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Rebecca Ott
Rebecca Ott (born 9 August 1994) is an Australian-New Zealand professional basketball player and Australian rules footballer. Basketball career WNBL After impressive performances for the Knox Raiders in the semi-professional Big V competition, Ott was signed by the Melbourne Boomers for the 2016–17 WNBL season, 2016–17 season. In March 2017, Ott was re-signed for her second season with the Boomers after strong showings in her debut season. This season, Ott will play alongside the likes of Liz Cambage & Jenna O'Hea. National team Due to her New Zealand parentage, Ott was encouraged to attend the New Zealand women's national basketball team, Tall Ferns training camp by her Boomers and Tall Ferns assistant coach, Guy Molloy. Ott has been selected in the final roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Women's Cup, there she will make her international debut. Australian rules football career Ott was elevated to the St Kilda Football Club#Women's teams, St Kilda squad as an injury replacem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Basketball League (NBL). Several WNBL teams have NBL counterparts. The Adelaide Lightning, Melbourne Boomers, Perth Lynx, Southside Flyers and Sydney Uni Flames are the current WNBL teams sharing a market with an NBL team (the Townsville Fire and University of Canberra Capitals shared a market with the Townsville Crocodiles and Canberra Cannons respectively, before both NBL clubs became defunct). The current league champions are the Melbourne Boomers, who won their second title in 2022. History Founding of the WNBL In August 1980, West Adelaide Bearcat Coach 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 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
