List of 2021–22 WNBL season transactions

This is a list of transactions that have taken place during the off-season and the 2021–22 WNBL season.[1]

Front office movements

Head coach changes

Off-season

Departure date	Team	Outgoing head coach	Reason for departure	Hire date	Incoming head coach	Last coaching position	Ref.
March 12	Sydney Uni Flames	Katrina Hibbert	Contract expired	March 16	Shane Heal	Sutherland Sharks head coach (2018–20)	[2][3]

Player movement

Free agency

Player	Date signed	New team	Former team	Ref
Lauren Mansfield	April 5	Sydney Uni Flames		[4]
Funda Nakkaşoğlu		Sydney Uni Flames
Mia Murray	April 8	Townsville Fire		[5]
Stephanie Reid		Townsville Fire
Darcee Garbin	April 15	Perth Lynx		[6]
Lauren Nicholson		Townsville Fire		[7]
Ezi Magbegor	April 21	Melbourne Boomers		[8]
Nadeen Payne	April 22	Townsville Fire		[9]
Tessa Lavey	April 23	Bendigo Spirit		[10]
Cayla George	April 28	Melbourne Boomers		[11]
Ashleigh Isenbarger		Perth Lynx		[12]
Leilani Mitchell	April 29	Bendigo Spirit	Southside Flyers	[13]
Lauren Scherf	April 30	Perth Lynx	Sydney Uni Flames	[14]
Shyla Heal		Sydney Uni Flames	Townsville Fire	[15]
Stephanie Talbot	May 3	Adelaide Lightning		[16]
Kiera Rowe		Sydney Uni Flames		[17]
Anneli Maley	May 4	Bendigo Spirit	Sydney Uni Flames	[18]
Tess Madgen	May 6	Melbourne Boomers		[19]
Lara McSpadden		Townsville Fire		[20]
Demi Skinner	May 7	Bendigo Spirit		[21]
Keely Froling		Sydney Uni Flames	Canberra Capitals	[22]
Madeleine Garrick	May 11	Bendigo Spirit	Melbourne Boomers	[23]
Emma Clarke	May 12	Perth Lynx		[24]
Sam Simons	May 13	Adelaide Lightning	Saint Mary's Gaels (USA)	[25]
Rebecca Pizzey		Sydney Uni Flames	Southside Flyers	[26]
Piper Dunlop	May 14	Bendigo Spirit		[27]
Megan McKay	May 18	Bendigo Spirit	Townsville Fire	[28]
Cassidy McLean	May 21	Bendigo Spirit		[29]
Louise Brown	May 22	Melbourne Boomers	Nunawading Spectres (VIC)	[30]
Taylor Ortlepp	May 24	Adelaide Lightning		[31]
Mary Goulding	May 25	Bendigo Spirit		[32]
Stephanie Watts		Sydney Uni Flames	North Carolina Tar Heels (USA)	[33]
Lily Scanlon	May 31	Melbourne Boomers	Gonzaga Bulldogs (USA)	[34]
Chelsea Brook	June 3	Adelaide Lightning		[35]
Kelsey Griffin		Canberra Capitals		[36]
Jenna O'Hea	June 8	Southside Flyers		[37]
Kelly Wilson	June 10	Canberra Capitals	Bendigo Spirit	[38]
Sara Blicavs		Southside Flyers		[39]
Kalani Purcell		Sydney Uni Flames	Melbourne Boomers	[40]
Ella Batish	June 11	Adelaide Lightning		[41]
Lindsay Allen		Melbourne Boomers	NIKA Syktyvkar (RUS)	[42]
Monique Billings	June 15	Townsville Fire	Nadezhda Orenburg (RUS)	[43]
Rebecca Cole	June 16	Southside Flyers		[44]
Tahlia Tupaea	June 17	Canberra Capitals		[45]
Alanna Smith	June 18	Adelaide Lightning		[46]
Aimie Clydesdale		Southside Flyers		[47]
Tayla Brazel	June 22	Adelaide Lightning	Sturt Sabres (SA)	[48]
Alicia Froling		Canberra Capitals	Bendigo Spirit	[49]
Rachel Jarry		Southside Flyers		[50]
Maddison Rocci	June 23	Southside Flyers	Canberra Capitals	[51]
Alex Ciabattoni	June 24	Perth Lynx		[52]
Kate Gaze		Southside Flyers	Townsville Fire	[53]
Brittney Sykes	June 25	Canberra Capitals	OGM Ormanspor (TUR)	[54]
Leaonna Odom		Sydney Uni Flames	New York Liberty (USA)	[55]
Rachel Brewster	June 28	Melbourne Boomers		[56]
