New Zealand women's national basketball team

New Zealand

FIBA ranking	16
FIBA zone	FIBA Oceania
National federation	Basketball New Zealand
Coach	Kereama Kennedy
Nickname(s)	Tall Ferns
Olympic Games
Appearances	3 (2000, 2004 & 2008)
Medals	None
Women's World Cup
Appearances	1 (1994)
Medals	None
Uniforms
Light Dark

The New Zealand women's national basketball team, nicknamed the Tall Ferns, is the women's national basketball team for New Zealand.^[1] The Tall Ferns name is one of many national team nicknames (indirectly) related to the All Blacks and/or the New Zealand silver tree fern.

Current squad

New Zealand Tall Ferns – 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. F 1 Bygate, Jessica 23 – 10 January 1992 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Adelaide Lightning G 2 Cocks, Micaela 29 – 2 May 1986 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Townsville Fire PF 4 Purcell, Kalani 20 – 13 January 1995 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Brigham Young University Cougars F/C 6 Boagni, Tessa 19 – 12 February 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Cal State Northridge Matadors PG 7 Hunter, Jordan 24 – 20 August 1990 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Auckland Counties Manukau Lady Hawks G/F 8 Taylor, Natalie (C) 32 – 24 December 1982 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Gladstone Power F 9 Beck, Stella 19 – 25 September 1995 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Saint Mary's Gaels SF 10 Wallbutton, Lisa 29 – 14 January 1986 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Willetton Tigers SG 11 Gallaher, Samara 23 – 6 August 1992 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Hume City Broncos F/C 12 Davidson, Penina 19 – 2 September 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) California Golden Bears G/F 14 Paalvast, Chevannah 23 – 4 September 1991 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Townsville Fire C 15 Craig, Megan 22 – 11 February 1993 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Lakeside Lightning	Head coach Kereama Kennedy Assistant coaches Chris Lucas Aik Ho Strength and conditioning coach Adam Wolski Physiotherapist Ariane Carroll Team manager Gail McLachlan Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 15 August 2015

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Inactive
C	Penina Davidson	Megan Craig
PF	Kalani Purcell	Tessa Boagni	Stella Beck
SF	Lisa Wallbutton	Jessica Bygate
SG	Natalie Taylor	Chevannah Paalvast	Samara Gallaher
PG	Micaela Cocks	Jordan Hunter

Notable past players

• Leanne Walker, (1994 World Championship and 2000 & 2004 Olympic Games)
• Gina Farmer, (1994 World Championship and 2000 & 2004 Olympic Games)
• Tania Tupu, (1994 World Championship and 2000 & 2004 Olympic Games)
• Kirstin Daly, (1994 World Championship and 2000 Olympic Games)
• Leone Patterson, (1994 World Championship and 2000 Olympic Games)
• Rebecca Cotton, (2000 & 2004 Olympic Games and 2006 Commomwealth Games)
• Donna Loffhagen, (2000 & 2004 Olympic Games and 2006 Commomwealth Games)
• Julie Ofsoski, (2000 & 2004 Olympic Games)
• Megan Compain, (2000 & 2004 Olympic Games)
• Sally Farmer, (2000 & 2004 Olympic Games)
• Aneka Kerr, (2004 & 2008 Olympic Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games)
• Angela Marino, (2004 & 2008 Olympic Games)

References

1. "National Teams". Basketball New Zealand website. Retrieved 5 September 2014.

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