Every Australian player in the 2026 Transfer Portal

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More than 50 of Australia's brightest young men's and women's basketball stars have entered the NCAA Transfer Portal to switch schools in the US for the 2026-27 college season.

This is the list of Australian players who are searching and / or negotiating for new homes as part of the Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) structure, which gives student-athletes the opportunity to be paid for their "personal brands".

It also paves the way for top players at mid-major colleges, which many of the players below attend, move to major programs to pursue their dreams of playing in either the NBA or WNBA.

Completed Australian Transfers in 2026 (From latest)

🇦🇺 Madeline Potts — Height: 1.83m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Doncaster, Victoria
Transferred from Syracuse to Saint Joseph’s for her junior season.
• Syracuse Orange: Points 3.5 | Rebounds 1.4 | Assists 0.7 | FG% 38.9

🇦🇺 Hilary Fuller — Height: 1.88m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Brisbane, Queensland
Transferred from Belmont Bruins to Oregon for her junior season.
• Belmont Bruins: Points 14.0 | Rebounds 4.6 | Assists 1.2 | FG% 40.7

🇦🇺 Truman Byrne — Height: 2.08m | Weight: 104kg | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
Transferred from Central Arkansas to Lipscomb for sophomore season
• Central Arkansas Bears: Points 4.0 | Rebounds 3.0 | Assists 2.0 | FG% 40.7

🇦🇺 Rubi Gray — Height: 1.78m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Devonport, Tasmania
Transferred from Sacramento State to Fresno State for Junior season
• Sacramento State Hornets: Points 14.2 | Rebounds 2.8 | Assists 1.1 | FG% 40.3

🇦🇺 Emmett Adair – Height: 2.06m | Weight: 104kg | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Sydney, New South Wales
Transferred from Loyola Chicago to George Mason University for Sophomore season
• Loyola Chicago: Points 14.6 | Rebounds 5.4 | Assists 1.0 | FG% 46.6

🇦🇺 RJ Greer — Height: 1.91m | Weight: 79kg | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Centerville, Ohio
Transferred from Davison to University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)
• Davidson Wildcats: Points 3.4 | Rebounds 0.5 | Assists 0.3 | FG% 41.0

🇦🇺 Sienna Grieger — Height: 1.75m | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Adelaide, South Australia
Transferred to from Satnta Clara to Cal Baptist for Sophmore season
• Santa Clara Broncos: Points 1.3 | Rebounds 0.8 | Assists 0.5 | FG% 33.3

🇦🇺 Fraser Roxburgh – Height: 2.01m | Weight: 98kg | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
Transferred from Manhattan to Washington State Cougars for junior season.
• Manhattan Jaspers: Points 11.0 | Rebounds 5.8 | Assists 1.1 | FG% 44.7

🇦🇺 Isla Juffermans — Height: 1.93m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Transferred from Louisville to Charleston for her Junior season.
• Louisville Cardinals: Points 2.3 | Rebounds 1.7 | Assists 0.2 | FG% 43.8

🇦🇺 Jessica Petrie — Height: 1.88m | Class: Junior | Hometown: Gold Coast, Queensland
Transferred from Nebraska to Indiana for her Senior season.
• Nebraska: Points 11.3 | Rebounds 4.8 | Assists 1.4 | FG% 44.9%

🇦🇺 Roman Siulepa – Height: 1.98m | Weight: 100kg | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Brisbane, Queensland
Transferred from Pitt Panthers to Ole Miss for his sophomore season
• Pitt Panthers: Points 10.0 | Rebounds 5.5 | Assists 0.9 | FG% 46.1%

🇦🇺 Sophie Burrows — Height: 1.88m | Class: Junior | Hometown: Lower Plenty, Victoria
Sophie Burrows has transferred from Syracuse to North Carolina for her season season.
• Syracuse Orange: Points 11.0 | Rebounds 5.8 | Assists 2.3 | FG% 36.1

🇦🇺 Jelena Savic — Height: 1.80m | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
Transferred from Evansville to Sacramento State for her sophomore season.
• Evansville Purple Aces: Points 5.2 | Rebounds 3.1 | Assists 0.5 | FG% 39.9