Brittany Smart	June 29	Canberra Capitals		[57]
Emilee Harmon		Southside Flyers	Dandenong Rangers (VIC)	[58]
Marina Mabrey	July 1	Perth Lynx	Bnot Hertzeliya (ISR)	[59]
Jade Melbourne	July 8	Canberra Capitals		[60]
Brooke Basham	July 9	Adelaide Lightning		[61]
Ashleigh Karaitiana	July 13	Melbourne Boomers		[62]
Marena Whittle	July 14	Adelaide Lightning		[63]
Tiffany Mitchell	July 15	Melbourne Boomers	Elitzur Ramla (ISR)	[64]
Sug Sutton		Townsville Fire	Ślęza Wrocław (POL)	[65]
Emma Mahady	July 20	Sydney Uni Flames	Albury Wodonga Bandits (NSW)	[66]
Micaela Cocks	July 21	Townsville Fire	Townsville Flames (QLD)	[67]
Mackenzie Clinch Hoycard	July 22	Perth Lynx		[68]
Katherine Plouffe	July 30	Bendigo Spirit	Basket Landes (FRA)	[69]
Katie Deeble	July 31	Sydney Uni Flames	Centre of Excellence (ACT)	[70]
Chyra Evans		Sydney Uni Flames	Centre of Excellence (ACT)
Jackie Young	August 3	Perth Lynx	Ramat Hasharon (ISR)	[71]
Carla Drennan	September 1	Townsville Fire	Logan Thunder (QLD)	[72]
Aliza Fabbro		Townsville Fire
Alana Goodchild	September 8	Bendigo Spirit	Centre of Excellence (ACT)	[73]
Bella Stratford		Bendigo Spirit	Cal State Fullerton Titans (USA)	[74]
Tayah Burrows	September 10	Perth Lynx		[75]
Tess Heal	September 13	Melbourne Boomers	Eltham Wildcats (VIC)	[76]
Jasmin Fejo	September 17	Adelaide Lightning		[77]
Emma Gandini	September 21	Perth Lynx	Willetton Tigers (WA)	[78]
Mia Jacobs		Perth Lynx	Kalamunda Eastern Suns (WA)
Mia Satie		Perth Lynx	Perry Lakes Hawks (WA)
Abby Cubillo	September 22	Canberra Capitals		[79]
Alex Bunton	October 4	Canberra Capitals		[80]
Shaneice Swain	October 9	Canberra Capitals	Centre of Excellence (ACT)	[81]
Izzy Wright	October 12	Melbourne Boomers		[82]
Carly Boag	October 18	Bendigo Spirit	Sydney Uni Flames	[83]
Abby Bishop	October 20	Southside Flyers	Virtus Bologna (ITA)	[84]
Kristy Wallace	October 21	Southside Flyers	Melbourne Tigers (VIC)	[85]
Sherrie Calleia	October 22	Sydney Uni Flames		[86]
Morgan Yaeger		Sydney Uni Flames	Adelaide Lightning
Kiana Williams	October 25	Adelaide Lightning	Stanford Cardinal (USA)	[87]
Bronte Corke	October 27	Canberra Capitals	Mandurah Magic (WA)	[88]
Casey Samuels		Canberra Capitals	Gold Coast Rollers (QLD)
Abigail Wehrung	November 1	Adelaide Lightning		[89]
Abby Solway	November 4	Canberra Capitals	South Georgia Jets (USA)	[90]
Chelsea Dungee	November 8	Sydney Uni Flames	Galatasaray S.K. (TUR)	[91]
Sophie Burrows	November 9	Melbourne Boomers	Diamond Valley Eagles (VIC)	[92]
Kylee Shook	November 16	Adelaide Lightning	Kayseri (TUR)	[93]
Charlise Dunn	November 25	Melbourne Boomers	Centre of Excellence (ACT)	[94]
Jacqueline Trotto	November 27	Melbourne Boomers	Ringwood Hawks (VIC)	[95]
Alex Wilson	December 16	Bendigo Spirit	Adelaide Lightning	[96]
Rennia Davis	December 24	Sydney Uni Flames	Tennessee Lady Volunteers (USA)	[97]
Sami Whitcomb	December 25	Perth Lynx		[98]
Isobel Borlase	January 21	Adelaide Lightning	Centre of Excellence (ACT)	[99]
Carley Ernst		Melbourne Boomers	Bendigo Spirit	[100]
Shaquita Snow	January 23	Sydney Uni Flames	Free agent	[101]
Lauryn Hippolite	February 5	Melbourne Boomers	Canterbury Wildcats (NZL)	[102]
Maria Blazejewski	February 6	Sydney Uni Flames	Montaneras de Morovis (PUR)	[103]
Jennie Rintala	February 11	Bendigo Spirit		[104]

