Amanda Buck

Club: Auckland Dream
Height: 162cm
Born: June 9, 1986
Junior Association: North Harbour
High School: Northcote College

Previous NBL clubs – Harbour Breeze, Waitakere West Rangers, Auckland Dream

Won a Secondary Schools National Championship with Northcote College in 2006.

Following high school attended College of Siskiyous, California and Alderson-Broaddus University on basketball scholarships.

Played for the Tall Ferns in Japan in 2010.

Buck was captain of the 2019 Auckland Dream WBC Championship winning team. Also won a championship with Harbour Breeze in 2010 – named to the All-Star Five that year.

Amanda Wayment

Club: Auckland Dream
Height: 185cm
Born: June 27, 1996
Junior Association: N/A
High School: Fremont High School, Plain City, Utah 

The Utah native played 4 years at Brigham Young University (BYU) between 2014-2018 Fremont High School, Plain City, Utah making 102 appearances for the Cougars. Played alongside Kalani Purcell at BYU in her Sophomore and Junior years.

Won the West Coast Tournament Championship in 2015 and 2016 – BYU captain in her senior year in 2018.

A member of the Dream team that won the inaugural 3×3 Schick Cup in 2020.

Casyn Buchman

Club: Auckland Dream
Height: 175cm
Born: October 1 1992
Junior Association: N/A
High School: McPherson High School, Kansas, USA

Previous NBL clubs – Auckland Dream (2019)

Attended Washburn University (NCAA Division II) on a basketball and tennis scholarship from 2011, graduating in 2014.

Buchman is the only Auckland Dream player to appear in 2019 WBC Championship winning team and the 2020 3×3 Schick Cup winning team.

Darci Finnigan

Club: Auckland Dream
Height: 167cm
Born: January 22, 1998
Junior Association: Waitakere West
High School: St Kentigern College

Previous NBL clubs – Waitakere Lady Rangers (2015 & 2016) Auckland Dream (2017)

Finnigan played for the 2016 Junior Tall Ferns.

Played at Northeastern Junior College for 2 years in the USA before moving to University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (2018-19).

A member of the Dream team that won the inaugural 3×3 Schick Cup in 2020.

Jelena Vučinić

Club: Auckland Dream
Height: 175cm
Born: August 1, 1991
Junior Association: Nelson
High School: Waimea College

Previous NBL clubs – Nelson Sparks, Taranaki Trojans

In her final year at Waimea College (2009) she was named to the Tournament Team at Secondary School Nationals and played on the team that won the Volleyball National Championships.

Played at Louisiana Tech University (NCAA Div I) on a 4-year scholarship playing 78 games for before graduating in 2014.

Played for the Tall Ferns in 2010 and 2011.

Daughter of former Tall Black player and Coach Nenad Vučinić and former Tall Fern Tatjana Zizic.

Sharne Robati

Club: Auckland Dream
Height: 180cm
Born: January 25, 2001
Junior Association: Counties Manukau
High School: Mt Albert Grammar School

Previous NBL Clubs – Auckland Dream (2017-present)

Played for the Auckland Dream WBC Championship winning team in 2019.

Played on the New Zealand team that won silver at the FIBA U18 3×3 World Cup in Mongolia in 2019. The other team members were Tayla Dalton, Ashlee Strawbridge and Charlisse Leger-Walker.

In 2018 played on the New Zealand team at the FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup in Belarus where she averaged 9.6 points and 7.0 rebounds.

Named to the Tournament Team at Secondary School Nationals in 2016 when Mt Albert finished runners-up to St Peter’s. Was also named to the Tournament Team in 2017 and 2018.

Played in the Tall Ferns Showcase Game in August 2020.

Rionne Papa

Club: Auckland Dream
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Junior Association: Counties Manukau
High School: Auckland Girls Grammar School

Previous NBL Clubs – Auckland Dream (2019)

The former Auckland Grammar School captain went to Mineral Area College, Missouri for two seasons returning in 2019.

Arielle Williams-Mackey

Club: Auckland Dream
Height: 175cm
Born: September 19, 2002
Junior Association: Queensland
High School: Tai Wananga ki Ruakura, Hamilton

Previous NBL clubs – Waikato Country Cannons (2018)

Played for New Zealand silver medal winning team at the 2018 FIBA U18 3×3 Asia Cup.

In 2019 she also played on the New Zealand team at the FIBA U17 Oceania Championships in New Caledonia. Williams-Mackey led the New Zealand scoring at the championships averaging 12.4ppg.

Named to the New Zealand Junior Tall Ferns team for a Four Nations Tournament in China in 2020 but the tour was subsequently cancelled.

Played for Waikato Country Canons in the 2018 WBC and then spent time in Melbourne playing for Knox Raiders in 2019.

Played in the Tall Ferns Showcase Game in August 2020 and a member of the Dream team that won the inaugural 3×3 Schick Cup in 2020.

Arielle is Year 13 at Tai Wananga ki Ruakura, Hamilton

Tania Uluheua

Club: Auckland Dream
Height: 193cm
Born:
Junior Association: Counties Manukau
High School: Manurewa High School

Previous NBL Clubs – Harbour Breeze (2017)

Following high school took up a scholarship at Arizona Western College before moving to Vanguard University (NAIA), California graduating in 2018. Played 57 games in her two years with the Lions.

Vanguard progressed to the NAIA Final Four in 2017.

Played for Samoa at the 2011 Pacific Games in Noumea.

Katelin Noyer

Club: Auckland Dream 
Height: 193cm
Born: September 10, 1997
Junior Association: North Harbour/Waitakere West
High School: Glenfield College/Westlake Girls High School

Previous NBL clubs – Waitakere Lady Rangers

Noyer played for the Junior Tall Ferns at the 2014 FIBA U19 Oceania Championships in Fiji. Played for the Tall Ferns on their tour of Europe and China in 2016.

Following her final year at Westlake (2015) headed to Fresno State University (NCAA Division I) on a four year scholarship.

Played 76 games for the Bulldogs although her final two-years were hampered by injury. Named to the Mountain West Conference All-Academic Team in 2020.

Brother Karl is a NZ 3×3 representative.

Riana Rangi-Brown

Lilly Parke

Olivia Berry