessica Adair *Danielle Adams *Jordan Adams (basketball, born 1981), Jordan Adams *Elisa ...
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List of Australian NBA players In the National Basketball Association, players born outside of the United States are often known as international players. Players who were born in U.S. overseas territories, such as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, are considered inte ...
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List of Serbian WNBA players The following is a list of Serbian basketball players that play or have played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Active players The following is a list of current WNBA players. :''Note: This list is correct through the end ...


References

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