Every Australian in NCAAW basketball in 2025-26

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basketball.com.au has identified 108 of Australia's best young women's basketballers competing in the 2025-26 NCAAW Division I season in the United States.

It's our goal to compile the most complete list of Australia's best emerging stars so if you know a player that isn't on our list or is going into their Freshman year or other details are incorrect, please email info@basketball.com.au and we'll update the list.

🎓 2025–26 Seniors

• Abbey Cracknell – Marquette: 1.8m forward from Avoca Beach, NSW
• ‍Alana Goodchild – Santa Clara: 1.85m forward from Sydney‍
• Amelia Hassett – Kentucky: 1.91m forward from Albury‍
• Amelia Raidaveta – Nevada: 1.88m forward from Dubbo‍
• Amy O'Hara – Bradley Braves: 1.85m forward from Melbourne
• Antoniette Emma-Nnopu – Weber State: 1.80m forward from Geelong‍
• Ayuen Akot – Marquette: 1.80m forward from Melbourne‍
• Bella Green – Pepperdine: 1.82m guard from Perth
• Bree Stephens – Central Arkansas Sugar Bears: 1.82m Forward from Townsville
• Casey Valenti-Paea – Grand Canyon: graduate forward from Melbourne‍
• Charlise Dunn – Davidson: 1.88m guard from Victoria Point‍
• Dani Bayes – Boise State: 1.80m guard from Brisbane‍
• Katie Donovan – Davidson: 1.80m guard from Queensland‍
• Last-Tear Poa – Arizona State: 1.80m guard from Melbourne‍
• Lizzy Williamson – Oregon State: 1.96m centre from Adelaide‍
• Mia Jacobs – Oregon: 1.88m forward from Perth‍
• Taylor Moffat – Portland State: 1.73m guard from Mount Barker‍
• Tess Heal – Kansas State: 1.78m guard from Melbourne‍

🎓 2025–26 Juniors

• Aisha Marten-Coney – Southeastern Louisiana: 1.83m forward from Sydney‍
• Charli Kay – Southern Utah: 1.75m guard from Smithton‍
• Chyra Evans – Utah: 1.91m forward from Newcastle‍
• Dyani Ananiev – Portland: 1.88m guard from Melbourne‍
• Ella Brow – Baylor: 1.73m guard from Palm Beach‍
• Emily Foy – Saint Mary’s: 1.85m guard from Newcastle‍
• Erin Condron – UC San Diego: 1.93m forward from Woodend‍
• Holly Griffiths – Grand Canyon: 1.93m forward from Melbourne‍
• Jada Crawshaw – Georgia Tech: 1.84m forward from Darwin‍
• Jade Peacock – Hawai‘i: 1.83m guard from Gold Coast‍
• Jasmine Fearne – Bowling Green: 1.83m guard from Cairns‍
• Jessica Petrie – Nebraska: 1.85m forward from Gold Coast‍
• Jordan Billing – Cal Poly: 1.78m guard from Gold Coast‍
• Lulu Twidale – California: 1.75m guard from Sunshine Coast‍
• Malia Tharpe – San Diego: 1.83m guard from Perth‍
• Mia Galbraith – Texas State: 1.75m guard from Sunshine Coast‍
• Mia Jordan – Northern Kentucky: 1.88m forward from Gold Coast
• Nikki Stanic – New Mexico State: guard from Melbourne‍
• Pania Davis – Florida State: 1.98m centre from Perth
• Paris Santacaterina – Central Arkansas: 1.7m guard from Mackay‍
• Riley Burd – Florida International: 1.82m guard from Perth.
• Ruby Brannon – Central Arkansas: 1.72m guard from Woonona, NSW
• Sophie Burrows – Syracuse: 1.88m guard from Lower Plenty‍
• Summah Hanson – UC Irvine: 1.91m forward from Brisbane

