Jade Melbourne

Australian basketball player

Jade Melbourne
No. 6 – Seattle Storm
PositionGuard
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 21)
Melbourne, Australia
Listed height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Career information
WNBA draft2022: 3rd round, 33rd overall pick
Selected by the Seattle Storm
Playing career2021–present
Career history
2021–presentCanberra Capitals
2023–presentSeattle Storm

Jade Melbourne (born 18 August 2002) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She plays for the Australian national team.[1]

She represented Australia at the 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, where the team won the bronze medal.[2][3]

WNBA career

Seattle Storm

Melbourne was selected in the Third Round of the 2022 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.[4] Melbourne, her agent, and the Storm agreed that Melbourne would stay over in Australia and play another season in the WNBL. This meant that Melbourne would not participate in the 2022 WNBA season.[5]

On February 20, 2023, Melbourne signed her rookie contract with the Storm and came over to participate in training camp.[6] Melbourne made the Opening Night roster for the Storm and became the youngest player on a roster in the WNBA for the 2023 season.[7]

WNBA statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2023 Seattle 29 0 10.6 .391 .150 .793 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.9 2.6
Career 1 year, 1 team 29 0 10.6 .391 .150 .793 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.9 2.6

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Asia-Basket. 18 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Team Roster Australia". FIBA. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Bronze medal in Amman points to bright future for Opals". FIBA. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Aussies Jade Melbourne, Amy Atwell picked up in WNBA draft". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Jade Melbourne puts WNBA on hold to play on home soil". australia.basketball. Basketball Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Jade Melbourne signs with Seattle". storm.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Seattle Sets 2023 Opening Day Roster". storm.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 18 June 2023.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com Edit this at Wikidata and Basketball-Reference.com Edit this at Wikidata
  • Jade Melbourne at FIBA
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