Vanessa Panousis

Vanessa Panousis

Adelaide Lightning
Position	Guard
League	WNBL
Personal information
Born	(1995-02-23) 23 February 1995 Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Listed height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Career information
High school	Brigidine College (Randwick, New South Wales)
College	Virginia Tech (2013–2017)
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012–2013	Sydney Uni Flames
2017–present	Adelaide Lightning
Career highlights and awards
2× ACC All-Academic Team (2015, 2016)
Medals Representing Australia Basketball Summer Universiade 2017 Taiwan Team FIBA U-19 World Championship 2013 Lithuania Team FIBA U-16 Oceania Championship 2011 Australia Team

Vanessa Vassiliki Panousis (born 23 February 1995) is an Australian professional basketball player.

Career

College

Panousis played college basketball for the Virginia Tech Hokies in Blacksburg, Virginia in the Atlantic Coast Conference. She had a very successful college career. Being named to the ACC All-Academic Team twice. She was also known to the ACC All-Tournament Second Team in her sophomore year, alongside the likes of eventual No. 1 pick in the 2015 WNBA draft, Jewell Loyd.

WNBL

Panousis was a development player with the Sydney Uni Flames for the 2012–13 WNBL season. After finishing her college career, Panousis has been signed by the Adelaide Lightning for the 2017–18 WNBL season. There she will join the likes of Laura Hodges and Abby Bishop.

National team

Youth Level

Panousis made her international debut for the Sapphires at the 2011 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship in Canberra, Australia. She would once again represent the Sapphires at the 2012 Under-17 World Championship in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where Australia placed 5th. Panousis would then represent the Gems at the Under-19 World Championship in Lithuania the following year, where they finished in third place and took home the bronze medal. She also represented Australia at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea, where they placed 5th.