Almost 30 of Australia’s best young women’s basketballers will line-up for US colleges in the 2026-27 NCAA\u00a0Division 1 season as freshmen.<\/p>\n
They are part of more than 110 players, or about 5% of the total number in NCAA\u00a0women’s basketball.<\/p>\n
This is the “way-too-early” list of Australian men’s basketballers already preparing for the 2026-27 NCAA basketball season, including 2025-26 season Seniors who are expected to graduate.<\/p>\n
For transparency, basketball.com.au<\/a> has moved 2025-26 freshman to sophomore, sophomores to juniors and juniors to seniors.<\/p>\n 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<\/a> and we’ll update the list.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Australian Seniors in 2026-27 Aisha Marten-Coney \u2013 Southeastern Louisiana: 1.83m forward from Sydney\u200dCharli Kay \u2013 Southern Utah: 1.75m guard from Smithton\u200dChyra Evans \u2013 Utah: 1.91m forward from Newcastle\u200dDyani Ananiev \u2013 Portland: 1.88m guard from Melbourne\u200dElla Brow \u2013 Baylor: 1.73m guard from Palm Beach\u200dEmily Foy \u2013 Saint Mary\u2019s: 1.85m guard from Newcastle\u200dErin Condron \u2013 UC San Diego: 1.93m forward from Woodend\u200dHolly Griffiths \u2013 Grand Canyon: 1.93m forward from Melbourne\u200dJada Crawshaw \u2013 Georgia Tech: 1.84m forward from Darwin\u200dJade Peacock \u2013 Hawai\u2018i: 1.83m guard from Gold Coast\u200dJasmine Fearne \u2013 Bowling Green: 1.83m guard from Cairns\u200dTRANSFER PORTAL \u2013\u00a0Jessica Petrie \u2013 Nebraska: 1.85m forward from Gold Coast\u200dJordan Billing \u2013 Cal Poly: 1.78m guard from Gold Coast\u200dLulu Twidale \u2013 California: 1.75m guard from Sunshine Coast\u200dMalia Tharpe \u2013 San Diego: 1.83m guard from Perth\u200dMia Galbraith \u2013 Texas State: 1.75m guard from Sunshine Coast\u200dMia Jordan \u2013 Northern Kentucky: 1.88m forward from Gold CoastNikki Stanic \u2013 New Mexico State: guard from Melbourne\u200dPania Davis \u2013 Florida State: 1.98m centre from PerthParis Santacaterina \u2013 Central Arkansas: 1.7m guard from Mackay\u200dRiley Burd \u2013 Florida InterRenational: 1.82m guard from Perth.Ruby Brannon \u2013 Central Arkansas: 1.72m guard from Woonona, NSWSophie Burrows \u2013 Syracuse: 1.88m guard from Lower Plenty\u200dSummah Hanson \u2013 UC Irvine: 1.91m forward from Brisbane\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Australian Juniors in 2026-27 Adeang Ring \u2013 Virginia: 1.96m forward from Sydney\u200dAlice Dart \u2013 Buffalo: 1.78m guard from Brisbane\u200dAmelia Hobson \u2013 North Dakota Bison: 1.82m guard from Parkdale, VICAmy Kurkowski \u2013 Saint Mary\u2019s: 1.85m guard from Melbourne\u200dClaire Fraser \u2013 Northern Colorado: 1.83m forward from Brisbane\u200dDanijela Kujovic \u2013 Hawai\u2018i: 1.85m forward from Melbourne\u200dEdie Clarke \u2013 Saint Mary\u2019s: 1.93m forward from Melbourne\u200dEmilie Bessell \u2013 Davidson: 1.75m guard from Sydney\u200dEmmy Roach \u2013 Rider: 1.83m guard from Mount Barker\u200dGeorgia Cox \u2013 Evansville: 1.93m forward from Ballarat\u200dGrace Foster \u2013 Utah: 1.78m guard from Perth\u200dTRANSFER PORTAL \u2013\u00a0Harriet Ford \u2013 Duquesne: 1.91m centre from Perth\u200dTRANSFER PORTAL \u2013\u00a0Hannah Wickstrom \u2013 UC Riverside: 1.78m guard from Melbourne\u200dHilary Fuller \u2013 Belmont: 1.88m forward from Brisbane\u200dIsabel Whitelaw \u2013 VCU: 