List of 2019–20 WNBL season transactions

This is a list of transactions that have taken place during the off-season and the 2019–20 WNBL season.

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.
January 7	Sydney Uni Flames	Cheryl Chambers	Did not seek contract renewal	March 5	Katrina Hibbert	Basketball Victoria U/20	^[1]
January 23	Bendigo Spirit	Simon Pritchard	Contract not renewed	February 22	Tracy York	Adelaide 36ers assistant coach (2014–2019)	^[2]
February 5	Southside Flyers	Larissa Anderson	Did not seek contract renewal	July 2	Cheryl Chambers	Sydney Uni Flames head coach (2016–2019)	^[3]
May 16	Townsville Fire	Claudia Brassard	Resigned	June 14	Shannon Seebohm	Australian Opals assistant coach (2019)	^[4]^[5]

Player movement

Free agency

Player	Date signed	New team	Former team	Ref
Micaela Cocks	February 28	Townsville Fire		^[6]
Marianna Tolo	March 7	Canberra Capitals		^[7]
Alex Wilson		Sydney Uni Flames		^[8]
Tahlia Tupaea	March 11	Sydney Uni Flames		^[9]
Rebecca Tobin	March 13	Bendigo Spirit		^[10]
Lara McSpadden	March 15	Sydney Uni Flames		^[11]
Lauren Nicholson	March 19	Adelaide Lightning		^[12]
Tess Madgen	March 20	Townsville Fire		^[13]
Stephanie Talbot	March 25	Adelaide Lightning	Melbourne Boomers	^[14]
Kia Nurse	March 26	Canberra Capitals		^[15]
Natalie Novosel	April 2	Adelaide Lightning		^[16]
Abigail Wehrung		Bendigo Spirit		^[17]
Maddison Rocci		Canberra Capitals		^[18]
Tessa Lavey	April 4	Bendigo Spirit	Dandenong Rangers	^[19]
Julie Vanloo		Townsville Fire	PEAC-Pécs (HUN)	^[20]
Alison Schwagmeyer	April 6	Perth Lynx		^[21]
Nicole Seekamp	April 9	Adelaide Lightning		^[22]
Nadeen Payne		Perth Lynx	Bendigo Spirit	^[23]
Marena Whittle		Perth Lynx	Bendigo Spirit	^[24]
Shyla Heal	April 11	Bendigo Spirit	Perth Lynx	^[25]
Kelly Wilson	April 26	Bendigo Spirit	Canberra Capitals	^[26]
Chelsea Brook	May 2	Adelaide Lightning		^[27]
Carley Ernst		Bendigo Spirit	Dandenong Rangers	^[28]
Kate Gaze		Townsville Fire	Canberra Capitals	^[29]
Ariel Atkins	May 3	Perth Lynx	Gorzów Wielkopolski (POL)	^[30]
Brianna Turner	May 7	Adelaide Lightning	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (USA)	^[31]
Bridget Carleton	May 9	Townsville Fire	Iowa State Cyclones (USA)	^[32]
Lauren Scherf	May 10	Sydney Uni Flames	Canberra Capitals	^[33]
Gabrielle Richards	May 21	Bendigo Spirit	Bendigo Braves (VIC)	^[34]
Sarah Graham		Sydney Uni Flames		^[35]
Jessica Kuster	May 30	Sydney Uni Flames	Ragusa (ITA)	^[36]
Natalie Hurst	June 11	Adelaide Lightning	Bendigo Spirit	^[37]
Imani McGee-Stafford	June 13	Perth Lynx	Liaoning Flying Eagles (CHN)	^[38]
Alex Delaney	June 19	Canberra Capitals	Sydney Uni Flames	^[39]
Alicia Froling	June 20	Bendigo Spirit	SMU Mustangs (USA)	^[40]
Stella Beck	June 22	Melbourne Boomers	Townsville Fire	^[41]
Penina Davidson	June 23	Melbourne Boomers	Adelaide Lightning	^[42]
Sarah Elsworthy	June 26	Adelaide Lightning	Werribee Devils (VIC)	^[43]
Colleen Planeta	June 27	Sydney Uni Flames	Adelaide Lightning	^[44]
Lindsay Allen	June 30	Melbourne Boomers		^[45]
Sophie Cunningham		Melbourne Boomers	Missouri Tigers (USA)	^[46]
Shanae Greaves	July 1	Sydney Uni Flames		^[47]
Abby Bishop	July 3	Townsville Fire	Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd (HUN)	^[48]
Madeleine O'Hehir	July 8	Sydney Uni Flames		^[49]
Antonia Farnworth	July 18	Melbourne Boomers	Perth Lynx	^[50]
Laura Hodges	July 30	Adelaide Lightning		^[51]
Jenna O'Hea	July 31	Southside Flyers	Melbourne Boomers	^[52]
Kara Tessari	August 8	Bendigo Spirit		^[53]
Kasey Burton	August 9	Bendigo Spirit	Melbourne Tigers (VIC)	^[54]
Isabella Stratford		Bendigo Spirit	South Adelaide Panthers (SA)
Hannah Kaser	August 12	Adelaide Lightning	Canberra Nationals (ACT)	^[55]
Sara Blicavs		Southside Flyers	Dandenong Rangers	^[56]
Rebecca Cole		Southside Flyers	Dandenong Rangers	^[57]
Louella Tomlinson		Southside Flyers	Bendigo Spirit	^[58]
Martè Grays	August 14	Bendigo Spirit	DePaul Blue Demons (USA)	^[59]
Olivia Époupa		Canberra Capitals	Beşiktaş (TUR)	^[60]
Aimie Clydesdale	August 15	Southside Flyers	Adelaide Lightning	^[61]
Alice Kunek	August 23	Sydney Uni Flames	Energa Toruń (POL)	^[62]
Crystal Langhorne	August 26	Adelaide Lightning	Seattle Storm (USA)	^[63]
Stephanie Reid	August 27	Southside Flyers	Dandenong Rangers	^[64]
Anneli Maley	August 28	Southside Flyers	TCU Horned Frogs (USA)	^[65]
Kim Hodge		Sydney Uni Flames	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (NSW)	^[66]
Demi Skinner	August 29	Bendigo Spirit	Toowoomba Mountaineers (QLD)	^[67]
Abby Cubillo		Canberra Capitals		^[68]
Alison Ebzery		Townsville Fire	Newcastle Hunters (NSW)	^[69]
Aliza Fabbro		Townsville Fire	Townsville Flames (QLD)
Hannah Young		Townsville Fire	Canberra Capitals	^[70]
Leilani Mitchell	August 31	Southside Flyers	Canberra Capitals	^[71]
Kiera Rowe	September 1	Southside Flyers	Dandenong Rangers	^[72]
Rebecca Pizzey	September 4	Southside Flyers	Dandenong Rangers	^[73]
Mikaela Ruef	September 5	Canberra Capitals	Logan Thunder (QLD)	^[74]
Mercedes Russell	September 8	Southside Flyers	Wisła Kraków (POL)	^[75]
Tayah Burrows	September 9	Perth Lynx		^[76]
Jewel Williams		Perth Lynx	Kalamunda Eastern Suns (WA)
Nes'eya Williams		Perth Lynx
Gemma Potter	September 10	Canberra Capitals	Centre of Excellence (ACT)	^[77]
Rachel Brewster	September 12	Melbourne Boomers	Utah State Aggies (USA)	^[78]
Paige Price		Melbourne Boomers	Centre of Excellence (ACT)
Christina Boag	September 16	Townsville Fire	Rockingham Flames (WA)	^[79]
Shakera Riley	September 25	Canberra Capitals	Maitland Mustangs (NSW)	^[80]
Pyper Thornberry		Canberra Capitals	Canberra Nationals (ACT)
Maddison Wheatley		Canberra Capitals	Canberra Nationals (ACT)
Lily Scanlon	October 2	Canberra Capitals	Centre of Excellence (ACT)	^[81]
Teige Morrell	October 18	Bendigo Spirit	Woodville Warriors (SA)	^[82]
Kathryn Westbeld	November 17	Adelaide Lightning	Atenienses de Manatí (PUR)	^[83]

