Renae Lisa Camino (born 19 November 1986) is an Australian women's

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player, who has represented the country at both junior and senior levels.FIBA Archive. 2001 World Championship for Junior Women
Jancinta Hamilton
Retrieved 2015-01-31. In 2014, Camino married her long-time partner Tom Garlepp.

Biography

Camino commenced playing in 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) in 2004. Since then, Camino has played for the

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(2004/05),

Townsville Fire The Townsville Fire are an Australian professional female basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). They are the only female professional sporting team of any discipline in the northern half of Australia. The t ...

(2006/07),

Adelaide Lightning The Adelaide Lightning is an Australian professional women's basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League ( WNBL). The club is based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. The club was formed in 1993 and they play i ...

(2007/08 to 2009/10), Logan Thunder (2010/11 to 2011/12),

Bendigo Spirit Bendigo Spirit is one of three Victorian basketball teams in the Australian Women's National Basketball League. The team, based in the regional city of Bendigo, Victoria, joined the competition from the 2007/08 season. History The Bendigo Spiri ...

(2012/13), and Sydney Flames (2013/14 to current).Fox Sports Pulse. Player Profile
Renae Camino
Retrieved 2015-02-04. Camino missed the entire 2005/06 WNBL season with a serious knee injury. In season 2004/05, Camino won the

WNBL Rookie of the Year Award The WNBL Youth Player of the Year (formerly the WNBL Rookie of the Year Award) is an annual Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) award given since the 1988 WNBL season. The award underwent a makeover in the 2019–20 season with new criter ...

for the most outstanding first year player. Then, in 2006, Camino was awarded the

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...

Junior Athlete of the Year.Langford, Simon (21 February 2006)
Basketballer ''Renae Camino wins AIS Junior Athlete of the Year''
Australian Sports Commission. Retrieved 2015-02-07. AIS Women’s Basketball head coach, Dean Kinsman said, ''Renae is a leader, with a fantastic work ethic who is dedicated to being the best she can be as an athlete and a person''. In the 2007/08 (2008) Grand Final, Camino won the MVP award after setting a league record for an individual score with 32 points. After her success in the 2008 Grand Final, Camino's career was stalled by further

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. To resurrect her career, Camino was one of the first Australian athletes to have the controversial LARS surgery in 2009. Camino nominated for the

2006 WNBA draft On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and ...

, and was selected in round 2 (pick 24 overall) by the

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, but did not play because of a knee injury. Camino was drafted again in the 2009 dispersal draft (pick 7) by the

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, but returned to Australia without playing a WNBA game. At official

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events, Camino played for

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at the 2005 World Championship for Junior Women; the 2007 FIBA Under 21 World Championship for Women, where she won a

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; and the 2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women, where she won a

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. At the 2005 World Championship, Camino top scored the tournament with 173 points an average of 21.6 points per game and was named to the All-Star Five.FIBA Archive. 2005 FIBA Women's U19 World Championship
Player Leaders
Retrieved 2015-02-07.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Camino, Renae 1986 births Living people Australian women's basketball players Australian Institute of Sport basketball (WNBL) players Adelaide Lightning players Logan Thunder players Sydney Uni Flames players Bendigo Spirit players Townsville Fire players Guards (basketball)