Released

Player	Date signed	Team	Reason	Ref
Leaonna Odom	October 6	Sydney Uni Flames	Achilles injury	[105]
Katherine Plouffe	October 12	Bendigo Spirit	Vaccination concerns	[106]
Ashleigh Karaitiana	October 19	Melbourne Boomers	Personal reasons	[107]
Stephanie Watts	December 14	Sydney Uni Flames	Knee injury	[108]
Chelsea Dungee	December 24	Sydney Uni Flames	Coach's decision	[109]
Leilani Mitchell	January 19	Bendigo Spirit	Pregnancy	[110]
Rennia Davis	January 28	Sydney Uni Flames	Signed overseas	[111]
Shaquita Snow		Sydney Uni Flames	Coach's decision
Casey Samuels	February 23	Canberra Capitals	Disciplinary reasons	[112]

Going overseas

Player	Date signed	New team	Former team	Ref
Paige Price	April 6, 2020	Indiana Hoosiers (USA)	Bendigo Spirit	[113]
Marianna Tolo	May 25	Basket Landes (FRA)	Canberra Capitals	[114][115]
Ashley Taia	August 4	Wetterbygden Sparks (SWE)	Canberra Capitals	[116]
Alison Schwagmeyer	September 17	WBC Montana 2003 (BUL)	Sydney Uni Flames	[117]

Retirement

Name	Date	Team(s) played (years)	Notes	Ref.
Louella Tomlinson	June 11	Australian Institute of Sport (2004–07) Dandenong Rangers (2011–12) West Coast Waves / Perth Lynx (2014–16) Melbourne Boomers (2017–18) Bendigo Spirit (2018–19) Southside Flyers (2019–20) Adelaide Lightning (2020)	WNBL Champion (2012) Also played college basketball and overseas in Italy, Hungary & Spain.	[118]
Antonia Farnworth	August 27	Christchurch Sirens (2007–08) Dandenong Rangers (2009–10) Bendigo Spirit (2010–11) Adelaide Lightning (2011–12) West Coast Waves / Perth Lynx (2012–19) Melbourne Boomers (2019–20)	Played across Australia and New Zealand. Represented New Zealand national team for 14 years.	[119]
Katie-Rae Ebzery	October 7	Australian Institute of Sport (2005–08) Dandenong Rangers (2008–09) Sydney Uni Flames (2010–16, 2017–18) Perth Lynx (2018–20)	3x All-WNBL Team (2016, 2019–20, 2020) Also played overseas in Russia. Represented Australia national team for 6 years.	[120]