🇦🇺 Lara Somfai — Height: 1.91m | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Adelaide, South Australia
Transferred from Stanford in the ACC to TCU Horned Frogs in the Big 12 for Sophomore season.
• Stanford Cardinal: Points 10.8 | Rebounds 9.1 | Assists 1.5 | FG% 40.9

🇦🇺 Bonnie Deas — Height: 1.75m | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
Transferred from Arkansas Razorbacks to the UCLA Bruins for her Sophomore season.
• Arkansas Razorbacks: Points 10.2 | Rebounds 9.0 | Assists 2.6 | FG% 32.0

🇦🇺 Tasman Goodrick – Height: 2.08m | Weight: 104kg | Class: Junior | Hometown: Sydney, New South Wales
Transferred from Siena to Syracuse Orange in the ACC for his senior season.
• Siena Saints: Points 9.7 | Rebounds 7.3 | Assists 1.3 | FG% 64.5

15 Australian Men's Basketballers in the NCAA Transfer Portal

🇦🇺 Achor Achor — Height: 2.06m | Weight: 104kg | Class: Senior | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
• Mississippi State Bulldogs: Points 6.2 | Rebounds 6.3 | Assists 0.4 | FG% 42.7

🇦🇺 Ben Tweedy – Height: 1.93m | Weight: 84kg | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Rockhampton, Queensland
• Colgate Raiders: Points 9.4 | Rebounds 3.1 | Assists 2.6 | FG% 46.4

🇦🇺 Bol Dengdit — Height: 2.11m | Weight: 95kg | Class: Junior | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
• UC San Diego Tritons: Points 10.7 | Rebounds 5.2 | Assists 1.7 | FG% 48.2

🇦🇺 Chol Machot – Height: 2.13m | Weight: 86kg | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
• Charleston Cougars: Points 8.9 | Rebounds 5.5 | Assists 0.2 | FG% 59.2

🇦🇺 Jacob Furphy — Height: 1.98m | Weight: 93kg | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Smithton, Tasmania
• UConn Huskies: Points 0.4 | Rebounds 0.1 | Assists 0.0 | FG% 42.9

🇦🇺 Joel Foxwell – Height: 1.85m | Weight: 82kg | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
• Portland Pilots: Points 15.6 | Rebounds 4.3 | Assists 6.5 | FG% 39.3%

🇦🇺 Josh Ibukunoluwa – Height: 2.08m | Weight: 99kg | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Perth, Western Australia
• High Point Panthers: Points 2.8 | Rebounds 2.0 | Assists 0.3 | FG% 63.0

🇦🇺 Joshua Hughes – Height: 2.06m | Weight: 98kg | Class: Junior | Hometown: Brisbane, Queensland
• Evansville Purple Aces: Points 9.3 | Rebounds 4.7 | Assists 0.8 | FG% 48.4

🇦🇺 Luke Fennell – Height: 1.98m | Weight: 86kg | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
• Syracuse Orange: Points 1.1 | Rebounds 0.6 | Assists 0.4 | FG% 21.4

🇦🇺 Marcus Vaughns – Entered the Transfer Portal just three months after enrolling at LSU as a freshman

🇦🇺 Marshal Destremau – Height: 2.06m | Weight: 108kg | Class: Junior | Hometown: Perth, Western Australia
• UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros: Points 2.5 | Rebounds 1.9 | Assists 0.3 | FG% 37.8

🇦🇺 Nate Deer – Height: 2.08m | Weight: 109kg | Class: Senior | Hometown: Adelaide, South Australia
• Oakland Golden Grizzlies: Points 1.1 | Rebounds 1.4 | Assists 0.1 | FG% 55.6

🇦🇺 Noah Pagotto – Height: 2.03m | Weight: 100kg | Class: Junior | Hometown: Wollongong, New South Wales
• East Texas A&M Lions: Points 10.4 | Rebounds 5.7 | Assists 1.0 | FG% 55.1

🇦🇺 Paddy D’Arcy – Height: 1.98m | Weight: 86kg | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Adelaide, South Australia
• East Carolina Pirates: Points 1.1 | Rebounds 0.7 | Assists 0.1 | FG% 21.9

