WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award

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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 Kelsey Griffin has won the award three times.

Winners[]

Denotes player inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame
Denotes player who is still active
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time
Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time
Season Player Position Nationality Team
1985 Karin Maar  Australia Coburg Cougars
1986 Shelley Gorman  Australia Nunawading Spectres
1987 Tracey Browning  Australia Nunawading Spectres (2)
1988 Shelley Gorman (2)  Australia Nunawading Spectres (3)
1989 Samantha Thornton  Australia Nunawading Spectres (4)
1990 Donna Brown  Australia North Adelaide Rockets
1991 Robyn Maher  Australia Hobart Islanders
1992 Tanya Fisher  Australia Perth Breakers
1993 Annie Burgess Guard  Australia Sydney Flames
1994 Rachael Sporn Forward  Australia Adelaide Lightning
1995 Rachael Sporn (2) Forward  Australia Adelaide Lightning (2)
1996 Michelle Griffiths Forward  Australia Adelaide Lightning (3)
1997 Trisha Fallon Guard/Forward  Australia Sydney Flames (2)
1998 Jo Hill Forward  Australia Adelaide Lightning (4)
1999 Kristen Veal Guard  Australia Australian Institute of Sport
2000 Kristen Veal (2) Guard  Australia Canberra Capitals
2001 Annie Burgess (2) Guard  Australia Sydney Panthers (3)
2002 Lauren Jackson Forward/Center  Australia Canberra Capitals (2)
2003 Lauren Jackson (2) Forward/Center  Australia Canberra Capitals (3)
2004 Emily McInerny Forward  Australia Dandenong Rangers
2005 Jacinta Hamilton Forward/Center  Australia Dandenong Rangers (2)
2006 Lauren Jackson (3) Forward/Center  Australia Canberra Capitals (4)
2007 Tracey Beatty Center  Australia Canberra Capitals (5)
2008 Renae Camino Guard  Australia Adelaide Lightning (5)
2009 Natalie Hurst Guard  Australia Canberra Capitals (6)
2010 Lauren Jackson (4) Forward/Center  Australia Canberra Capitals (7)
2011 Sharin Milner Guard  Australia Bulleen Boomers
2012 Kathleen MacLeod Guard  Australia Dandenong Rangers (3)
2013 Kelsey Griffin Forward  United States Bendigo Spirit
2014 Kelsey Griffin (2) Forward  United States Bendigo Spirit (2)
2015 Mia Newley Guard  Australia Townsville Fire
2016 Micaela Cocks Guard  New Zealand Townsville Fire (2)
2017 Leilani Mitchell Guard  Australia Sydney Uni Flames (4)
2018 Suzy Batkovic Center  Australia Townsville Fire (3)
2019 Kelsey Griffin (3) Forward  Australia Canberra Capitals (8)
2019–20 Olivia Époupa Guard  France Canberra Capitals (9)
2020 Leilani Mitchell (2) Guard  Australia Southside Flyers (4)

Multi-time winners[]

Rank Player Team(s) Awards Years
1 Lauren Jackson Canberra Capitals 4 2002, 2003, 2006, 2010
2 Kelsey Griffin Bendigo Spirit (2) / Canberra Capitals (1) 3 2013, 2014, 2019
3 Shelley Gorman Nunawading Spectres 2 1986, 1988
Rachael Sporn Adelaide Lightning 1994, 1995
Kristen Veal Australian Institute of Sport (1) / Canberra Capitals (1) 1999, 2000
Annie Burgess Sydney Flames / Panthers 1993, 2001
Leilani Mitchell Sydney Uni Flames (1) / Southside Flyers (1) 2017, 2020

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.

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