Tess Madgen

Last updated

Tess Madgen
Madgen of Bendigo 2.png
Madgen playing for Bendigo
No. 9–Melbourne Boomers
Position Guard
League WNBL
Personal information
Born (1990-08-12) 12 August 1990 (age 32)
Barossa Valley, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2008–2010 Australian Institute of Sport
2010–2012 Bendigo Spirit
2012–2016 Melbourne Boomers
2015 Phoenix Mercury
2016–2017 AZS UMCS Lublin
2018–2020 Townsville Fire
2020–presentMelbourne Boomers
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women’s basketball
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
FIBA World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Spain
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Australia
Asia Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Australia

Tess Madgen (born 12 August 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Melbourne Boomers in the WNBL. She is also a member of the Australian Opals.

Contents

Madgen was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Opals were eliminated after losing to the USA in the quarterfinals. [1]

Personal

Madgen was born 12 August 1990 [2] in Barossa Valley, South Australia, where she lived while growing up. [2] [3] In 2011, she was attending the University of South Australia. [4]

Madgen is 180 centimetres (71 in) tall. [2] She was featured in the WNBL's 2009 league calendar. [5]

She is the sister of former South East Melbourne Phoenix and Boomers guard, Ben Madgen and sister of Collingwood Magpies player Jack Madgen

Basketball

Madgen plays guard and forward [2] and is an offensive player. [6] In 2008, she was featured as a basketball star on myFiba. [5]

Madgen played junior basketball for the Eastern Mavericks. [3] She has been affiliated with the South Australian Institute of Sport. [7] She competed at the 2004 and 2005 Australian U16 Championships, playing for South Australia Country. [2] She competed at the 2006 and 2007 Australian U18 Championships, playing for South Australia Country. [2] In 2007, she played for Barossa Valley. [8] She competed at the 2007 and 2008 Australian U18 Championships, playing for South Australia Country. [2] [8] In 2008, her team finished first, beating Victoria 99–61 for one of the biggest wins ever in the competition's history. [2] As a competitor at the 2009 Australian Under-20 national championships, she won the Bob Staunton Award [9] while her team took home silver. [2] [3] [10]

WNBL

Madgen had a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport in 2008 and 2009. [2] [3] [6] [11] [12] [13] She played with the AIS team in the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 WNBL seasons. [2] [5] [6] [14] She was one of three South Australians on the team. [14] In a November 2008 90–62 loss to the Adelaide Lightning, she scored few points. [7] In a November 2009 game against the Adelaide Lightning which her side lost 77–100, she had 15 points and 13 rebounds. [15] In a 101–49 loss for her team to the Sydney Uni Flames, she scored 11 points. [16]

Madgen joined the Bendigo Spirit for the 2010/2011 season where she averaged 16 points a game in the regular season and finished third in the league in this category. She finished fifth in the league for 3-point shooting percentage at 36% in the regular season. She had 125 total rebounds in the season. [2] [4] [6] According to teammate and team General Manager Kirsti Harrower, Madgen learned to become a team player in her first season with the club. [6] Three weeks into the season, she was named the league's player of the week. [17] In the third round in a game against the Australian Institute of Sport at the AIS Basketball and Netball Training Hall, she scored 28 points, with a field goal percentage of 75%. [17] She also had four steals in the game. [17] In a November 2010 game against the Adelaide Lightning, she scored 25 points 7 rebounds in a 91–79 win for the Spirit. [18] She was named the club's most valuable player at the end of the season. [4] [19] [20]