🇦🇺 Ryder Cheesman – Height: 1.93m | Weight: 80kg | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
• Missouri State Bears: Points 3.3 | Rebounds 1.7 | Assists 0.3 | FG% 71.4

33 Australian Women's Basketballers in the NCAA Transfer Portal

🇦🇺 Aisha Marten-Coney — Height: 1.83m | Class: Junior | Hometown: Sydney, New South Wales
• SE Louisiana Lady Lions: Points 1.4 | Rebounds 2.0 | Assists 0.3 | FG% 30.6

🇦🇺 Amelia Hobson — Height: 1.83m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Parkdale, Victoria
• North Dakota State Bison: Points 2.8 | Rebounds 1.8 | Assists 0.7 | FG% 33.0

🇦🇺 Amy Kurkowski — Height: 1.85m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
• Saint Mary’s Gaels: Points 2.7 | Rebounds 2.1 | Assists 0.9 | FG% 41.4

🇦🇺 Claire Fraser — Height: 1.83m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Brisbane, Queensland
• Northern Colorado Bears: Points 1.7 | Rebounds 1.2 | Assists 0.8 | FG% 29.1

🇦🇺 Danijela Kujovic — Height: 1.85m | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Victoria Point, Queensland
• Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine: Points 1.7 | Rebounds 1.1 | Assists 0.3 | FG% 43.5

🇦🇺 Edie Clarke — Height: 1.93m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
• Saint Mary’s Gaels: Points 7.5 | Rebounds 4.8 | Assists 2.0 | FG% 51.2

🇦🇺 Ella Collins — Height: 1.73m | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Canberra, ACT
• Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine: Points 1.0 | Rebounds 0.4 | Assists 0.1 | FG% 28.6

🇦🇺 Emilija Dakic — Height: 1.78m | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
• Florida Gators: Points 1.6 | Rebounds 1.1 | Assists 0.5 | FG% 40.0

🇦🇺 Emmy Roach — Height: 1.83m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Littlehampton, South Australia
• Rider Broncs: Points 6.6 | Rebounds 4.8 | Assists 1.0 | FG% 40.6

🇦🇺 Georgia Cox — Height: 1.93m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Ballarat, Victoria
• Evansville Purple Aces: Points 6.2 | Rebounds 2.0 | Assists 1.2 | FG% 41.2

🇦🇺 Grace Foster — Height: 1.78m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Perth, Western Australia
• Utah Utes: Points 3.1 | Rebounds 1.3 | Assists 0.7 | FG% 33.3

🇦🇺 Hannah Chicken — Height: 1.83m | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Taree, New South Wales
• Portland State Vikings: Points 11.4 | Rebounds 5.8 | Assists 1.5 | FG% 48.9

🇦🇺 Hannah Wickstrom — Height: 1.78m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
• UC Riverside: Points 23.4 | Rebounds 7.3 | Assists 2.8 | FG% 48.5%

🇦🇺 Harriet Ford — Height: 1.91m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Perth, Western Australia
• Duquesne: Points 6.6 | Rebounds 6.9 | Assists 1.0 | FG% 46.2%

🇦🇺 Jada Crawshaw — Height: 1.83m | Class: Junior | Hometown: Darwin, Northern Territory
• Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets: Points 7.2 | Rebounds 3.0 | Assists 0.6 | FG% 50.9

🇦🇺 Jaime Gallatly — Height: 1.83m | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Traralgon, Victoria
• Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners: Points 1.1 | Rebounds 0.6 | Assists 0.0 | FG% 37.5

🇦🇺 Jasmine Fearne — Height: 1.83m | Class: Junior | Hometown: Cairns, Queensland
• Bowling Green Falcons: Points 4.7 | Rebounds 1.3 | Assists 0.7 | FG% 34.2

🇦🇺 Keira Hudson — Height: 1.65m | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Central Coast, New South Wales
• New Mexico State Aggies: Points 4.8 | Rebounds 0.9 | Assists 0.6 | FG% 36.1

🇦🇺 Kira-May Filemu — Height: 1.80m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Wattle Grove, New South Wales
• Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine: Points 2.9 | Rebounds 1.2 | Assists 0.3 | FG% 34.0

