Congratulations to our 15 NSW junior athletes that have been selected for the 2022 National Performance Camp, held at Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence in January.
The original camp was postponed in 2021 due to Covid, and will now feature 80 athletes from across Australia to attend the four-day National Performance Camp, where they will take part in a series of on-court sessions, scrimmages and education sessions and engaging with some of the leading coaches in the country.
The athletes born in 2004 and 2005 have been identified at the recent Australian Under 18 Championships in Wyndham, along with performances in their high performance programs.
The National Performance Camp, formerly known as the Australian Development Camp, has been a feature of the Australian basketball pathway for some 30 years and has had numerous NBA and WNBA athletes attend, including Lauren Jackson, Rebecca Allen, Elizabeth Cambage, Patty Mills, Aron Baynes and Joe Ingles.
The selected athletes for the camp are:
Carla Pitman – Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Basketball Association
Jada Crawshaw – City of Sydney Basketball Association
Rose Nelson – Penrith Basketball Association
Opal Bird – Manly Warringah Basketball Association / CoE
Meera Coburn– Manly Warringah Basketball Association
Amelia Hassett – Cootamundra Basketball Association
Caitlyn Martin – Penrith Basketball Association
Saffron Shiels – Newcastle Basketball / CoE
Isla Juffermans –Coffs Harbour Basketball Association / Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Spiders Basketball / CoE
Tyrese Proctor – Sutherland Sharks Basketball Association / NBA Global Academy
Josh Dent– Illawarra Basketball Association / NBA Global Academy
James O’Donnell – Norths Basketball Association
Will Mortimore –Maitland Basketball Association
Harry Evans – Inner West Bulls Basketball
Noah Pagotto – Port Macquarie Basketball Association / Illawarra Basketball Association