List of 2024–25 WNBL season transactions

This is a list of transactions that have taken place during the off-season and throughout the 2024-25 WNBL season.[1]

Front office movements

Head coach changes

Off-season
Departure date Team Outgoing head coach Reason for departure Hire date Incoming head coach Last coaching position Ref.
May 22 Southside Flyers Australia Cheryl Chambers Resigned June 5 Australia Kristi Harrower Melbourne Boomers assistant coach (2022–2024) [2][3]
June 14 Canberra Capitals Australia Kristen Veal Resigned June 14 Australia Paul Goriss Canberra Capitals assistant coach (2023–24) [4]

Player movement

Free agency

Player Date signed New team Former team Ref
Australia Courtney Woods February 28 Townsville Fire [5]
Australia Jaz Shelley June 5 Geelong United Nebraska Cornhuskers (USA) [6]
Australia Emma Clarke June 14 Sydney Flames [7]
Australia Saffron Shiels Townsville Fire [8]
Australia Keely Froling June 18 Geelong United Melbourne Boomers [9]
Australia Sarah Elsworthy June 24 Geelong United Geelong United (VIC) [10]
Australia Marianna Tolo June 26 Bendigo Spirit Uni Girona CB (ESP) [11]
Australia Jade Melbourne July 2 Canberra Capitals [12]
Australia Alex Fowler Townsville Fire Canberra Capitals [13]
Australia Casey Samuels July 4 Bendigo Spirit [14]
United States Lauren Cox Townsville Fire Virtus Bologna (ITA) [15]
Australia Anneli Maley July 5 Perth Lynx [16]
Australia Nyadiew Puoch July 9 Canberra Capitals Southside Flyers [17]
Australia Elissa Brett Geelong United Michigan Wolverines (USA) [18]
Australia Ashlee Hannan July 10 Bendigo Spirit Perth Lynx [19]
United States Celeste Taylor July 11 Sydney Flames Ohio State Buckeyes (USA) [20]
Australia Lucy Cochrane Townsville Fire Portland Pilots (USA) [21]
Australia Gemma Potter July 12 Geelong United Canberra Capitals [22]
Australia Alicia Froling Townsville Fire Bendigo Spirit [23]
Australia Mackenzie Clinch Hoycard July 16 Perth Lynx [24]
United States Jacy Sheldon July 17 Townsville Fire Ohio State Buckeyes (USA) [25]
Australia Sherrie Calleia July 19 Sydney Flames Melbourne Boomers [26]
Australia Amy Atwell July 22 Perth Lynx [27]
United States Mikaela Ruef July 23 Sydney Flames Townsville Fire [28]
New Zealand Ella Tofaeono Canberra Capitals Townsville Fire [29]
Australia Lauren Mansfield July 23 Townsville Fire Adelaide Lightning [30]
United States DiDi Richards July 25 Sydney Flames [31]
United States Teige Morrell July 28 Perth Lynx [32]
Australia Hannah Hank July 30 Geelong United Brisbane Capitals (QLD) [33]
Australia Abbey Ellis Townsville Fire Purdue Boilermakers (USA) [34]
South Sudan Nyaduoth Lok August 1 Townsville Fire George Washington Revolutionaries (USA) [35]
Australia Monique Conti August 6 Geelong United Melbourne Boomers [36]
Australia Bonnie Deas August 14 Sydney Flames Centre of Excellence (ACT) [37]
Australia Stephanie Gorman August 16 Perth Lynx [38]
Australia Maddison Rocci August 17 Southside Flyers [39]
Australia Miela Goodchild August 20 Perth Lynx [40]
Australia Stephanie Talbot August 23 Adelaide Lightning [41]
Australia Isobel Borlase August 26 Adelaide Lightning [42]
Australia Isabelle Bourne August 27 Adelaide Lightning [43]
Australia Kelly Wilson August 29 Bendigo Spirit [44]
United States Haley Jones Geelong United Atlanta Dream (USA) [45]
Australia Madison Freer August 30 Adelaide Lightning Forestville Eagles (SA) [46]
Australia Majella Carey Townsville Fire [47]
Australia Jessica McDowell-White Townsville Fire
United States Japreece Dean August 31 Adelaide Lightning Hainaut Saint-Amand (FRA) [48]
Australia Carley Ernst Southside Flyers [49]
Australia Haylee Andrews September 3 Adelaide Lightning Sunshine Coast Phoenix (QLD) [50]
Australia Chantel Horvat Canberra Capitals CB Jairis (ESP) [51]
Australia Dallas Loughridge Southside Flyers [52]
Australia Georgia Pineau September 5 Adelaide Lightning Rockingham Flames (WA) [53]
Australia Ella Gordon September 6 Adelaide Lightning Bendigo Spirit [54]
Australia Opal Bird Bendigo Spirit Centre of Excellence (ACT) [55]
New Zealand Tera Reed Southside Flyers Melbourne Boomers [56]
Australia Isabella Brancatisano September 9 Sydney Flames Mount Gambier Pioneers (SA) [57]
Australia Indiah Bowyer September 10 Canberra Capitals Townsville Fire [58]
Australia Taylor Mole Geelong United Adelaide Lightning [59]
Israel Daniel Raber September 11 Geelong United Elitzur Ramla (ISR) [60]
Australia Manuela Puoch Southside Flyers Dandenong Rangers (VIC) [61]
Australia Monique Bobongie September 12 Canberra Capitals Centre of Excellence (ACT) [62]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Lynetta Kizer Geelong United CB Islas Canarias (ESP) [63]
United States Brianna Turner September 13 Adelaide Lightning [64]
United States Yemiyah Morris Sydney Flames Elitzur Ramla (ISR) [65]
Australia Sami Whitcomb September 14 Bendigo Spirit Townsville Fire [66]

