WNBL Player Spotlight – Adelaide Lightning – Alanna Smith
THE Adelaide Lightning have set the benchmark high already after tagging Alanna Smith as their “biggest WNBL signing since Suzy Batkovic a decade ago”. This comes after Smith has excelled at every possible turn despite only being 24. A Stanford University alum, Smith averaged close to 12 points per game (11.9), six rebounds and a […]
WNBL Player Spotlight – Adelaide Lightning – Steph Talbot
AFTER what was an excellent WNBL20 season for the off-guard/forward Stephanie Talbot, which culminated in an All-WNBL Second Team selection and finishing fifth amongst rebounders throughout the competition, the 26-year-old is ready to compete in her second straight season as a member of the Adelaide Lightning with the WNBL set to commence November 12. A […]
WNBL Player Spotlight – Adelaide Lightning – Marena Whittle
NOT many players have been shopped around in the WNBL as much as Marena Whittle, as the 26-year-old prepares to represent the Adelaide Lightning this November in WNBL21. The Victorian-born utility will also join her fourth club in as many seasons hoping to build upon her last stint with the Perth Lynx. Often referred to […]
WNBL Player Spotlight – Adelaide Lightning – Jasmin Fejo
PERHAPS one of next season’s breakout young guards, Jasmin Fejo will look to take the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) by storm when she signs on as a rostered player for the Adelaide Lightning next season. Fejo will rely on her pace and speed when she sizes up against some of the Australia’s elite basketballers […]
WNBL Player Spotlight – Melbourne Boomers – Cayla George
DRAFT Central concludes its Player Spotlight series on the Melbourne Boomers focusing on their leader and other co-captain in 31-year-old Cayla George, who embodies the rock-solid core group that coach Guy Molloy had the pleasure of coaching last season. With George returning to Melbourne for her third straight season and fifteenth campaign throughout her illustrious […]
WNBL Player Spotlight – Melbourne Boomers – Kalani Purcell
GIVEN that the head coach of the Melbourne Boomers, Guy Molloy, is now also the head coach of the New Zealand Tall Ferns national team, the re-signing of the Tall-Ferns captain Kalani Purcell seemed inevitable. Committed to the club, Purcell suits up for her fourth campaign with the purple and gold and will settle for […]
WNBL Player Spotlight – Melbourne Boomers – Ezi Magbegor
IT only makes sense that for today’s Melbourne Boomers Player Spotlight we look at Ezi Magbegor, who earlier today won her first WNBA Championship for the Seattle Storm in her rookie season, and now looks to transfer that success over to the Australian competition as the Boomers franchise continue their hunt for their first title […]
WNBL Player Spotlight – Melbourne Boomers – Tess Madgen
A FORMER stalwart of the Melbourne Boomers and making her return after four seasons away from the club, Tess Madgen joins the formulated line-up of former head coach Guy Molloy for their title run in WNBL21. Suiting up for the Townsville Fire last season Madgen endured a less than successful season on the whole, but […]
WNBL Player Spotlight – Melbourne Boomers – Maddie Garrick
THE fifth side we now look at for Draft Central’s Player Spotlight series is last season’s semi-finalists, the Melbourne Boomers, who after bowing out in a hard-fought series to the eventual champions, the University of Canberra Capitals, will look to go one step further next season in WNBL21. Kicking off the Boomers’ core five for […]
WNBL Player Spotlight – Perth Lynx – Maddison Allen
ROUNDING out Draft Central’s Player Spotlights on the Perth Lynx, we look at the return of the side’s defensive centrepiece in Maddison Allen, who looks to expand her roles and responsibilities within Ryan Petrik’s rotation in WNBL21. Allen, who is almost exclusively praised on her defence, has the chance to become more prominent on the […]
