WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award

The Women's National Basketball League Grand Final Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) award given to the best player of the Grand Final. Since 2014, the award has been known as the Rachael Sporn Medal, named after Adelaide's most recognised and successful WNBL player, Rachael Sporn, also a twice winner of the award.^[1] Lauren Jackson has won the award four times, while five players have won the award twice.

Winners

Year Player Nationality Team 1985 Karin Maar  Australia Coburg Cougars 1986 Shelley Gorman  Australia Nunawading Spectres 1987 Tracey Browning  Australia Nunawading Spectres 1988 Shelley Gorman (2)  Australia Nunawading Spectres 1989 Robyn Maher  Australia Nunawading Spectres 1990 Donna Brown  Australia North Adelaide Rockets 1991 Debbie Black  United States Hobart Islanders 1992 Tanya Fisher  Australia Perth Breakers 1993 Annie Burgess  Australia Sydney Flames 1994 Rachael Sporn  Australia Adelaide Lightning 1995 Rachael Sporn (2)  Australia Adelaide Lightning 1996 Michelle Brogan  Australia Adelaide Lightning 1997 Trisha Fallon  Australia Sydney Flames 1998 Jo Hill  Australia Adelaide Lightning 1999 Kristen Veal  Australia AIS 2000 Kristen Veal (2)  Australia Canberra Capitals 2001 Annie Burgess (2)  Australia Sydney Panthers 2002 Lauren Jackson  Australia Canberra Capitals 2003 Lauren Jackson (2)  Australia Canberra Capitals 2004 Emily McInerny  Australia Dandenong Rangers 2005 Jacinta Hamilton  Australia Dandenong Rangers 2006 Lauren Jackson (3)  Australia Canberra Capitals 2007 Tracey Beatty  Australia Canberra Capitals 2008 Renae Camino  Australia Adelaide Lightning 2009 Natalie Hurst  Australia Canberra Capitals 2010 Lauren Jackson (4)  Australia Canberra Capitals 2011 Sharin Milner  Australia Bulleen Boomers 2012 Kathleen MacLeod  Australia Dandenong Rangers 2013 Kelsey Griffin  United States Bendigo Spirit 2014 Kelsey Griffin (2)  United States Bendigo Spirit 2015 Mia Newley  Australia Townsville Fire 2016 Micaela Cocks  New Zealand Townsville Fire 2017 Leilani Mitchell  Australia Sydney Uni Flames 2018 Suzy Batkovic  Australia Townsville Fire See also NBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award References ↑ Nagy, Boti (March 5, 2014). Rachael Sporn Medal the new award for WNBL grand final Most Valuable Player. The Adelaide Advertiser. Retrieved 2015-01-31. External links