Outgoing movement

Going overseas

Player Date signed Former team New team Ref
Australia Isla Juffermans November 9 Sydney Flames Louisville Cardinals (USA) [67]
Australia Stephanie Reid May 10 Townsville Fire Sopron Basket (HUN) [68][69]
Australia Zitina Aokuso May 11 Townsville Fire OGM Ormanspor (TUR) [70][71]
New Zealand Esra McGoldrick May 13 Bendigo Spirit Mainland Pouākai (NZL) [72]
United States Mehryn Kraker June 10 Bendigo Spirit Luleå Basket (SWE) [73]
Australia Alexandra Sharp July 2 Canberra Capitals CB Estudiantes (ESP) [74]
New Zealand McKenna Dale July 19 Bendigo Spirit Tauranga Whai (NZL) [75]
Australia Lara McSpadden July 25 Sydney Flames Tauranga Whai (NZL) [76]
United States Jasmine Dickey July 30 Southside Flyers Keflavík (ISL) [77]
New Zealand Tahlia Tupaea August 1 Canberra Capitals Northern Kāhu (NZL) [78]
New Zealand Jade Kirisome August 7 Canberra Capitals Tauranga Whai (NZL) [79]
New Zealand Penina Davidson August 13 Melbourne Boomers Northern Kāhu (NZL) [80]
Australia Chloe Forster August 15 Perth Lynx Northern Kāhu (NZL) [81]
Canada Cassandra Brown Townsville Fire Mainland Pouākai (NZL) [82]
Australia Lilly Rotunno August 21 Melbourne Boomers Northern Kāhu (NZL) [83]
Australia Ahlise Hurst Sydney Flames Southern Hoiho (NZL) [84]
United States Paige Bradley August 22 Sydney Flames Southern Hoiho (NZL) [85]
Sweden Amanda Zahui B. August 31 Townsville Fire CCC Polkowice (POL) [86]
Canada Emily Potter September 8 Perth Lynx ŽKK Crvena zvezda (SRB) [87]
Australia Louise Brown September 12 Southside Flyers Tokomanawa Queens (NZL) [88]

Retirement

Name Date Team(s) played (years) Notes Ref.
Australia Tess Madgen September 3 Australian Institute of Sport (2008–2010)
Bendigo Spirit (2010–2012)
Bulleen / Melbourne Boomers (2012–2016, 2020–2023)
Townsville Fire (2018–2020)
Sydney Flames (2023–24) 		WNBL Champion (2023)
2x All-WNBL Team (2015, 2020)
Also played overseas in Poland and the United States.
Represented Australia national team across 13 years. 		[89]

See also

  • List of 2024–25 WNBL team rosters

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