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May
Ultimate Guide
Every Australian in NCAAW basketball in 2026-27
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Lulu Twidale, Sophie Burrows, Alanna Reddy and Hannah Wickstrom
List of Australian women playing in NCAA Division 1 basketball in 2026-27
- Every Australian in the NCAA Men's basketball in 2026-27
- Latest News: Read more about Aussies in NCAA
- Every Australian player in the 2026 Transfer Portal
More than 115 Australian women are expected to play NCAA Division I basketball during the 2026–27 season, including almost 30 freshmen entering US college basketball for the first time.
The 2026–27 season continues Australia’s growing influence across NCAA women’s basketball, with Australians spread across national championship contenders, Power Four conferences and mid-major programs throughout the United States.
Utah Utes, Saint Mary’s Gaels and TCU Horned Frogs are among the programs featuring multiple Australians in 2026–27, while Melbourne continues to produce one of the largest concentrations of Australian NCAA women’s basketball talent.
Australian movement through the NCAA transfer portal remains one of the major storylines entering the season, with more than 25 Australians either transferring schools or entering the portal across all four classes.
This page is basketball.com.au’s ongoing tracker of Australians playing NCAA Division I women’s basketball during the 2026–27 season and will be updated throughout the year as rosters, transfers and freshman signings are confirmed.
For transparency, basketball.com.au has advanced returning players from their 2025–26 classifications into their projected 2026–27 class years.
If a player is missing from the list or details require updating, email info@basketball.com.au.
🇦🇺 Australian Seniors in 2026-27
- TRANSFER PORTAL – Aisha Marten-Coney – Southeastern Louisiana: 1.83m forward from Sydney
- Amelia Raidaveta – Nevada Wolfpack: 1.88m forward from Dubbo, NSW.
- 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
- TRANSFER PORTAL – Jada Crawshaw – Georgia Tech: 1.84m forward from Darwin
- Jade Peacock – Hawai‘i: 1.83m guard from Gold Coast
- Jasmine Fearne – Wright State: 1.83m guard from Cairns (Transferred from Bowling Green)
- Jessica Petrie – Indiana: 1.85m forward from Gold Coast (Transferred from Nebraska)
- Jordan Billing – Cal Poly: 1.78m guard from Gold Coast
- Katie Donovan – Davidson: 1.80m guard from Queensland
- Layla-J Cameron – Central Arkansas: 1.84m guard from the Gold Coast (Transferred from Tulsa)
- Lulu Twidale – California: 1.75m guard from Sunshine Coast
- Malia Tharpe – FIU: 1.83m guard from Perth (Transferred from San Diego)
- Mia Galbraith – Northern Colorado: 1.75m guard from Sunshine Coast (Transferred from Texas State)
- Mia Jordan – FAU: 1.88m forward from Gold Coast (Transferred from Northern Kentucky)
- Nikki Stanic – Houston Christian: guard from Melbourne (Transferred from New Mexico State)
- Pania Davis – USC: 1.98m centre from Perth (Transferred from Florida State)
- 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
- Shorna Preston – FIU: 1.85m forward from the Gold Coast, via Christchurch, New Zealand. (Transferred from Pepperdine)
- Sophie Burrows – North Carolina: 1.88m guard from Lower Plenty (Transferred from Syracuse)
- Summah Hanson – UC Irvine: 1.91m forward from Brisbane
🇦🇺 Australian Juniors in 2026-27
- Adeang Ring – Virginia: 1.96m forward from Sydney (Withdrew from the 2026 Transfer Portal)
- Alice Dart – Buffalo: 1.78m guard from Brisbane
- TRANSFER PORTAL – Amelia Hobson – North Dakota Bison: 1.82m guard from Parkdale, VIC
- Amy Kurkowski – North Alabama: 1.85m guard from Melbourne (Transferred from Saint Mary's)
- Claire Fraser – Seattle: 1.83m forward from Brisbane (Transferred from Northern Colorado)
- Danijela Kujovic – Long Beach State: 1.85m forward from Melbourne (Transferred from Hawai'i)
- TRANSFER PORTAL – Edie Clarke – Saint Mary’s: 1.93m forward from Melbourne
- Emilie Bessell – Davidson: 1.75m guard from Sydney
- TRANSFER PORTAL – Emmy Roach – Rider: 1.83m guard from Mount Barker
- Georgia Cox – East Carolina: 1.93m forward from Ballarat (Transferred from Evansville)
- Grace Foster – Boise State Broncos: 1.78m guard from Perth (Transferred from Utah)
- Harriet Ford – Richmond: 1.91m centre from Perth (Transferred from Duquesne)
