Katrina Hibbert

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Katrina Hibbert

Personal information

Born

29 September 1977
Melbourne, Victoria

Medal record

Women's Basketball
Competitor for Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold	2006 Melbourne	Team Competition
Oceania Championship
Gold	2005 New Zealand	Team Competition

Katrina Hibbert (born 29 September 1977) is a former Australian women's basketball player.

Biography

Hibbert was a member of the national team roster during the 2000s and played in the Australian team that won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.^[1]

In her final year of High School, Hibbert went to the United States on exchange hoping to secure a college basketball scholarship.^[1] Hibbert spent four years playing college basketball with Louisiana State University before being taken in round 4 (pick 57 overall) of the 2000 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.^[2]^[3]^[4] In her first and only season, Hibbert played 20 games and has the honour of scoring the franchise's first ever points.^[5]^[6] Hibbert was released before the start of the 2001 WNBA season and returned to Australia.^[1]

In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) Hibbert played 112 games for the Bulleen Boomers.^[7] During her WNBL career, Hibbert was named the Most Valuable Player on two occasions; 2004/05 and 2005/06.^[8] Hibbert was also named to the WNBL All Star Five on two occasions; 2004/05 and 2005/06.^[9] Hibbert announced her retirement from WNBL basketball in March 2009.^[10]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Critchley, Cheryl (April 4, 2011). Backboard to blackboard. The Weekly Review. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
↑ Seattle Storm Draft History. WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
↑ "Katrina Hibbert". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
↑ Pelton, Kevin (February 23, 2005). Bevilaqua Signs With Fever. WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
↑ Katrina Hibbert. Sports Reference, LLC. Basketball. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
↑ Evans, Jayda (June 5, 2009). 2000 Seattle Storm: where are they now? The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
↑ Women's National Basketball League. All-Time Playing Roster. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
↑ League Most Valuable Player. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
↑ All Star Five. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
↑ Boomers Season Wrap. Basketball Australia: WNBL (March 16, 2009). Retrieved 2012-09-22.

v t e 2000 WNBA Draft

First Round	Ann Wauters Tausha Mills Edwina Brown Cintia Dos Santos Grace Daley Betty Lennox Lynn Pride Tamicha Jackson Kamila Vodičková Maylana Martin Summer Erb Naomi Mulitauaopele Olga Firsova Katy Steding Nicole Kubik Elen Shakirova

Second Round	Helen Darling Tonya Washington Jameka Jones Jannon Roland Adrian Williams-Strong Marla Brumfield Stacey Thomas Keitha Dickerson Charisse Sampson Jurgita Štreimikytė Tiffany Travis Madinah Slaise Desiree Francis Stacy Clinesmith Paige Sauer Andrea Garner

Third Round	Monique Morehouse Jill Morton Stacy Frese Shawnetta Stewart Tauja Catchings Phylesha Whaley Maxann Reese Milena Flores Kirra Jordan Usha Gilmore Peppi Browne Chavonne Hammond Jessica Bibby Rhonda Y Smith Marte Alexander Latavia Coleman

Fourth Round	Sophie Von Saldern Latina Davis Kristen Rasmussen Romana Hamzová Shantia Owens Jana Lichnerová Rhonda L. Smith Shanele Stires Katrina Hibbert Renee Robinson Shaka Massey Cal Bouchard Natalie Porter Jessica Zinobile Nicky McCrimmon Abbie Willenborg

Persondata
Name	Hibbert, Katrina
Alternative names
Short description	Basketball player
Date of birth	29 September 1977
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death
Place of death

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