Lisa Wallbutton (born 14 January 1986 in

Henderson, New Zealand Henderson is a suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand. It is west of Auckland city centre, and west of the Whau River, a southwestern arm of the Waitematā Harbour. Henderson initially developed around the mill of Thomas Henderson and was k ...

) is a basketball player for New Zealand. She won Outstanding Young Player in the 2004 and 2005 seasons, and MVP at the 2005 NZ U23 tournament. She debuted for the

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(New Zealand women's basketball team) in 2005 at the

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. At the

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she won a silver medal as part of the Tall Ferns. Wallbutton has also represented New Zealand at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. “My fondest memory of my time with the Tall Ferns will always be competing at the Beijing Olympics. For me that was a childhood dream come true and an opportunity to compete at the highest level against the very best players in the world at the time.” In 2010 she played for the

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in the

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(South East Australian Basketball League) in the

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. Wallbutton, still a prominent player in the Western Australian State League with the Perth Redbacks.

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