1.91m forward from Shepparton\u200dIsla Airey \u2013 Louisiana Tech: 1.93m forward from Melbourne\u200dIsla Juffermans \u2013 Louisville: 1.93m forward from Coffs Harbour\u200dJaime Gallatly \u2013 Cal State Bakersfield: 1.85m forward from Maffra\u200dJemma Amoore \u2013 IUPUI: 1.63m guard from Ballarat\u200dKira-May Filemu \u2013 Hawai\u2018i: 1.80m guard from Wattle Grove\u200dLilly Amor \u2013 San Diego: 1.80m guard from Melbourne\u200dTRANSFER PORTAL \u2013 Lily Carmody \u2013 Boston College: 1.80m guard from Melbourne\u200dLiz Murphy \u2013 Akron: 1.75m guard from Yackandandah\u200dMadeline Potts \u2013 Syracuse: 1.83m guard from Doncaster\u200dMakayla Minshall \u2013 UC Riverside: 1.73m guard from Sydney\u200dMilly Sharp \u2013 Boise State: 1.75m guard from Ballarat\u200dOlivia Bradley \u2013 UC Santa Barbara: 1.85m forward from Adelaide\u200dPerina Lieme \u2013 Little Rock: 1.75m guard from Melbourne\u200dPhoebe Holmes \u2013 Xavier: 1.70m guard from Mackay\u200dRubi Gray \u2013 Sacramento State: 1.78m guard from DevonportTRANSFER PORTAL \u2013\u00a0Tabitha Betson \u2013 Colorado Buffaloes: 1.88m forward from MelbourneTRANSFER PORTAL \u2013\u00a0Tyla Fautua \u2013 Pacific: 1.83m forward from Brisbane basketball.com.au <\/a>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<\/a> and we’ll update the list.<\/p>\n About the List Manager<\/p>\n Peter Brown is the head coach of the Sydney Comets Women\u2019s Youth League<\/a> team in the Waratah Basketball League <\/a>in NSW. He is also the assistant coach for the Comets NBL1 women\u2019s team in the NBL East Conference<\/a>. Peter is a 30-year journalist, starting as a sports reporter at the NT News<\/a> in the early 1990s. He played junior basketball for the Northern Territory at national championships from U16 to U20 and for the Territory\u2019s senior men\u2019s team at numerous international tournaments. Peter has been a basketball fan since the early 80s, especially the NBA<\/a>. Basketball is his passion \u2014 and his opinions his own. <\/p>\n
Zoe Shaw \u2013 UC Santa Barbara: 1.70m guard from Melbourne\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Australian Sophomores in 2026-27 Abbey Vallance \u2013 St Thomas: 1.72m guard from SydneyAlana Reddy \u2013 Lehigh: 1.78m guard from Sydney\u200dAsha Nightingale \u2013 Davidson: 1.83m forward from Melbourne\u200dTRANSFER PORTAL \u2013\u00a0Bonnie Deas \u2013 Arkansas: 1.78m guard from Melbourne\u200dEleanor Trout \u2013 Boston College: 1.88m forward from Melbourne\u200dElla Collins \u2013 Hawai\u2018i: 1.75m forward from Canberra\u200dTRANSFER PORTAL \u2013 Emilija Dakic \u2013 Florida: 1.77m guard from Melbourne\u200dEmily Scholtes \u2013 Southern Utah: 1.83m forward from Victoria\u200dErica Finney \u2013 Illinois: 1.83m guard from Sydney\u200dHannah Chicken \u2013 Portland State: 1.85m guard from Newcastle\u200dJada Kennedy \u2013 Portland: 1.95m centre from Melbourne\u200dJade Crook \u2013 Colorado: 1.92m centre from Albury\u200dJelena Savic \u2013 Evansville: 1.81m guard from Melbourne\u200dKailee Field \u2013 Portland State: 1.78m guard from BrisbaneKatelyn Field \u2013 Oregon State: 1.78m guard from Melbourne\u200dKatie Harrington \u2013 Wyoming: 1.83m forward from Melbourne\u200dKeira Hudson \u2013 New Mexico State: 1.65m guard from Sydney\u200dKeira Lindemans \u2013 Oregon State: 1.82m guard from Melbourne\u200dKinley Patterson \u2013 South Carolina Upstate: 1.7m guard from PerthTRANSFER PORTAL \u2013\u00a0Lara Somfai \u2013 Stanford: 1.85m forward from Adelaide\u200dMeg Lucas \u2013 Buffalo: 1.85m forward from Melbourne\u200dMonique Williams \u2013 Vanderbilt: 1.88m forward from Perth\u200dOpal Bird \u2013 Wake Forest: 1.88m forward from Sydney\u200dRosie Akot \u2013 Long Beach State: 1.88m forward from AdelaideSarah Portlock \u2013 TCU: 2.03m centre from Victoria\u200dSavannah Metcalfe \u2013 Wake Forest: 1.91m forward from Perth\u200dSienna Grieger \u2013 Santa Clara: 1.75m guard from Adelaide\u200dTRANSFER PORTAL \u2013\u00a0Sienna Harvey \u2013 Washington: 1.80m guard from Geelong\u200dTeyahna Bond \u2013 Hawai\u2018i: 1.73m guard from Cairns\u200dZoe Shanahan \u2013 Pepperdine: 1.88m forward from Melbourne\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Australian Freshmen in 2026-27 Alice Magnanini \u2013 Murray State: 1.83m Wing from MelbourneCallie Hinder \u2013 University of ArizonaElla Barmentloo \u2013 HawaiiElla Wickstrom \u2013 BuffaloEmily Beggs \u2013 San FranciscoEva Smith \u2013 PrincetonFreya Bijkerk \u2013 PepperdineJasmine Perry \u2013 Loyola ChicagoJessie-May Hall \u2013 TCUJosie Agnew \u2013 CBU (California Baptist University in Riverside): Point Guard from MelbourneLucy Aherne \u2013 Saint Mary’s College: Guard from TasmaniaLucy Mead \u2013 Northern ColoradoRebecca Donnelly \u2013 UC Davis: 1.85m Guard from SydneyRuby Perkins \u2013 UC Berkeley Golden BearsSienna Clark \u2013 Fresno StateSierra Woolhouse \u2013 HarvardSitaya Fagan \u2013 USCSophia Hickey \u2013 Iona University: 1.85m Forward from MelbourneSophie Alexander \u2013 Bowling GreenStella Sakalas \u2013 BYU (Dual Citizen, formerly Sandringham Sabres)Taia McMeachan \u2013 Sacred HeartTaryn Bond \u2013 SMU Mustangs: 1.75cm Guard from Cairns, QueenslandTayli Dimarco \u2013 BelmontVahayliah Seumanutafa \u2013 BYUZara Russell \u2013 UC Berkeley Golden BearsZoe Jackson \u2013 Indiana: 1.90m Centre from Sydney\ud83c\udf93 2025-26 Transfers<\/a>Adout Ring \u2013 Presbyterian \u279d Adelphi Panthers: 1.88m Sophomore Forward from SydneyAlice Dart \u2013 Washington State \u279d Buffalo: 1.78m Sophomore Guard from BrisbaneElla Brow \u2013 SMU Mustangs \u279d Baylor Bears: 1.73m Junior Guard from Palm BeachEmilee Tahata \u2013 Rider Broncs \u279d Transfer Portal (TBA): 1.83m Senior Forward from SpringwoodGeorgia Cox \u2013 Eastern Illinois \u279d Evansville Purple Aces: 1.93m Sophomore Forward from BallaratHolly Dolny \u2013 Loyola Chicago Ramblers \u279d Chaminade University: 1.73m Sophomore Guard from WerribeeJada Crawshaw \u2013 Long Beach State \u279d Georgia Tech: 1.84m Junior Forward from DarwinJaime Gallatly \u2013 Southern Miss \u279d Cal State Bakersfield: 1.85m Sophomore from MaffraJemma Amoore \u2013 Sacramento State \u279d IU Indianapolis Jaguars: 1.63m Sophomore Guard from BallaratLast-Tear Poa \u2013 LSU Tigers \u279d Arizona State University: 1.80m Senior Guard from MelbourneLily Carmody \u2013 Butler \u279d Boston College: 1.80m Sophomore Guard from MelbourneManuela Piljevic \u2013 UAlbany \u279d Transfer Portal (TBA): 1.83m Sophomore Guard from WollongongMia Jacobs \u2013 Fresno State \u279d Oregon Ducks: 1.88m Senior Forward from PerthTess Heal \u2013 Stanford \u279d K-State: 1.78m Senior Guard from MelbourneZoe Shaw \u2013 St. Bonaventure \u279d UC Santa Barbara Gauchos: 1.70m Sophomore Guard from Melbourne\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Australian