2025 RulesClub Basketball Squads
Note a touring team will be selected from each squad prior to events
Boys
Joel Azer
Alec Brady
James Chalmers
Max Collins
Max Cullen
Lado Kuron
Cooper Lloyd
Hugo Menz
Keoni Murray
Xavier Wade
Lachlan Webb
Girls
Alexis Alampi
Abby Crawford
Grace Evans
Isabelle Ftizpatrick
Emily Hardy
Josephine Irvin
Samantha Kerr
Elsie Pendergast
Charlotte Quinn
Ava Rossiter
Edi Ryan
Evie Speirs Dill
Sophie Sullivan
Callie Thornton
Zoe Winnell
Head Coach
Adam O’Callaghan
Arch Cullen
Assistant Coach
Toni Kerr
Adam Menz
The SSA program provides high-performance coaching and training opportunities to up-skill athletes and assist them in progressing to higher representation within the sport of basketball.
The SSA basketball program is endorsed by Basketball NSW as the first step in the elite athlete pathway. The Southern Sports Academy basketball program aims to enhance opportunities for athletes for selection into state squads and state teams/squads and entry into BNSW Programs and higher-order steps in the BNSW pathway.
Athletes in the Basketball NSW SPP program are eligible to trial for the SSA program.
The program sits between local representative basketball and higher-order representation, such as NSW state country team selection.
The 2025 basketball program will run from October 2024 to May 2025. Athletes will graduate from the program at the 2025 Presentation Night in Mid 2025
Selection will be performance-based.
Athletes will be selected using the following selection protocols for 2025:
– Athletes should be competing in the U16 age groups in BNSW Leagues, including EJL, NJL, SJL, WJL, CCL or sanctioned events.
– Athletes must be born between 2010-2012 inclusive
– Registered with their local Basketball club
– Residing or schooling within the SSA catchment area.
– Athletes MUST be registered members of Basketball NSW and MUST be associated with a BNSW recognised Basketball Association.
– Athletes must reside or school within the SSA catchment area.
– BNSW may advise participating Academies of players who should be exempt from trials and gain automatic entry to a program, pending approval by SSA.
– Athletes may attend tournaments or selection trials for talent ID purposes and will be invited to participate in a program
A program levy will be applicable to successful athletes. Also, an athlete uniform ordered through our online clothing supplier is required for new athletes.
Athlete levies are subsidised by a minimum of $100 worth of raffle ticket sales by athletes.
*SSA Basketball athletes are eligible for the NSW Government Active Kids $50 voucher to contribute to the above levy.
* Scholarships are not in the form of a monetary sum but enable the athlete to participate in Academy development programs at a greatly reduced rate.
Basketball Nominations are now open. If you are interested in becoming a part of the Southern Sports Academy’s Basketball Program for 2025, please fill out a nomination form which can be found on our Nominations page – https://ssa-nsw.org.au/nominations
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