See also

• List of 2021–22 WNBL team rosters

References

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35. "Chelsea scores sixth contract for Lightning". Adelaide Lightning. June 3, 2021.
36. "UC Caps retain co-captain Kelsey Griffin". Uc Capitals. June 3, 2021.
37. "Inspirational captain to continue to lead the Flyers". Southside Flyers. June 8, 2021.
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39. "FAN FAVOURITE STICKING WITH THE FLYERS". Southside Flyers. June 10, 2021.
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50. "The Comeback to continue for Rachel Jarry". Southside Flyers. June 22, 2021.
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52. "ALEXANDRA CHIBBA CIABATTONI IS BACK FOR PERTH LYNX THIS SEASON". Perth Lynx. June 24, 2021.
53. "Kate Gaze joins the Flyers". Southside Flyers. June 24, 2021.
54. "UC Caps add first import in LA Sparks' Brittney Sykes". Uc Capitals. June 25, 2021.
55. "WNBA young-gun Leaonna Odom commits to Sydney". Sydney Uni Flames. June 25, 2021.
56. "Brewster is back to boom in WNBL21/22". Melbourne Boomers. June 28, 2021.
57. "Britt Smart returning for second season with the UC Caps". Uc Capitals. June 29, 2021.
58. "Emilee Harmon joins the Flyers". Southside Flyers. June 29, 2021.
59. "WNBA SHARPSHOOTING GUARD MARINA MABREY HEADING TO AUSTRALIA TO JOIN THE PERTH LYNX". Perth Lynx. July 1, 2021.
60. "UC Caps secure top prospect Jade Melbourne". Uc Capitals. July 8, 2021.
61. "Bash back for Second Stanza". Adelaide Lightning. July 9, 2021.
62. "Ash Karaitiana back with the Boomers for season 2021/22". Melbourne Boomers. July 13, 2021.
63. "Whittle ready to carve second year at Lightning". Adelaide Lightning. July 14, 2021.
64. "Boomers sign WNBA star Tiffany Mitchell". Melbourne Boomers. July 15, 2021.
65. "Fire secure exciting guard". Townsville Fire. July 15, 2021.
66. "NSW LOCAL EMMA MAHADY SIGNS WITH THE FLAMES". Sydney Uni Flames. July 20, 2021.
67. "Returning for her 10th Season with the FIRE". Townsville Fire. July 21, 2021.
68. "DYNAMIC FORWARD, MACKENZIE CLINCH HOYCARD BACK FOR HER SECOND DP SEASON WITH THE PERTH LYNX". Perth Lynx. July 22, 2021.
69. "Spirit signs Canadian international". Bendigo Spirit. July 30, 2021.
70. "Flames lock in talented duo to round out roster". Sydney Uni Flames. July 31, 2021.
71. "#1 WNBA DRAFT PICK AND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST JACKIE YOUNG SIGNED FOR SEASON 2021/22". Perth Lynx. August 3, 2021.
72. "Fire lock in Development Players for the upcoming season". Townsville Fire. September 1, 2021.
73. "Goodchild signs on for the Spirit". Bendigo Spirit. September 8, 2021.
74. "Bella is back at Bendigo". Bendigo Spirit. September 8, 2021.
75. "SHE IS BACK! YOUNG GUN TAYAH BURROWS SIGNS ON WITH THE PERTH LYNX FOR THE 2021/22 SEASON". Perth Lynx. September 10, 2021.
76. "Young talent Tess Heal to join Boomers". Melbourne Boomers. September 13, 2021.
77. "Fejo returns after family first for Lightning". Adelaide Lightning. September 17, 2021.
78. "PERTH LYNX ANNOUNCE REMAINING DP SPOTS". Perth Lynx. September 21, 2021.
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81. "UC Capitals Sign Silky Smooth Shaneice Swain". Uc Capitals. October 9, 2021.
82. "Izzy Wright to play on with Boomers for second season". Melbourne Boomers. October 12, 2021.
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84. "FLYERS WELCOME ABBY BISHOP". Southside Flyers. October 20, 2021.
85. "KRISTY WALLACE JOINS THE FLYERS". Southside Flyers. October 21, 2021.
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91. "Flames sign WNBA star Chelsea Dungee". Sydney Uni Flames. November 8, 2021.
92. "BOOMERS ADD SOPHIE BURROWS TO LINE-UP". Melbourne Boomers. November 9, 2021.
93. "Kylee ready to shake up WNBL". Adelaide Lightning. November 16, 2021.
94. "MELBOURNE ROSTER ALMOST COMPLETE WITH ADDITION OF CHARLISE DUNN". Melbourne Boomers. November 25, 2021.
95. "Boomers round out roster with development player Jacqui Trotto". Melbourne Boomers. November 27, 2021.
96. "Spirit adds even more class to its playing roster". Bendigo Spirit. December 16, 2021.
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98. "WHITCOMB RETURNS". Perth Lynx. December 25, 2021.
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111. "Flames grant a release to Rennia Davis". bendigoadvertiser.com.au. January 28, 2022.
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