WNBA Draft

From Basketball Australia

TWO AUSSIES DRAFTED INTO WNBA

Australians Alison Lacey and Brigitte Ardossi have been drafted into America’s elite basketball league the Women’s National Basketball Association.

Lacey from Canberra was selected at pick 10 to the Seattle Storm with Ardossi from Melbourne going at pick number 21 to Atlanta Dream.

22 year-old Lacey stands at 183cm and has been playing for Iowa State as a guard for the last four seasons working her way onto the AP All-America honouree list this year and one of 14 invited to the Draft.

Lacey who will join Australia’s most accomplished basketballer Lauren Jackson at Seattle, is second to Jackson (pick one, 2001) as Australia’s highest WNBA pick. Lacey represented the ACT at the Under 18 and Under 20 Australian National Junior Championships, attended the Basketball ACT Intensive Training Centre and was a participant in the Basketball Australia’s National Intensive Training Program as well as the ACT Academy of Sport.

Footage of Lacey’s selection at the WNBA Draft. 

187cm, Ardossi was taken from Georgia Tech. The 22 year-old made the All-ACC First Team this year and was named State of Georgia Women’s Basketball Player of the Year (2010).  

Prior to going to college to play Ardossi was a part of the Melbourne Tigers' Championship Division team, averaging 12.2 points and 8.8 rebounds per game.

She participated in the Under 20 Australian National Junior Championships, where she helped her team to a silver medal. She led the Victorian U18 team to the gold medal at the Pacific School Games in 2005, where she was named a tournament all-star. Ardossi was named the 2005 Big V Australian Basketball League Most Valuable Player and Leading Scorer while also earning Rising Star and All-Star 5 Forward accolades.