Lauryn Hippolite

Height: 174cm

Born: March 5, 2000

Junior Association: Tasman/Canterbury

High School: Waimea College/Middleton Grange School.

Previous NBL clubs: Nelson Sparks (2015-16), Wildcats (2019)

Played on the New Zealand team that won silver at the 2017 FIBA Oceania Championships in Guam averaging 9.6ppg.

Played NCAA Division II basketball at Hawaii Pacific University in 2018-19.

Named to the All-Star Five at the 2019 U23 Nationals after helping Canterbury to the bronze medal position.

Hippolite is on a basketball scholarship at Lincoln University.

Tessa Morrison

Height: 172cm

Born: August 30, 1997

Junior Association: Canterbury

High School: Ashburton College/Christchurch Girls’ High School

Previous NBL Clubs: Wildcats (2013-present)

A seasoned performer for the Wildcats, Morrison first played for the Wildcats as a 15-year old.

She averaged 7.5 points a game in the 2019 WBC.

Played at NCAA Division II basketball at Southern New Hampshire University 2016-2018.

Graduated from Lincoln University with a degree in psychology.

Rosalia Samia

Height: 172cm

Born: March 19, 2001

Junior Association: Hawkes Bay

High School: Napier Girls’ High School

Previous NBL clubs: Taranaki Thunder (2018), Wildcats (2019).

Samia, a former New Zealand age-group international, was a rookie with the Wildcats in 2019 after shifting south from Hawkes Bay to take up a scholarship at Lincoln University (2019-present).

Played at the 2017 FIBA U16 Asian Championship in India where New Zealand finished 4^th.

She captained the Napier Girls High School team that finished 9^th at the 2018 Secondary Schools National Championships.

Samia is on a basketball scholarship at Lincoln University and younger sister Melika is playing for NZ Select.

Emma Trolove

Height: 180cm

Born: November 12, 1998

Junior Association: –

High School: Craighead Diocesan School, Timaru

Previous NBL clubs: Rookie

Trolove is on a basketball scholarship at Lincoln University.