🇦🇺 Lily Carmody — Height: 1.80m | Position: Guard | Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
• Boston College Eagles: Points 12.8 | Rebounds 3.5 | Assists 2.1 | FG% 47.2

🇦🇺 Liz Murphy — Height: 1.75m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Yackandandah, Victoria
• Akron Zips: Points 5.8 | Rebounds 2.1 | Assists 1.0 | FG% 41.3

🇦🇺 Makayla Minshall — Height: 1.75m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Sydney, New South Wales
• UC Riverside Highlanders: Points 4.0 | Rebounds 1.8 | Assists 0.6 | FG% 39.2

🇦🇺 Malia Tharpe — Height: 1.83m | Class: Junior | Hometown: Cottesloe, Western Australia
• San Diego Toreros: Points 2.2 | Rebounds 2.0 | Assists 0.4 | FG% 27.2

🇦🇺 Mia Galbraith — Height: 1.75m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Sunshine Coast, Queensland
• Texas State Bobcats: Points 5.8 | Rebounds 3.3 | Assists 1.4 | FG% 38.1

🇦🇺 Mia Jordan — Height: 1.91m | Class: Junior | Hometown: Gold Coast, Queensland
• Northern Kentucky Norse: Points 4.0 | Rebounds 3.7 | Assists 1.2 | FG% 36.7

🇦🇺 Nikki Stanic — Height: 1.78m | Class: Junior | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
• New Mexico State Aggies: Points 0.8 | Rebounds 0.5 | Assists 0.1 | FG% 18.2

🇦🇺 Olivia Bradley — Height: 1.85m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Adelaide, South Australia
• UC Santa Barbara Gauchos: Points 13.2 | Rebounds 5.7 | Assists 1.8 | FG% 48.0

🇦🇺 Phoebe Holmes — Height: 1.70m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Mackay, Queensland
• Xavier Musketeers: Points 0.3 | Rebounds 0.2 | Assists 0.2 | FG% 12.5

🇦🇺 Sienna Harvey — Height: 1.78m | Class: Freshman | Hometown: Geelong, Victoria
• Washington Huskies: Points 3.8 | Rebounds 1.7 | Assists 0.7 | FG% 43.2

🇦🇺 Tabitha Betson — Height: 1.88m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria
• Colorado Buffaloes: Points 4.8 | Rebounds 3.5 | Assists 1.4 | FG% 40.4

🇦🇺 Tyla Fautua — Height: 1.83m | Class: Sophomore | Hometown: Brisbane, Queensland
• Pacific Tigers: Points 0.0 | Rebounds 1.3 | Assists 0.3 | FG% 0.0

NIL & Transfer Portal — What they mean

NIL (Name, Image, Likeness)

NIL = players can get paid

What it is

NIL allows college athletes to earn money from their personal brand — without being paid directly by the school.

How players make money

• Sponsorship deals (brands, local businesses)
• Social media promotions
• Camps, appearances, merch
• Collectives (booster-funded groups supporting athletes)

Why it matters

• Top players can earn six to seven figures USD
• Mid-majors can now compete financially (to a degree)
• Players are no longer purely “amateur” in a financial sense

NIL = earning power + market value

Transfer Portal

Transfer Portal = player movement system

What it is

A central database where players can enter their name and transfer schools.

How it works

• Player enters the portal → other schools can recruit them
• No sitting out (in most cases — immediate eligibility)
• Happens every offseason (and mid-year windows)

Why it matters

• Rosters flip fast — year-to-year volatility
• Coaches recruit the portal like free agency
• Playing time + role = biggest driver

Transfer Portal = mobility + opportunity

How they work together

This is the key shift in college basketball:

• NIL = money
• Portal = movement

Together they create:

• A free-agent style market
• Players choosing based on:
  • Role
  • Exposure
  • Earnings

Australian lens (important)

For Aussies in the NCAA:

• Mid-majors → majors pathway
  • Perform → transfer up
• NIL gives:
  • Financial upside even outside power schools
• Portal gives:
  • Control over situation (minutes, system, fit)

Bottom line

College basketball is no longer static. It’s now:

• Performance → Portal → Pay (NIL)