🎓 2025–26 Sophomores

• Abbey Vallance – St Thomas: 1.72m guard from Melbourne‍
• Adeang Ring – Virginia: 1.96m forward from Sydney‍
• Alice Dart – Buffalo: 1.78m guard from Brisbane‍
• Amelia Hobson – North Dakota Bison: 1.82m guard from Parkdale, VIC
• Amy Kurkowski – Saint Mary’s: 1.85m guard from Melbourne‍
• Claire Fraser – Northern Colorado: 1.83m forward from Brisbane‍
• Danijela Kujovic – Hawai‘i: 1.85m forward from Melbourne‍
• Edie Clarke – Saint Mary’s: 1.93m forward from Melbourne‍
• Emilie Bessell – Davidson: 1.75m guard from Sydney‍
• Emmy Roach – Rider: 1.83m guard from Mount Barker‍
• Georgia Cox – Evansville: 1.93m forward from Ballarat‍
• Grace Foster – Utah: 1.78m guard from Perth‍
• Harriet Ford – Duquesne: 1.91m centre from Perth‍
• Hannah Wickstrom – UC Riverside: 1.78m guard from Melbourne‍
• Hilary Fuller – Belmont: 1.88m forward from Brisbane‍
• Isabel Whitelaw – VCU: 1.91m forward from Shepparton‍
• Isla Airey – Louisiana Tech: 1.93m forward from Melbourne‍
• Isla Juffermans – Louisville: 1.93m forward from Coffs Harbour‍
• Jaime Gallatly – Cal State Bakersfield: 1.85m forward from Maffra‍
• Jemma Amoore – IUPUI: 1.63m guard from Ballarat‍
• Kira-May Filemu – Hawai‘i: 1.80m guard from Wattle Grove‍
• Lilly Amor – San Diego: 1.80m guard from Melbourne‍
• Lily Carmody – Boston College: 1.80m guard from Melbourne‍
• Liz Murphy – Akron: 1.75m guard from Yackandandah‍
• Madeline Potts – Syracuse: 1.83m guard from Doncaster‍
• Makayla Minshall – UC Riverside: 1.73m guard from Sydney‍
• Milly Sharp – Boise State: 1.75m guard from Ballarat‍
• Olivia Bradley – UC Santa Barbara: 1.85m forward from Adelaide‍
• Perina Lieme – Little Rock: 1.75m guard from Melbourne‍
• Phoebe Holmes – Xavier: 1.70m guard from Mackay‍
• Rubi Gray – Sacramento State: 1.78m guard from Devonport‍
• Tyla Fautua – Pacific: 1.83m forward from Brisbane
  Zoe Shaw – UC Santa Barbara: 1.70m guard from Melbourne

🇦🇺 2025–26 Freshmen (30 players)

• Alana Reddy – Lehigh: 1.78m guard from Sydney‍
• Asha Nightingale – Davidson: 1.83m forward from Melbourne‍
• Bonnie Deas – Arkansas: 1.78m guard from Melbourne‍
• Eleanor Trout – Boston College: 1.88m forward from Melbourne‍
• Ella Collins – Hawai‘i: 1.75m forward from Canberra‍
• Emilija Dakic – Florida: 1.77m guard from Melbourne‍
• Emily Scholtes – Southern Utah: 1.83m forward from Victoria‍
• Erica Finney – Illinois: 1.83m guard from Sydney‍
• Hannah Chicken – Portland State: 1.85m guard from Newcastle‍
• Jada Kennedy – Portland: 1.95m centre from Melbourne‍
• Jade Crook – Colorado: 1.92m centre from Albury‍
• Jelena Savic – Evansville: 1.81m guard from Melbourne‍
• Kailee Field – Portland State: 1.78m guard from Brisbane
• Katelyn Field – Oregon State: 1.78m guard from Melbourne‍
• Katie Harrington – Wyoming: 1.83m forward from Melbourne‍
• Keira Hudson – New Mexico State: 1.65m guard from Sydney‍
• Keira Lindemans – Oregon State: 1.82m guard from Melbourne‍
• Kinley Patterson – South Carolina Upstate: 1.7m guard from Perth
• Lara Somfai – Stanford: 1.85m forward from Adelaide‍
• Meg Lucas – Buffalo: 1.85m forward from Melbourne‍
• Monique Williams – Vanderbilt: 1.88m forward from Perth‍
• Opal Bird – Wake Forest: 1.88m forward from Sydney‍
• Rosie Akot – Long Beach State: 1.88m forward from Adelaide
• Sarah Portlock – TCU: 2.03m centre from Victoria‍
• Savannah Metcalfe – Wake Forest: 1.91m forward from Perth‍
• Sienna Grieger – Santa Clara: 1.75m guard from Adelaide‍
• Sienna Harvey – Washington: 1.80m guard from Geelong‍
• Teyahna Bond – Hawai‘i: 1.73m guard from Cairns‍
• Zoe Shanahan – Pepperdine: 1.88m forward from Melbourne

All Other Divisions

• Division 3: Lola Mactavish - Pratt Institute Cannoneers: Freshman Forward from Sydney.
• Division 2: Adout Ring – Adelphi Panthers │ 1.88 m Forward │ from Sydney
• Division 2: Holly Dolny – Chaminade University: 1.73m Sophomore Guard from Werribee
• Division 2: Hannah Jensen – Eastern New Mexico: 1.7m guard from Sydney‍

Class of 2026

• Ruby Perkins - UC Berkeley Golden Bears
• Zara Russell - UC Berkeley Golden Bears
• Jessie-May Hall - TCU
• Callie Hinder - University of Arizona
• Freya Bijkerk – Pepperdine
• Alice Magnanini – Murray State: 1.83m Wing from Melbourne
• Zoe Jackson – Indiana: 1.90m: Centre from Sydney
• Lucy Aherne – Saint Mary's College: Guard from Tasmania
• Taryn Bond – SMU Mustangs: 1.75cm Guard from Cairns, Queensland.
• Josie Agnew – CBU (California Baptist University in Riverside): Point Guard from Melbourne.
• Sophia Hickey – Iona University: 1.85m Forward from Melbourne
• Sitaya Fagan – USC
• Rebecca Donnelly – UC Davis: 1.85m Guard from Sydney

🎓 2025-26 Transfers

• Adout Ring – Presbyterian ➝ Adelphi Panthers: 1.88m Sophomore Forward from Sydney
• Alice Dart – Washington State ➝ Buffalo: 1.78m Sophomore Guard from Brisbane
• Ella Brow – SMU Mustangs ➝ Baylor Bears: 1.73m Junior Guard from Palm Beach
• Emilee Tahata – Rider Broncs ➝ Transfer Portal (TBA): 1.83m Senior Forward from Springwood
• Georgia Cox – Eastern Illinois ➝ Evansville Purple Aces: 1.93m Sophomore Forward from Ballarat
• Holly Dolny – Loyola Chicago Ramblers ➝ Chaminade University: 1.73m Sophomore Guard from Werribee
• Jada Crawshaw – Long Beach State ➝ Georgia Tech: 1.84m Junior Forward from Darwin
• Jaime Gallatly – Southern Miss ➝ Cal State Bakersfield: 1.85m Sophomore from Maffra
• Jemma Amoore – Sacramento State ➝ IU Indianapolis Jaguars: 1.63m Sophomore Guard from Ballarat
• Last-Tear Poa – LSU Tigers ➝ Arizona State University: 1.80m Senior Guard from Melbourne
• Lily Carmody – Butler ➝ Boston College: 1.80m Sophomore Guard from Melbourne
• Manuela Piljevic – UAlbany ➝ Transfer Portal (TBA): 1.83m Sophomore Guard from Wollongong
• Mia Jacobs – Fresno State ➝ Oregon Ducks: 1.88m Senior Forward from Perth
• Tess Heal – Stanford ➝ K-State: 1.78m Senior Guard from Melbourne
• Zoe Shaw – St. Bonaventure ➝ UC Santa Barbara Gauchos: 1.70m Sophomore Guard from Melbourne

🇦🇺 Australian Seniors that graduated in 2024-25

• Abbey Cracknell – Marquette: 1.80m Senior Forward from Avoca Beach
• Agnes Emma-Nnopu – TCU Horned Frogs: 1.80m Senior Guard from Ocean Grove
• Aishah Anis – Southern Utah: 1.70m Senior Guard from Launceston
• Althea Kara Angeles – Eastern Kentucky: 1.68m Senior Guard from Melbourne
• Ambah Kowcun – Eastern Kentucky: 1.78m Senior Guard from Adelaide
• Amy Cotton – Houston Christian: 1.83m Senior Forward from Adelaide
• April Rummery-Lamb – Northern Colorado: 1.91m Senior Centre from Darwin
• Audrey Fuller – Campbell University: 1.77m Senior from Brisbane (Graduated)
• Bree Stephens – Central Arkansas: 1.83m Senior Forward from Townsville
• Casey Valenti-Paea – Virginia Cavaliers: 1.75m Senior Guard from Melbourne
• Emily Counsel – Denver Pioneers: 1.91m Senior Guard from Perth
• Georgia Amoore – Kentucky Wildcats: 1.68m Senior Guard from Ballarat
• Georgia Gray – App State Mountaineers: 1.91m Senior Forward from Melbourne
• Georgia Woolley – Syracuse: 1.83m Senior Guard from Brisbane
• Grace Ellis – Cleveland State: 1.83m Senior Forward from Brisbane
• Hannah Rapp – Santa Clara: 1.78m Senior Guard from Melbourne
• Imogen Greenslade – Montana: 1.93m Senior Center from Sydney
• Issy Morgan – Davidson: 1.78m Senior Guard from Sydney
• Kitty Henderson – Columbia: 1.78m Senior Guard from North Curl Curl
• Lara Edmanson – Villanova: 1.83m Senior Forward from Melbourne
• Millie Prior – Davidson: 1.88m Senior Forward from Sydney
• Olivia Pollerd – Santa Clara: 1.91m Senior Forward from Melbourne
• Rebekah Frisby-Smith – William & Mary: 1.80m Senior Forward from Adelaide
• Rosie Schweizer – Idaho: 1.85m Senior Forward from Canberra
• Sara-Rose Smith – Colorado Buffaloes: 1.85m Senior Guard from Victoria Point
• Sharna Ayres – Northwestern State: 1.78m Senior Guard from Melbourne
• Sharn Hayward – Stonehill Skyhawks: 1.68m Senior Guard from Penguin
• Summah Evans – Clemson Tigers: 1.83m Senior Forward from Cairns
• Tess Barnes – Wyoming Cowgirls: 1.88m Senior Guard from Gisbourne

basketball.com.au makes every effort to publish the names of all Australians in NCAA Division I women's basketball. If we have missed a player or have the wrong school, please email info@basketball.com.au and we'll update the list.

About the List Manager

Peter Brown is the head coach of the Sydney Comets Women’s Youth League team in the Waratah Basketball League in NSW. He is also the assistant coach for the Comets NBL1 women’s team in the NBL East Conference. Peter is a 30-year journalist, starting as a sports reporter at the NT News in the early 1990s. He played junior basketball for the Northern Territory at national championships from U16 to U20 and for the Territory’s senior men’s team at numerous international tournaments. Peter has been a basketball fan since the early 80s, especially the NBA. Basketball is his passion — and his opinions his own. Email peter.brown@basketball.com.au with feedback or additions.