Released

Player	Date	Former team	Reason	Ref
Natalie Novosel	July 16	Adelaide Lightning	ACL injury	^[84]
Alicia Froling	September 13	Bendigo Spirit	Injury	^[85]
Zitina Aokuso	September 19	Townsville Fire	ACL injury	^[86]
Crystal Langhorne	November 17	Adelaide Lightning	Knee injury	^[87]
Rebecca Tobin	December 12	Bendigo Spirit	Personal	^[88]
Mikaela Ruef	January 14	Canberra Capitals	Immigration issues	^[89]
Imani McGee-Stafford		Perth Lynx	Disciplinary	^[90]

Going overseas

Player	Date signed	New team	Former team	Ref
Jazmin Shelley	October 15	Oregon Ducks (USA)	Melbourne Boomers	^[91]
Jessie Rennie	April 18	Tennessee Lady Volunteers (USA)	Bendigo Spirit	^[92]
Brittany McPhee	July 5	CD Zamarat (ESP)	Perth Lynx	^[93]
Vanessa Panousis	July 22	Niki Lefkadas (GRE)	Sydney Uni Flames	^[94]
Barbara Turner	August 7	Çankaya (TUR)	Bendigo Spirit
Kayla Alexander	August 11	Çukurova (TUR)	Adelaide Lightning	^[95]
Nia Coffey	August 14	Çukurova (TUR)	Adelaide Lightning	^[96]
Sarah Boothe	September 1	OA Chania (GRE)	Melbourne Boomers	^[97]
Asia Taylor	October 12	Explosivas de Moca (PUR)	Perth Lynx	^[98]

Retirement

Name	Date	Team(s) played (years)	Notes	Ref.
Suzy Batkovic	September 26	Australian Institute of Sport (1996–1999) Sydney Uni Flames (1999–2001, 2009–10) Townsville Fire (2001–02) Canberra Capitals (2010–11) Adelaide Lightning (2011–2013) Townsville Fire (2013–2019)	5x WNBL champion (1999, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2018) 6x WNBL Most Valuable Player (2012–2014, 2016–2018) 7x WNBL All-Star Five (2010, 2012–2014, 2016–2018) WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player (2018) Also played overseas in the WNBA, France, Spain, Russia & Italy.	^[99]
Belinda Snell	October 25	Australian Institute of Sport (1998–2000) Sydney Uni Flames (2000–2006, 2011–12) Bendigo Spirit (2014–2016) Sydney Uni Flames (2016–2019)	3x WNBL champion (1999, 2001, 2017) 4x WNBL All-Star Five (2001, 2004, 2005, 2012) Also played overseas in the WNBA, Italy, France, Russia, Spain & Poland.	^[100]
Kayla Pedersen	January 18	Dandenong Rangers (2013–14, 2017–2019)	WNBL Defensive Player of the Year (2018) Played college basketball, in the WNBA, Slovakia, Turkey & Italy.	^[101]

See also

• List of 2019–20 WNBL team rosters

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