Vanessa Vassiliki Panousis (born 23 February 1995) is an Australian professional basketball player.

Career

College

Panousis played college basketball for the Virginia Tech Hokies in Blacksburg, Virginia in the

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. She had a very successful college career. Being named to the ACC All-Academic Team twice. She was also known to the ACC All-Tournament Second Team in her sophomore year, alongside the likes of eventual No. 1 pick in the

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Virginia Tech statistics

Source

WNBL

Panousis was a development player with the Sydney Uni Flames for the

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. After finishing her college career, Panousis has been signed by the Adelaide Lightning for the

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. There she will join the likes of

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and

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National team

Youth Level

Panousis made her international debut for the

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at the

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in Canberra, Australia. She would once again represent the Sapphires at the 2012 Under-17 World Championship in

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, where Australia placed 5th. Panousis would then represent the

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at the Under-19 World Championship in Lithuania the following year, where they finished in third place and took home the bronze medal. She also represented Australia at the

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, where they placed 5th.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Panousis, Vanessa 1995 births Living people Australian expatriate basketball people in the United States Australian women's basketball players Guards (basketball) Sportswomen from New South Wales Sydney Uni Flames players Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball players Universiade medalists in basketball FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade