Tessa Boagni

Height: 188cm
Junior Association: Canterbury
High School: Christchurch Girls High School

Previous NBL clubs – Canterbury Wildcats (2013-14, 2018-19)

Missed the 2020 NBL season for the birth of son Noah.

Was a member of the Tall Ferns gold medal winning team at the 2018 William Jones Cup and silver medal winning team at the 2019 event averaging 9.2ppg.

Played all three games at 2019 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Auckland.

Spent four years at California State University, Northridge. In her senior year won MVP at the Big West Conference Tournament – scored 23 points (9/16 FG) and eight rebounds as Cal State Northridge beat UC Davis 63-55 in the championship game. Ended her career with the Matadors 4^th in career games played (122), 6^th in career blocks (101) and 9^th in career rebounds (700).

Mother Jane and sister Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe also played for the Tall Ferns.

Nicole Cutler

Height: 180cm
Born: 24 December, 1998
Junior Association: Manawatu
High School: Palmerston North Girls High

Previous NBL Clubs – Taranaki Thunder (2017-18)

Following high school played two seasons (2017-19) at Eastern Wyoming Junior College averaging 8.5 points per game in her sophomore year.

Terai Elia

Height: 178cm
Born: October 2, 1992
Junior Association: Taranaki
High School: New Plymouth Girls High School

Previous NBL clubs – Taranaki Thunder (2009-13), Canterbury Wildcats (2016 and 2019-21)

Sadler played at Crowder Junior College (2012-13) before playing 55 games in her two seasons at Arkansas University.

Returned from the States in 2016 helping Canterbury Wildcats win a WBC title that year.

Elia was a member of the Cook Islands team that won gold at the FIBA Polynesian Cup in Samoa in 2018. Won a 3×3 silver medal with the Cook Islands at the 2019 Pacific Games.

In 2020 finished second on the NBL rebounding list averaging 10.0rpg. Also averaged 8.8 points per game.

Gemma Etheredge

Height: 170cm
Born: August 15, 1992
Junior Association: North Canterbury
High School: Rangiora High School

Previous NBL clubs – Wildcats (2020)

Debuted for the Wildcats against Auckland Dream, November 2020. Completed the 2020 NBL season as the Wildcats leading scorer averaging 11.5ppg.

Gemma Etheredge (nee Hazeldine) has played club basketball for North Canterbury for a number of years and has also been a Canterbury Tactix netball representative.

Nicole Gleason

Height: 180cm
Born: January 15, 1998
High School: Rockwell Heath High School, Texas

Previous NBL Clubs – Rookie

Gleason attended Texas Wesleyan University (NAIA).

She was leading scorer for Texas Wesleyan in 2018-19, her senior year, averaging 12.2 points per game.

Lauryn Hippolite

Height: 174cm
Born: March 5, 2000
Junior Association: Tasman/Canterbury
High School: Waimea College/Middleton Grange School.

Previous NBL clubs – Nelson Sparks (2015-16), Wildcats (2019-20)

Named to the Tall Ferns 18-player training squad in June 2021.

Leading scorer at the inaugural NBL Schick 3×3 Cup in 2020 but a calf injury impeded her 2020 Sal’s NBL campaign meaning she could only play 3 games.

Named to the All-Star Five at the 2019 U23 Nationals after helping Canterbury to the bronze medal position.

Played on the New Zealand team that won silver at the 2017 FIBA Oceania Championships in Guam averaging 9.6ppg.

Played NCAA Division II basketball at Hawaii Pacific University in 2018-19.

Hippolite is on a basketball scholarship at Lincoln University.

Millie Knight

Height: 184cm
Born: December 30, 2001
Junior Association: Canterbury
High School: Rangi Ruru School

Previous NBL clubs – Wildcats (2020)

Debuted for the Wildcats against Auckland Dream, November 2020. Scored 11 points against Otago Gold Rush.

Has progressed through the ranks of Canterbury age-group basketball.

Hannah Mischewski

Height: 165cm
Born: 16 October, 2002
Junior Association: Canterbury
High School: Home educated

Previous NBL Clubs – Rookie

Scored 12 points in Canterbury’s 2021 Aon U19 National Championship Grand Final loss to Waikato – named to the Tournament Team.

The above tournament was the first representative tournament she had played at.

 Won 2021 Tertiary 3×3 Championship with Canterbury University.

Tiana Placid

Height: 178cm
Born: October 1, 1994
Junior Association: North Canterbury
High School: St Margaret’s College, Christchurch

Previous NBL Clubs – North Canterbury, Wildcats (2020)

Debuted for the Canterbury Wildcats against Auckland Dream, November 2020.

A talented sportswoman Placid has represented Canterbury at Water Polo and netball in addition to basketball.

Brittany Richards

Height: 182cm
Born: October 4, 1997
Junior Association: Otago
High School: St Hilda’s Collegiate

Previous NBL Clubs – Otago Gold Rush (2018 and 2019), Canterbury Wildcats (2020)

Debuted for Canterbury Wildcats in 2020.

Played for the 2018 Otago Gold Rush WBC Championship winning team.

Following high school Richards spent a season (2016-17) at Gillette College playing alongside twin sister Zoe. She then played three seasons at University of Alaska Fairbanks where she made 70 appearances for the Nanooks.

Named to the Conference (Great Northwest Athletic Conference) All-Academic Team in both her Junior and Senior (2019-20) years.

Twin sister Zoe plays for Otago Gold Rush.

On a basketball scholarship at Lincoln University.

Rosalia Samia

Height: 172cm
Born: March 19, 2001
Junior Association: Hawkes Bay
High School: Napier Girls High School

Previous NBL clubs – Taranaki Thunder (2018), Wildcats (2019 -2020).

Rosalia, a former New Zealand age-group international, was a rookie with the Wildcats in 2019 after shifting south from Hawkes Bay to take up a scholarship at Lincoln University (2019-present).

Played at the 2017 FIBA U16 Asian Championship in India where New Zealand finished 4^th.

She captained the Napier Girls High School team that finished 9^th at the 2018 Secondary Schools National Championships.

Samia is on a basketball scholarship at Lincoln University. Played at both the 2020 3×3 Schick Cup and 18IN18 for the Wildcats.

Emma Trolove

Height: 180cm
Born: November 12, 1998
Junior Association: Blenheim
High School: Craighead Diocesan School, Timaru

Previous NBL clubs – Rookie

Trolove is on a basketball scholarship at Lincoln University.

Played for the Wildcats at the 2020 3×3 Schick Cup.

Sapphire Wairau

Height: 173cm
Born: November 7, 1999
Junior Association: Canterbury
High School: Christchurch Girls High School

Previous NBL clubs –  Canterbury Wildcats (2016-19 and 2021)

 Wairau was a member of both the 2016 and 2017 Wildcats WBC Championship winning teams.