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2021–22 WNBL Season
The 2021–22 WNBL season was the 42nd season of the competition since its establishment in 1981. The Southside Flyers were the defending champions, however they failed to qualify for finals. The Melbourne Boomers won their second championship, defeating Perth Lynx, Perth in the Grand Final series, 2–1. After the 2020 WNBL season, 2020 season was condensed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 pandemic, it was confirmed in July 2021 that the upcoming season is set to be closer to the traditional season fixture played over several months across the summer. In October 2021, a new broadcast deal was signed with the ABC Australia, ABC, Fox Sports (Australia), Fox Sports and Kayo Sports, Kayo, with an 84-game season fixture announced shortly after. Spalding (sports equipment), Spalding will again provide equipment including the official game ball, alongside iAthletic supplying team apparel for the fifth consecutive season. Player movement Standings Finals Stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's National Basketball League
The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is a professional women's basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Australia composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the Women's sports, women's counterpart to the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL). History Founding of the WNBL In August 1980, West Adelaide Bearcat Coach Ted Owens (basketball), Ted Powell, after an encouraging exchange of letters with St Kilda'Coach Bill Palmer called a meeting at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel in Adelaide. In attendance were Ted, North Adelaide Coach Kay McFarlane and Noarlunga Coach Brendan Flynn. At this meeting it was decided to approach three Victorian teams (St Kilda, CYMS and Nunawading) with the idea of forming a home and away Interstate Competition. The six teams' delegates all met and confirmed the new League at the Town and Country Motel in Sydney during the 1980 Australian Club Championships. The meeting resolved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Uni Flames
The Sydney Flames are an Australian professional basketball team based in Sydney, New South Wales. The Flames compete in the Women's National Basketball League The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is a professional women's basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Australia composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the Women's sports, women's counterpart to the Na ... (WNBL) and play their home games at Quaycentre. The club began as the Bankstown Bruins in the 1981 WIBC season. The Bruins were WNBL runners-up in 1982 with a grand final defeat to St Kilda. They competed as the Bankstown Bruins until 1988, when for the 1989 season they were renamed the Sydney Bruins. In 1991, they were renamed the Sydney Flames. In 2000, they were renamed the Sydney Panthers. Formerly known as the Sydney Uni Flames, the team rebranded in August 2022 to have a new look, new colours (changing from navy and gold to silver and black) and a new home venue. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 players' accumulated score from game-by-game voting. In every game, each head coach and the referees from each respective game complete a voting card, with three points being awarded for a first place vote, two for second, one for third, a player can take a maximum of nine votes from any one game. It is the most prestigious award for individual players in the WNBL. Suzy Batkovic is the most decorated player in WNBL history, winning the prestigious award a record six times. Due to this, from 2019 onwards the award will be known as the Suzy Batkovic Most Valuable Player Award (known as the Suzy Batkovic Medal).Women's National Basketball LeagueSUZY BATKOVIC MVP TO BE AWARDED FROM 2019/20 SEASON Retrieved 2019-02-19. Highly regarded as one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cayla George
Cayla George (née Francis; born 1 May 1989) is an Australian professional basketball player. She has played in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In 2023, she was named WNBL Most Valuable Player and won a WNBA championship. George made her Opals debut in 2008 and played at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She currently sits on the board of the Australian Basketball Players' Association. Early life George was born on 1 May 1989 in Mount Barker, South Australia. Her mother, older sister and half sister live in South Australia, while her father lives in Cairns. She lived with her father in Fiji for four months during 2001. George is tall The WNBL lists her height at though ''The Advertiser'' of Adelaide, list her height as and Logan Thunder and FIBA lists her height as . George started out playing netball, but ultimately chose basketball because she preferred the contact aspect of the sport. Playing career George play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Young
Jacquelyn Young (born September 16, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is the daughter of Linda Young and David Wayne Edwards, Sr. She was drafted first overall by the Las Vegas Aces in the 2019 WNBA draft. A graduate of Princeton Community High School, she played college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, reaching two NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, NCAA finals and winning one in 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game, 2018. She won a gold medal in Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3x3 tournament, Women's 3x3 basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics and a national Women's National Basketball Association, WNBA championship in 2022. In 2024, she won the gold medal in Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 5x5 basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keely Froling