- Hannah Wickstrom – Purdue: 1.78m guard from Melbourne (Transferred from UC Riverside)
- Hilary Fuller – Oregon: 1.88m forward from Brisbane. (Transferred from Belmont Bruins)
- Isabel Whitelaw – VCU: 1.91m forward from Shepparton
- Isla Airey – Louisiana Tech: 1.93m forward from Melbourne
- Isla Juffermans – Charleston: 1.93m forward from Coffs Harbour (Transferred from Louisville)
- TRANSFER PORTAL – Jaime Gallatly – Cal State Bakersfield: 1.85m forward from Maffra
- Jemma Amoore – IUPUI: 1.63m guard from Ballarat
- TRANSFER PORTAL – Kira-May Filemu – Hawai‘i: 1.80m guard from Wattle Grove
- Lilly Amor – San Diego: 1.80m guard from Melbourne
- Lily Carmody – Northwestern: 1.80m guard from Melbourne (Transferred from Boston College)
- TRANSFER PORTAL – Liz Murphy – Akron: 1.75m guard from Yackandandah
- Madeline Potts – Saint Joseph's: 1.83m guard from Doncaster (Transferred from Syracuse)
- TRANSFER PORTAL – Makayla Minshall – UC Riverside: 1.73m guard from Sydney
- Milly Sharp – Boise State: 1.75m guard from Ballarat
- Olivia Bradley – Utah: 1.85m forward from Adelaide (Transferred from UCSB)
- Perina Lieme – Little Rock: 1.75m guard from Melbourne
- Phoebe Holmes – North Alabama: 1.70m guard from Mackay (Transferred from Xavier)
- Rubi Gray – Fresno State: 1.78m guard from Devonport (Transferred from Sacramento State)
- Tabitha Betson – Michigan State: 1.88m forward from Melbourne (Transferred from Colorado)
- TRANSFER PORTAL – Tyla Fautua – Pacific: 1.83m forward from Brisbane
Zoe Shaw – UC Santa Barbara: 1.70m guard from Melbourne
🇦🇺 Australian Sophomores in 2026-27
- Abbey Vallance – St Thomas: 1.72m guard from Sydney
- Alana Reddy – Lehigh: 1.78m guard from Sydney
- Asha Nightingale – Davidson: 1.83m forward from Melbourne
- Bonnie Deas – UCLA: 1.78m guard from Melbourne (Transferred from Arkansas).
- Eleanor Trout – Boston College: 1.88m forward from Melbourne
- Ella Collins – Robert Morris: 1.75m forward from Canberra (Transferred from Hawai'i)
- Emilija Dakic – Iowa State: 1.77m guard from Melbourne (Transferred from Florida)
- Emily Scholtes – Southern Utah: 1.83m forward from Victoria
- Erica Finney – Illinois: 1.83m guard from Sydney
- Hannah Chicken – Illinois State: 1.85m guard from Newcastle (Transferred from Portland State)
- Jada Kennedy – Portland: 1.95m centre from Melbourne
- Jade Crook – Colorado: 1.92m centre from Albury
- Jelena Savic – Sacramento State: 1.81m guard from Melbourne (Transferred from Evansville)
- 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
- TRANSFER PORTAL – 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 – TCU Horned Frogs: 1.85m forward from Adelaide (Transferred from Stanford)
- 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 – Cal Baptist: 1.75m guard from Adelaide (Transferred from Santa Clara)
- Sienna Harvey – Iowa State: 1.80m guard from Geelong (Transferred from Washington)
- Teyahna Bond – Hawai‘i: 1.73m guard from Cairns
- Zoe Shanahan – Pepperdine: 1.88m forward from Melbourne
🇦🇺 Australian Freshmen in 2026-27
- Alice Magnanini – Murray State: 1.83m Wing from Melbourne
- Callie Hinder – University of Arizona
- Ella Barmentloo – Hawaii
- Ella Wickstrom – Buffalo
- Emma Petrie – University of Utah: 1.85m Forward from Queensland
- Emily Beggs – San Francisco
- Eva Smith – Princeton
- Freya Bijkerk – Pepperdine
- Jasmine Perry – Loyola Chicago
- Jessie-May Hall – TCU
- Josie Agnew – CBU (California Baptist University in Riverside): Point Guard from Melbourne
- Lucy Aherne – Saint Mary's College: Guard from Tasmania
- Lucy Mead – Northern Colorado
- Rebecca Donnelly – UC Davis: 1.85m Guard from Sydney
- Ruby Perkins – UC Berkeley Golden Bears
- Sienna Clark – Fresno State
- Sierra Woolhouse – Harvard
- Sitaya Fagan – USC
- Sophia Hickey – Iona University: 1.85m Forward from Melbourne
- Sophie Alexander – Bowling Green
- Stella Sakalas – BYU (Dual Citizen, formerly Sandringham Sabres)
- Taia McMeachan – Sacred Heart
- Taryn Bond – SMU Mustangs: 1.75cm Guard from Cairns, Queensland
- Tayli Dimarco – Belmont
- Vahayliah Seumanutafa – BYU
- Zara Russell – UC Berkeley Golden Bears
- Zoe Jackson – Indiana: 1.90m Centre from Sydney
🇦🇺 Australian Seniors graduating in 2025-26
- 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
- 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
🇦🇺 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
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