Seniors graduating in 2025-26Abbey Cracknell \u2013 Marquette: 1.8m forward from Avoca Beach, NSW\u200dAlana Goodchild \u2013 Santa Clara: 1.85m forward from Sydney\u200dAmelia Hassett \u2013 Kentucky: 1.91m forward from Albury\u200dAmelia Raidaveta \u2013 Nevada: 1.88m forward from Dubbo\u200dAmy O’Hara \u2013 Bradley Braves: 1.85m forward from MelbourneAntoniette Emma-Nnopu \u2013 Weber State: 1.80m forward from Geelong\u200dAyuen Akot \u2013 Marquette: 1.80m forward from Melbourne\u200dBella Green \u2013 Pepperdine: 1.82m guard from PerthBree Stephens \u2013 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears: 1.82m Forward from TownsvilleCasey Valenti-Paea \u2013 Grand Canyon: graduate forward from Melbourne\u200dCharlise Dunn \u2013 Davidson: 1.88m guard from Victoria Point\u200dDani Bayes \u2013 Boise State: 1.80m guard from Brisbane\u200dKatie Donovan \u2013 Davidson: 1.80m guard from Queensland\u200dLast-Tear Poa \u2013 Arizona State: 1.80m guard from Melbourne\u200dLizzy Williamson \u2013 Oregon State: 1.96m centre from Adelaide\u200dMia Jacobs \u2013 Oregon: 1.88m forward from Perth\u200dTaylor Moffat \u2013 Portland State: 1.73m guard from Mount Barker\u200dTess Heal \u2013 Kansas State: 1.78m guard from Melbourne\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Australian Seniors that graduated in 2024-25Abbey Cracknell \u2013 Marquette: 1.80m Senior Forward from Avoca BeachAgnes Emma-Nnopu \u2013 TCU Horned Frogs: 1.80m Senior Guard from Ocean GroveAishah Anis \u2013 Southern Utah: 1.70m Senior Guard from LauncestonAlthea Kara Angeles \u2013 Eastern Kentucky: 1.68m Senior Guard from MelbourneAmbah Kowcun \u2013 Eastern Kentucky: 1.78m Senior Guard from AdelaideAmy Cotton \u2013 Houston Christian: 1.83m Senior Forward from AdelaideApril Rummery-Lamb \u2013 Northern Colorado: 1.91m Senior Centre from DarwinAudrey Fuller \u2013 Campbell University: 1.77m Senior from Brisbane (Graduated)Bree Stephens \u2013 Central Arkansas: 1.83m Senior Forward from TownsvilleCasey Valenti-Paea \u2013 Virginia Cavaliers: 1.75m Senior Guard from MelbourneEmily Counsel \u2013 Denver Pioneers: 1.91m Senior Guard from PerthGeorgia Amoore \u2013 Kentucky Wildcats: 1.68m Senior Guard from BallaratGeorgia Gray \u2013 App State Mountaineers: 1.91m Senior Forward from MelbourneGeorgia Woolley \u2013 Syracuse: 1.83m Senior Guard from BrisbaneGrace Ellis \u2013 Cleveland State: 1.83m Senior Forward from BrisbaneHannah Rapp \u2013 Santa Clara: 1.78m Senior Guard from MelbourneImogen Greenslade \u2013 Montana: 1.93m Senior Center from SydneyIssy Morgan \u2013 Davidson: 1.78m Senior Guard from SydneyKitty Henderson \u2013 Columbia: 1.78m Senior Guard from North Curl CurlLara Edmanson \u2013 Villanova: 1.83m Senior Forward from MelbourneMillie Prior \u2013 Davidson: 1.88m Senior Forward from SydneyOlivia Pollerd \u2013 Santa Clara: 1.91m Senior Forward from MelbourneRebekah Frisby-Smith \u2013 William & Mary: 1.80m Senior Forward from AdelaideRosie Schweizer \u2013 Idaho: 1.85m Senior Forward from CanberraSara-Rose Smith \u2013 Colorado Buffaloes: 1.85m Senior Guard from Victoria PointSharna Ayres \u2013 Northwestern State: 1.78m Senior Guard from MelbourneSharn Hayward \u2013 Stonehill Skyhawks: 1.68m Senior Guard from PenguinSummah Evans \u2013 Clemson Tigers: 1.83m Senior Forward from CairnsTess Barnes \u2013 Wyoming Cowgirls: 1.88m Senior Guard from Gisbourne<\/p>\n