Luuuc
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WNBL Awards Night 2025

Thread to discuss the awards night (taking place at the moment)

The WNBL is pleased to announce the 24/25 WNBL Awards Committee members:

* Larissa Anderson - Former WNBL player and coach, WNBL Commentator and Life Member
* Paul Camillos – Host of Shooting the Breeze Podcast
* Christy Collier-Hill – Head of WNBL
* Karen Dalton – Former WNBL player, coach, GM and Life Member
* Megan Hustwaite – WNBL Sideline Reporter and Journalist
* Robyn Maher – Former WNBL player and Life Member
* Nathan Strempel – WNBL Sideline Reporter
* Kylie Voevodin – WNBL Referee and Life Member

The annual WNBL Awards include the Suzy Batkovic Medal (League MVP), Coach of the Year, Robyn Maher Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Woman of the Year, Betty Watson Breakout Player of the Year, Cygnett Community Award, Ford Fan MVP and All WNBL First and Second Teams.

Selection of all Award recipients (excluding Ford Fan MVP which is voted on by fans) is a two-step process:

1. Nominations and voting by coaches and referees (MVP only);
2. Voting by the WNBL Awards Committee.

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Zodiac
Earlier this week

Ninnis for COTY?

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DMc
Earlier this week

I think they got most of them right, although Sowah all second team seems a stretch. I would've liked to see Lauren Cox in her place.

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Weedy Slug
Earlier this week

Community-Woods
Defence-Cox
6th-Wehrung
Breakout-Ellis
Coach-Seebohm
Fan mvp-Melbourne
Mvp-Whitcomb

2nd team
Sowah
Burton
Melbourne
Maley
Griffin

1st team
Whitcomb
Wilson
Hillmon
Woods
Amihere

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Bigboy
Earlier this week

KK a bit stiff for COTY

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Weedy Slug
Earlier this week

Yup

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Luuuc
Earlier this week

WNBL.Basketball > Latest > League News ...

February 15, 2025
Milestone Man: Guy Molloy's coaching journey comes full circle as he hits 350 WNBL Games

I hope a functioning website is on the post-takeover agenda.

KK a bit stiff for COTY

Indeed. He lost 3 games all season, with one of them being a dead rubber in the final round.
What exactly was he expected to do to take the crown over Sir Shannon?

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Weedy Slug
Earlier this week

Tbf Seebohm did take some major hits prior to this season, no Whitcomb, no Kunek, no Reid, no Aokuso, no Ruef, lost import in Cooke early and still managed to finish 3rd with multiple newcomers coming in like Ellis, Fowler and Shiels.

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Luuuc
Earlier this week

I'm not knocking him. I rate him in general and agree he did a good job this season.

What record would KK have needed to win though? 21-0?
He already swept the Fire 3-0 in the regular season, and got considerably more out of Sami than SS did. He coached as close to a perfect regular season as anyone has in over a decade.
Robbed IMO.

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SamCro
Earlier this week

KK's Team also had the biggest budget in the WNBL by a considerable margin with a reported 3 players on or very close to 100K (Whitcomb, Burton & Tolo). Maybe that was a strong consideration factor by the panel?

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DMc
Earlier this week

For me coach of the year is someone whose team exceeds expectations and is 'greater than the sum of their parts'.
Spirit were expected to be great and have been.
Fire were not expected to be great, but have been.
Simple as that!

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SamCro
Earlier this week

I didn't really see anyone nominating Perth in their Top 4 at the start of the year, I actually saw a few so called experts tipping the Perth Lynx for a Wooden Spoon...

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JD14
Earlier this week

Shanice Swain should have been breakout player of the year, shocked she wasn't.

Cayla George should have been in 2nd team all star.

Brianna Turner very stiff not to win Defensive Player of the year.

KK very unlucky not to win coach of the year, or Petrik.

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Luuuc
Earlier this week

I was leaning Turner too, though I don't mind Cox getting it. Both were worthy.
(I wouldn't have hated Burton either. Not quite sure why Tolo was nominated though, when Amihere had more blocks, more rebounds, and considerably more steals, in fewer minutes per game)

Breakout player is a pretty vague award, but yeah I'd love to hear the rationale for Ellis getting it over Swain, who had by far the better season, and is younger.

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