Madgen resigned with the team for the 2011/2012 season in June 2011 [4] and was with Bengido in the 2011/2012 season. [2] [21] She was named the club's Most Valuable Player. [20] In January 2012, she made a clutch shot for her team that helped them beat Canberra. [22] In the Canberra game, she scored 14 points. [23] Spirit coach Bernie Harrower said of efforts to re-sign her: "There’s no doubt about that. She’s probably on most people’s shopping list. She is very unlucky to miss out on the Opals squad this year and she’s been able to do that by playing with us. For her to play in Bendigo she’s not playing behind anyone else, she’s the superstar of our team. If she goes to Bulleen there’s certainly people ahead of her there, and she then has to take a step backwards. You do what you can to keep your players and if they’re not happy playing with you and want to move on, well there’s not much you can do about that. She’s certainly a required player for us and someone we desperately want to keep." [20] She did not resign with Bendigo for the 2012/2013 season. [21] [24] Bulleen was believed to have been trying to recruit her to play for them as some of their players had played with Madgen on the Australian Institute of Sport team, including Liz Cambage and Rachel Jarry. [20]

National team

Madgen made her international debut in 2008 with the Australian junior team, earning a gold medal with them at the Oceania World Qualification series. [2] [25] That year, she was also part of the junior national team that won a silver medal at the William Jones Cup in Taiwan. [2] [25] In 2009, she was a member of the Australian junior women's team that competed at the World Championships in Thailand. [2] [26] She has also represented Australia at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China in August, where Australia took home a bronze medal, beating 66–56 in the bronze medal match. The quarter final victory over Canada, she scored 14 points. She also scored eight points in games against Japan and the Czech Republic. [4] [27] She was selected for the team in June 2011. [4]

Madgen was named to the 2011 Opals squad [2] and made her national team debut in 2011 as a member of the team in the lead up to the 2011 FIBA Oceania Championships, playing in the Olympic qualification series against New Zealand women's national basketball team. In the series, she played 22 minutes off the bench in game two, scored nine points and had 5 rebounds. [28] She earned a gold medal in the 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship. [2] She was selected for the squad to compete at the 2011 Chinese hosted Women's 4 Nations Tournament. [29] In late July 2011, she played in a three-game test series against China played in Queensland. [30] She was the youngest player on the squad. [30] She was named to the 2012 Australia women's national basketball team. [31]

Madgen, like all the other members of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opals women's basketball team, had a difficult tournament. The Opals lost their first two group stage matches. They looked flat against Belgium and then lost to China in heartbreaking circumstances. In their last group match the Opals needed to beat Puerto Rico by 25 or more in their final match to progress. This they did by 27 in a very exciting match. However, they lost to the United States in their quarterfinal 79 to 55. [32]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Suzy Batkovic</span> Australian basketball player

Suzy Batkovic is an Australian professional basketball player and politician. Suzy played her junior basketball with the Port Hunter Basketball Club in Newcastle. She has played basketball for several European clubs including the French Valenciennes, the Spanish side Ros Casares, the Russian side UMMC Ekaterinburg, and Italian side Cras Basket. In the United States, she has played for the Seattle Storm after having been selected as a first round draft pick in 2003. She has played professional basketball domestically for the Australian Institute of Sport in 1996–1999, the Sydney Uni Flames from 1999–2001, and 2009–2010, the Townsville Fire in 2001–2002, the Canberra Capitals in 2010–2011, and the Adelaide Lightning in 2011–2013; she returned to the Fire for the 2013–14 season. She has been a member of the Australia women's national basketball team, being named to the team for the first time in 1999. She won a silver medal with the team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belinda Snell</span> Australian womens basketball player

Belinda Snell is an Australian women's basketball player. She is a member of the Australia women's national basketball team, and has won two silver medals in basketball at the 2004 & 2008 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, a gold medal at the 2006 World Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2014 World Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kristi Harrower</span> Australian basketball player

Kristi Harrower is an Australian professional basketball player, who three times won the silver medal with the Australian Women's Team at the Summer Olympics, and also the bronze in 2012. She played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1998 to 2005 for the Phoenix Mercury and Minnesota Lynx.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laura Hodges</span> Australian basketball player

Laura Hodges is an Australian female professional basketball player, having played in Australia's Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), Europe, and the WNBA. She currently plays for the Adelaide Lightning in the WNBL.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jennifer Screen</span> Australian basketball player

Jennifer (Jennie) Screen is an Australian basketball player. She has played for the Australian Institute of Sport, the Adelaide Fellas and the Adelaide Lightning in Australia's WNBL, and has spent time playing professionally for Parma in Italy. As a member of the Australia women's national basketball team, she has won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Abby Bishop</span> Australian basketball player

Abby Bishop is an Australian professional basketball forward/center who plays for Southside Flyers of the Australian WNBL. She has played for the Australian Institute of Sport from 2005 to 2006, the Canberra Capitals from 2006 to 2010, Dandenong Rangers from 2010 to 2011 Canberra Capitals. She is currently a member of the Adelaide Lightning (2016/2017). She is a member of the Australia women's national basketball team and won a gold medal during the 2007 Oceania World Qualifications series and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jenna O'Hea</span> Australian basketball player

Jenna O'Hea is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Southside Flyers in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). O'Hea is also currently the captain of Australia's national team, the Opals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rachel Jarry</span> Australian basketball player

Rachel Jarry is an Australian professional basketball player for the Southside Flyers of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She started playing basketball as a five-year-old and as a youngster in national competitions, she represented the state of Victoria. In Australia's WNBL, she has played for the Dandenong Rangers, the Australian Institute of Sport and the Melbourne Boomers. She was drafted by the WNBA's Atlanta Dream in 2011 and was traded to the Lynx on the same day. She has been a member of the Australia women's national basketball team at junior and senior level.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marianna Tolo</span> Australian basketball player

Marianna Tolo is an Australian basketball player for the University of Canberra Capitals in Australia's Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She has also played for the CJM Bourges Basket in the LFB and Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She has also been a member of the Australia women's national basketball team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carly Wilson</span> Australian basketball player

Carly Wilson is an Australian basketball player from Victoria. She has played for several teams in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) including the Dandenong Rangers, Australian Institute of Sport, Perth Lynx and Canberra Capitals. She has played in the SEABL and has signed with a French basketball team. She represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games, where the team won a gold medal. She also played for the nunawading spectres.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tessa Lavey</span> Australian basketball player

Tessa Rose Lavey is an Australian professional basketball player for the Bendigo Spirit of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and an Australian rules football player with the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Madeleine Garrick</span> Australian basketball player

Madeleine Claire Garrick is an Australian professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). Maddie Garrick has been representing Australia in the FIBA WOMEN'S ASIA CUP (2017) and FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup(2018-2019).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sara Blicavs</span> Australian basketball player

Sara Blicavs is an Australian professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Southside Flyers in the WNBL

Kathleen MacLeod is an Australian basketball player who was part of the Australian team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Elyse Penaluna is an Australian basketball forward. She has played in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) for the Australian Institute of Sport and the Bulleen Boomers, winning a WNBL Championship with that team in 2011/2012. She has been a member of Australia women's national basketball team, representing the country in its 2012 Olympic qualifying campaign. Playing for Australia's Australian U21 Sapphires, she won a silver medal at the FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women in 2007.

Alicia Poto is an Australian basketball player. She has played in the Women's National Basketball League for the Australian Institute of Sport and Sydney Uni Flames. After a contract with a Czech basketball team fell through, she played basketball in Siberia. She is a member of the Australia women's national basketball team and won a medal with them at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was considered for the 2008 and 2012 national teams to compete at the Olympics but did not make the final squads selected for the Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samantha Richards</span> Australian basketball player

Samantha Richards is an Australian basketball guard from Melbourne, Victoria who played her junior basketball in Nunawading. She has played professionally in Australia for the WNBL's Dandenong Rangers, the Australian Institute of Sport, the Perth Lynx and the Bulleen Boomers. She has also played professionally in Europe. Richards has been a member of the Australia women's national basketball team on the U19, U21, University and Senior teams.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kristen Veal</span> Australian basketball player

Kristen Veal is an Australian basketball player. She won three Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) championships as a member of the Canberra Capitals, and has also played for the Sydney Uni Flames and the Logan Thunder. She was drafted in the first round of the WNBA draft, and was the youngest player to ever play in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She has represented Australia as a member of the Australia women's national basketball team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hanna Zavecz</span> Australian basketball player

Hanna Zavecz is an Australian basketball player who has played for the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Bendigo Spirit and Bulleen Boomers in the WNBL. She has also played university basketball in the United States for the University of Wyoming. She earned her first call up to the Australia women's national basketball team in 2010 and participated in the national team's 2012 Summer Olympics qualifying campaign.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cayla George</span> Australian basketball player

Cayla George is an Australian professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Opals were eliminated after losing to the USA in the quarterfinals.

References

  1. ↑ "Basketball MADGEN Tess - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Basketball Australia : Tess Madgen". Basketball Australia. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Brad Graham Creative, ed. (2012). "On the Rise". Play Up: Official Event Program (19–25 February ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Basketball Australia: 13.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tanya Paolucci (9 June 2011). "Spirit star picked for World Uni Games — Local News — Sport — Basketball". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 Nagy, Boti (31 December 2008). "Pin-up girls hit market". The Advertiser. Adelaide. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Smith-Gander, Diane, ed. (2011). "Bendigo Spirit". IiNet WNBL Finals Series: Official Programme (2010/2011 ed.). WNBL, Basketball Australia: 10–11.
  7. 1 2 Nagy, Boti (20 November 2008). "Tracy has an eye on AIS". The Advertiser. Adelaide. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  8. 1 2 "Junior state teams announced". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  9. ↑ Brad Graham Creative, ed. (2012). "The Bob Staunton Award". Play Up (Official Event Program) (19–25 February ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Basketball Australia: 8.
  10. ↑ Brad Graham Creative, ed. (2012). "On the Rise". Play Up (Official Event Program) (19–25 February ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Basketball Australia: 16.
  11. ↑ Australian Institute of Sport; Basketball Australia (2011). AIS Basketball 2011. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. p. 59. This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.
  12. ↑ "Past Athletes : Australian Institute of Sport : Australian Sports Commission". Ausport.gov.au. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  13. ↑ Australian Institute of Sport; Basketball Australia (2011). AIS Basketball 2011. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. p. 58. This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.
  14. 1 2 "It's history as Francis wins medal". Docs.newsbank.com. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  15. ↑ Nagy, Boti (16 November 2009). "Lightning teach a lesson, ultimately". The Advertiser. Adelaide. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  16. ↑ "Flames run riot against AIS — ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  17. 1 2 3 "Madgen earns WNBL's player of the week award — Local News — Sport — Basketball". Bendigo Advertiser. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  18. ↑ "Spirit too strong for Lightning". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 November 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  19. ↑ Nathan Dole (28 March 2011). "Madgen voted Bendigo Spirit's most valuable player — Local News — Sport — Basketball". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  20. 1 2 3 4 Travis King (29 March 2012). "Tess Madgen ponders leaving the Spirit — Local News — Sport — Basketball". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  21. 1 2 Travis King. "Fit Kristi eyes off London Olympics — Local News — Sport — Basketball". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  22. ↑ Travis King (18 January 2012). "Harrower relives last-second shot in Spirit's dramatic victory on Canberra's court — Local News — Sport — Basketball". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  23. ↑ "Bendigo beat Caps in WNBL thriller". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 January 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  24. ↑ "Rangers star O'Hea in form for London". The Age. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  25. 1 2 Australian Institute of Sport; Basketball Australia (2011). AIS Basketball 2011. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. p. 46. This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.
  26. ↑ Australian Institute of Sport; Basketball Australia (2011). AIS Basketball 2011. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. p. 45. This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.
  27. ↑ "Madgen makes her mark — Local News — Sport — Basketball". Bendigo Advertiser. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  28. ↑ Brad Graham Creative, ed. (2012). "On the Rise". Play Up (Official Event Program) (19–25 February ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Basketball Australia: 14.
  29. ↑ "Flanagan scores Opals debut". Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). 14 June 2011. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  30. 1 2 "Opals missing WNBA stars for China — ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  31. ↑ "Basketball Australia : 2012 Squad". Basketball Australia. 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  32. ↑ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.