Keely Jane Froling (born 31 January 1996) is an Australian professional basketball player. Career College Froling played college basketball for two years at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas for the SMU Mustangs. Froling decided to return home after her sophomore season, to complete her studies and pursue her career in Australia. WNBL Born and raised in Townsville, Froling would begin her WNBL career in her home town, signed as a development player alongside her twin sister, with the Townsville Fire for the 2011–12 WNBL season. Froling remained a member of the Fire's roster through to 2014. She then departed to begin her college career in the United States. Froling cut her college career short to return to Australia and join the Canberra Capitals. She played five seasons for the Capitals, the last of which came in the 2020 WNBL Hub season. She played for the Sydney Flames in 2021–22 and 2022–23 before joining the Melbourne Boomers for the 2023–24 season. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikaela Ruef
Mikaela Ruef (born 15 January 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Sydney Flames in the WNBL. Career College In college, Ruef attended Stanford University and whilst majoring in Management Science & Engineering before receiving a Master's Degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering, she played for the Stanford Cardinal from 2009–2014. During her time with Stanford, she reached the NCAA Sweet 16 each season. She reached the NCAA Final Four in four of her five seasons and was a part of Stanford's 2009–10 Championship runner-up team as a freshman. Australia Ruef signed with the Sydney Uni Flames in Australia for the 2014–2015 WNBL season. During the off-season, Ruef played for the Launceston Tornadoes in the South East Australian Basketball League. She then returned for the following season of the WNBL only suiting in the colours of the Adelaide Lightning. In May 2016 she was signed by the Canberra Capitals, her third team in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Mabrey
Marina Mabrey (born September 14, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Mabrey was drafted in the second round (19th pick overall) by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2019 WNBA draft. She previously played with the United States women's national under-19 basketball team and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball, University of Notre Dame. Mabrey was traded to the Dallas Wings in 2020. She has played internationally in Latvia (TTT Riga), Israel (Bnot Hertzeliya), Australia (Perth Lynx), Italy (PF Schio), and Turkey (Çukurova Basketbol). She also played in the inaugural season of Unrivaled (basketball), Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 league developed by WNBA players Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier; however, Mabrey was sidelined for all but 3 games of the Unrivaled season due to a calf injury. Early life Mabrey was raised in Belmar, New Jersey to Patti and Roy Mabrey. She has two bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alanna Smith
Alanna Smith (born 10 September 1996) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal. Smith was a member of the Australian women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics. College career Smith played four seasons of college basketball at Stanford University in Stanford, California for the Cardinal. Statistics , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;", Stanford , 34 , , 0 , , 11.8 , , .432 , , .333, , .659 , , 2.4 , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 0.7 , , 1.2 , , 5.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Stanford , 38 , , 3 , , 19.3 , , .465 , , .317 , , .689 , , 5.4 , , 0.9 , , 0.6 , , 1.6 , , 1.1 , , 9.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", Stanford , 35 , , 35 , , 28.4 , , .474 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townsville Fire
The Townsville Fire are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). The Fire are based in Townsville, Queensland, and play their home games at Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre. The team was established in 2001. In 2014, James Cook University became the team's principal partner and naming rights sponsor. The Fire are four-time WNBL champions, winning in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy .... History In May 2001, Townsville Basketball were granted a WNBL license for the 2001–02 season. In 2011, the Fire were close to folding under the weight of financial pressures. The Fire reached four straight WNBL Grand Finals between 2012–13 and 2015–16, winning back-to-bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Nicholson
Lauren Nicholson (born 26 March 1993) is an Australian professional basketball player. College Nicholson played college basketball at Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California for the Saint Mary's Gaels. Statistics , - , 2012–13 , Saint Mary's , 31 , 0 , 13.9 , 31.6% , 28.6% , 76.7% , 1.6 , 0.3 , 0.1 , 0.3 , 0.6 , 3.0 , - , 2013–14 , Saint Mary's , 18 , 16 , 29.7 , 49.4% , 48.0% , 80.0% , 2.7 , 1.3 , 0.0 , 0.7 , 1.8 , 12.4 , - , 2014–15 , Saint Mary's , 33 , 33 , 33.1 , 47.0% , 33.6% , 81.7% , 3.5 , 1.8 , 0.2 , 1.1 , 3.2 , 17.6 , - , 2015–16 , Saint Mary's , 28 , 25 , 31.6 , 45.4% , 30.1% , 89.0% , 3.9 , 2.1 , 0.1 , 0.6 , 2.3 , 17.0 , - , Career , , 110 , 74 , 26.7 , 45.4% , 36.0% , 84.3% , 2.9 , 1.4 , 0.1 , 0.7 , 2.0 , 12.5 Career WNBL Nicholson would begin her WNBL career in her home town, as a development player, with the Sydney Uni Flames. Nicholson remained a member of the Flames squad through to 2011. She then departed to begin her coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canberra Capitals
The University of Canberra Capitals are an Australian professional women's basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). The team is based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. In 2014 the University of Canberra Union took control of the Capitals from Basketball ACT. The University of Canberra is the current naming rights sponsor for the Capitals. History Founded in 1984, the Capitals first competed in the WNBL in the 1986 season after winning the Women's Basketball Conference (WBC) in 1985. After struggling to make an impact on the competition for more than a decade, the Capitals became one of the dominant teams in the WNBL in the 2000s, due in part to the ascension of one of the greatest female players in the world Lauren Jackson. They have won the WNBL Grand Final in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2019 and 2019–20. Since 2017, the Capitals have played out of the National Convention Centre Canberra for regular season games, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
