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Katrina Hibbert (born 29 September 1977) is an Australian basketball coach and retired professional basketball player.


Playing career


College

In her final year of High School, Hibbert travelled on exchange to the United States where she would attend
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, hoping to secure a college basketball scholarship. Hibbert played college basketball at
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, playing with the Lady Tigers in the
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WNBA

After Hibbert spent four years playing college basketball she would then go on to be drafted in round 4 (pick 57 overall) of the 2000 WNBA draft by the Seattle Storm. In her first and only season, Hibbert played 20 games and has the honour of scoring the franchise's first ever points. Hibbert was released before the start of the 2001 WNBA season and returned to Australia.


WNBL

In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) Hibbert played 112 games for the Bulleen Boomers. During her WNBL career, Hibbert was named the Most Valuable Player on two occasions; 2004/05 and 2005/06. Hibbert was also named to the
WNBL All-Star Five The All-WNBL Team is an annual Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) honour bestowed on the best performing players in the league following every WNBL season. From 1988 to 2018–19, the honour was known as the All-Star Five. As of 2020, it is ...
on two occasions; 2004/05 and 2005/06. Hibbert was a member of the
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roster during the 2000s and played in the Australian team that won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.Critchley, Cheryl (4 April 2011)
''Backboard to blackboard''
. The Weekly Review. Retrieved 2012-09-22. Hibbert announced her retirement from WNBL basketball in March 2009.


Coaching career


WNBL

After brief head coaching stints in the Big V with the Hume City Broncos and Eltham Wildcats, Hibbert took on a Lead Assistant Coach position with the
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, under head coach
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. Following on from this, Hibbert was then appointed as Head Coach of the
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ahead of the 2019–20 season.


Coaching record


WNBL

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See also

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List of Australian WNBA players The following is a chronological list of Australian players who have played at least one game in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The list includes both past and present players. Active WNBA players are shown in bold. Austral ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hibbert, Katrina 1977 births Living people Australian expatriate basketball people in the United States Australian women's basketball players Australian women's basketball coaches Basketball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in basketball Melbourne Boomers players Seattle Storm draft picks Seattle Storm players 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Basketball players from Melbourne Sportswomen from Victoria (state)