Sharin Milner (born 27 July 1980 in
Melbourne
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) is an Australian professional
basketball
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player who most recently played for the
Bulleen Boomers in the
Women's National Basketball League
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.
Milner is tall and plays as a guard. She was recruited from the Hume City Broncos and played with
Troy University
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in the
United States
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in 1999 before making her début with the Boomers in the 2000/01 season. Sharin celebrated her 200-game WNBL milestone for the Boomers in a game against the Adelaide Lightning on Saturday 7 November 2009.
Sharin was co-captain (with Desiree Glaubitz) of the 2010–2011
Bulleen Boomers team that won the club's first-ever
WNBL Championship, defeating the
Canberra Capitals
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on 13 March 2011. At the club's end-of-season celebrations on 26 March, Sharin announced her retirement from the Bulleen Boomers WNBL team.
External links
Player biography- WNBL official site.
Australian women's basketball players
Melbourne Boomers players
Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia)
1980 births
Living people
Basketball players from Melbourne
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