Tenaya Edith Phillips (born 20 June 1994) 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

Phillips, a native of Dandenong, Victoria, moved to Canberra in 2011 to attend 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 ...

. In 2012, she returned to Dandenong and joined the Dandenong Rangers

SEABL The South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) was an Australian semi-professional basketball league. The league comprised both a men's and women's competition and was run by the country's governing body, Basketball Australia. The league wa ...

team, where she helped the team win a title. For the 2012–13 season, Phillips joined the WNBL's

Dandenong Rangers The Dandenong Rangers were an Australian professional women's basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League ( WNBL). The club is based in Dandenong, Melbourne, Victoria. The team was founded as the Dandenong Rangers, howeve ...

. She managed just one appearance during the 2012–13 season. After two more seasons in the SEABL, Phillips re-joined the WNBL's Dandenong Rangers for the 2014–15 season. Following the WNBL season, she helped the SEABL Rangers win the 2015 title. In 2015–16, Phillips had her best WNBL season, as she averaged 3.5 points and 1.6 rebounds in 18 games. She parted ways with Dandenong at the end of the 2015–16 season, and for the 2016 SEABL season, she joined the Frankston Blues. In 21 games for the Blues in 2016, she averaged career-best numbers with 12.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steals per game. On 4 August 2016, Phillips signed with the Perth Lynx for the

2016–17 WNBL season The 2016–17 WNBL season is the 37th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. The regular season begins on October 7, 2016 when the Sydney Uni Flames host the Perth Lynx and is scheduled to conclude on February 19, 2017. Townsville ...

. On 7 October 2016, she made her debut for the Lynx in their season opener, scoring 24 points off the bench in a 93–90 win over the Sydney Uni Flames. On 3 November 2016, she was ruled out for three to four weeks with a lower leg injury.TENAYA PHILLIPS TO MISS 3-4 WEEKS
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References

External links

WNBL profileSEABL stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Tenaya 1994 births Living people Australian women's basketball players Dandenong Rangers players Guards (basketball) Perth Lynx players Basketball players from Melbourne People from Dandenong, Victoria Australian Institute of Sport basketball (WNBL) players Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia)