| No. 15–Townsville Fire | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward-Center | ||||||||||||||
| League | WNBL | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 November 1998 Penrith, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Runcorn State (Brisbane, Queensland) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | Townsville Fire | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Zitina Aokuso (born 23 November 1998) is an Australian professional basketball player. [1] [2]
Aokuso began her WNBL career in her home state, signing with the Townsville Fire for the 2017–18 WNBL season. [3] By signing in the league on a professional contract, Aokuso would no longer be eligible for college basketball. In her debut season, playing alongside the likes of Suzy Batkovic, Cayla George and Kelly Wilson, Aokuso & the Fire took hom the WNBL Championship.
In 2018, Aokuso agreed to remain in Townsville after signing a two-year contract with the Fire. [4]
Aokuso made her international debut for the Gems at the 2016 FIBA Under-18 Oceania Championship in Suva, Fiji. Australia would take home the gold and Aokuso herself was named MVP of the gold medal game. [5] Aokuso would then go on to represent the Gems at the 2017 Under-19 World Cup in Italy the following year, where they finished in sixth place overall. [6]
In April 2019, Aokuso was named to her first ever Opals squad and attended her first team camp on the Gold Coast. [7] Aokuso was then named to the Opals selection camp in Phoenix, Arizona ahead of the 2019 FIBA Asia Cup. [8]
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.
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