Oliva Berry

Height: 167cm
Born: September 18, 1996
Junior Association: North Harbour
High School: Rangitoto College

Previous NBL clubs – Harbour Breeze (2017-18), Auckland Dream (2020-21)

Debuted for the Dream against Canterbury Wildcats, November 2020

Played one year in Canada at the University of Calgary (2015-16).

Named Tournament MVP after helping Auckland University claim the 2019 National Tertiary Championship.

Berry played her first season with the Dream in 2020 having previously played all her representative basketball for North Harbour.

Casyn Buchman

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

Previous NBL clubs – Auckland Dream (2019-21)

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 both the 2019 WBC Championship winning team and the 2020 3×3 Schick Cup winning team.

Averaged 11.2ppg and 7.2rpg for the Dream in 2020.

Savannah Cook

Height: 176cm
Born: April 5, 2004
Junior Association: Auckland
High School: One Tree Hill College

Previous NBL clubs – Auckland Dream (2019-21)

Year 13 at One Tree Hill College – a prodigious scorer in the Auckland Secondary Schools Senior a competition averaging over 30 points per game.

Has played just the single game for the Dream scoring 12 points against Taranaki Thunder in May, 2019

Aria Cowley

Height: 170cm
Born: 19 February, 2004
Junior Association: Waikato
High School: Fraser High School

Previous NBL clubs – Rookie

Invited to the U17 National Training Camp in April 2021.

Playing for Waikato named to the Tournament Team at 2021 Aon U17 National Championships.

Darci Finnigan

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 & 20-21)

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).

Helped AUT to silver medal position at the 2019 New Zealand Tertiary Championships.

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

Incurred an ACL injury in the opening game of the 2020 Sal’s NBL season.

Allyah Leusogi-Ape

Height: 170cm
Born: 18 August, 2004
Junior Association: Waitakere West Auckland
High School: Avondale College/Massey High School

Previous NBL Clubs: Rookie

Year 13 at Massey High School

Esra McGoldrick

Height: 188cm
Born: October 24, 1999
Junior Association: North Canterbury
High School: Rangi Ruru Girls School

Previous NBL Clubs: Canterbury Wildcats (2015 & 2017), North Canterbury Spirit (2018-19), Waikato Wizards (2020)

Averaged 11.7 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game for Waikato in the 2020 NBL season.

Played WBC for North Canterbury Spirit in 2018 before heading to North Carolina State University for a year (2018-19).

Played for the Spirit again in 2019 and was named to the WBC Division 2 All-Star 5 after averaging 15 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.

Was a member of the Tall Ferns team that finished runners-up at the 2019 William Jones Cup.

Averaged 6.8 points and 5.2 rebounds at the 2016 FIBA U18 Oceania Championships in Fiji, winning a silver medal.

Milomilo Nanai

Height: 173cm
Born: September 3, 1992
Junior Association: Hutt Valley
High School: Hutt Valley High School

Previous NBL clubs – Hutt Valley Flyers (2010-13, Auckland Lady Rangers (2017), Auckland Dream (2019)

Averaged 6.3 points and 3.8 rebounds for the Dream in their Championship year (2019)

Also won a WBC title with Hutt Valley Flyers in 2013.

Played 4 seasons for Gladstone City Port in the Queensland Basketball League between 2016 and 2019. 

Named MVP at the 2010 and 2011 Secondary Schools National Championships as she led Hutt Valley HS to back to back titles.

Following high school played at Sheridan Junior College.

Katelin Noyer

Height: 194cm
Born: September 10, 1997
Junior Association: North Harbour/Waitakerie West
High School: Glenfield College/Westlake Girls High School

Previous NBL clubs – Waitakere Lady Rangers (2015-16), Auckland Dream (2020-21)

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.

Sharne Robati

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

Previous NBL Clubs – Auckland Dream (2017-present)

Was leading scorer in the 2020 Sal’s NBL averaging 16.4 points per game.

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.

Jelena Vucinic

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

Previous NBL clubs –Taranaki (2010), Nelson Sparks (2011 & 2018), Auckland Dream (2020-21)

Debuted for the Dream against Canterbury Wildcats, November 2020.

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.

Made 10 appearances for the Tall Ferns in 2010 and 2011.

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

Amanda Wayment

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

Previous NBL clubs – Auckland Dream (2020-21)

Debuted for the Dream against Canterbury Wildcats, November 2020 going on to average 7.2  points and 8.4 rebounds per game.

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

Won the West Coast Conference 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.

Lauren Whittaker

Height: 194cm
Born: 2 October, 2005
Junior Association: North Canterbury
High School: St Andrews College

Previous NBL clubs – Rookie

MVP at 2021 U17 National Championships – scored 25 points for Canterbury in the final against Hutt Valley.

Debuted for Auckland Dream against Waikato Wizards in 2021 Sal’s NBL.

Sister Charlotte (University of Colorado) and brother Mason (American University) both at Division I colleges in America.