Vanessa Panousis

Vanessa Panousis
Adelaide Lightning
Position Guard
League WNBL
Personal information
Born (1995-02-23) 23 February 1995
Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Nationality Australian
Listed height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Career information
High school Brigidine College
(Randwick, New South Wales)
College Virginia Tech (2013–2017)
Playing career 2012–present
Career history
2012–2013 Sydney Uni Flames
2017–present Adelaide Lightning
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Australia
Basketball
Summer Universiade
2017 TaiwanTeam
FIBA U-19 World Championship
2013 Lithuania Team
FIBA U-16 Oceania Championship
2011 Australia Team

Vanessa Vassiliki Panousis (born 23 February 1995) is an Australian professional basketball player.

Career

College

Panousis played college basketball for the Virginia Tech Hokies in Blacksburg, Virginia in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1] She had a very successful college career. Being named to the ACC All-Academic Team twice. She was also known to the ACC All-Tournament Second Team in her sophomore year, alongside the likes of eventual No. 1 pick in the 2015 WNBA draft, Jewell Loyd.

WNBL

Panousis was a development player with the Sydney Uni Flames for the 2012–13 WNBL season. After finishing her college career, Panousis has been signed by the Adelaide Lightning for the 2017–18 WNBL season.[2] There she will join the likes of Laura Hodges and Abby Bishop.

National team

Youth Level

Panousis made her international debut for the Sapphires at the 2011 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship in Canberra, Australia.[3] She would once again represent the Sapphires at the 2012 Under-17 World Championship in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where Australia placed 5th. Panousis would then represent the Gems at the Under-19 World Championship in Lithuania the following year, where they finished in third place and took home the bronze medal. She also represented Australia at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea, where they placed 5th.

References

  1. ↑ "hokiesports.com :: Women's Basketball :: Vanessa Panousis". hokiesports.com.
  2. ↑ "Panousis signs with MAC Adelaide Lightning". wnbl.com.au.
  3. ↑ "Vanessa Panousis's profile". archive.fiba.com.
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