Shelley Jane Hammonds (born 6 March 1983) is a retired Australian women's

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player, who represented the country at both junior and senior levels. Hammonds is married to basketball player Matt Burston.

Biography

Hammonds commenced playing in the

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(WNBL) in 1999. Since then, Hammonds has played for the AIS (1999 to 2002),

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 (WNBL) and play their home games at Quaycentre The State Sports Centre (known com ...

(2002/03 to 2003/04);

Perth Lynx The Perth Lynx are an Australian professional basketball team based in Perth, Western Australia. The Lynx compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play their home games at Bendat Basketball Centre. For sponsorship reasons, t ...

(2004/05);

Dandenong Rangers The Dandenong Rangers were an Australian professional women's basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League ( WNBL). The club is based in Dandenong, Melbourne, Victoria. The team was founded as the Dandenong Rangers, howe ...

(2005/06 to 2007/08),

Melbourne Boomers The Melbourne Boomers are an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne, Victoria. The Boomers compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play the majority of their home games at Melbourne Sports Centre – Par ...

(2008/09 and 2010/11) and

Adelaide Lightning The Adelaide Lightning is an Australian professional women's basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League ( WNBL). The club is based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. The club was formed in 1993 and they play ...

(2009/10). Hammonds retired following the completion of the 2010/11 season having played 210 games. In season 1999/00, Hammonds won the

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for the most outstanding first year player. Hammonds was also selected 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; 2002/03 and 2003/04. At official

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tournaments, Hammonds represented Australia at the 2001 World Championship for Junior Women and 2003 World Championship for Young Women. At the 2001 Championship, Hammonds led the points scored for Australia with an average of 17.9 points per game.FIBA Archive. 2001 World Championship for Junior Women
Australia
Retrieved 2015-01-13.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hammonds, Shelley Living people Australian women's basketball players 1983 births Sportspeople from Wollongong Basketball players from New South Wales Sportswomen from New South Wales Australian Institute of Sport basketball (WNBL) players Sydney Uni Flames players Perth Lynx players Dandenong Rangers players Melbourne Boomers players Centers (basketball)

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