Rachel Jarry
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6 December 1991 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||
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| WNBA draft | 2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 18th overall | |||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Atlanta Dream | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2008–present | |||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward | |||||||||||||||
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| 2008–2009 | Australian Institute of Sport | |||||||||||||||
| 2009–2015 | Melbourne Boomers | |||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Minnesota Lynx | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | South East Queensland Stars | |||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Basket Lattes | |||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | Canberra Capitals | |||||||||||||||
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Rachel Jarry (born 6 December 1991) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Melbourne Boomers of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She started playing basketball as a five-year-old and as a youngster in national competitions, she represented the state of Victoria. In Australia's WNBL, she has played for the Dandenong Rangers, the Australian Institute of Sport and the Melbourne Boomers. She was drafted by the WNBA's Atlanta Dream in 2011 and was traded to the Lynx on the same day. She has been a member of the Australia women's national basketball team on both the junior and senior level.
Jarry was born on 6 December 1991 and grew up in Williamstown, Victoria. She is 186 centimetres (73 in) tall.
Jarry went to a Canberra school in 2008 for Year 11. As a 19-year-old, she was described as the sports pinup girl of the western Melbourne, Australia suburbs. In April 2011, she was a guest speaker at a Williamstown Football Club's pre-game lunch. In 2012, when not playing basketball, she was attending university full-time.
Jarry is a guard or forward and started playing basketball as a five-year-old. She currently trains five days a week, three of which are in the gym where she does weight training. She played junior basketball for the Altona Gators.
Jarry represented Victoria in national competitions from 2006 to 2009, including at the 2006 Australian under-16 national championships. and for Victoria Metro at the 2007 and 2008 Australian under-18 national championships. At the 2007 competition in Tasmania, she was one of the youngest members of her team. She represented Victoria in their gold medal win at the Australian under-20 national championships in 2009.
In 2010, Jarry was named the SEABL's Most Valuable Player as a member of the Ballarat Lady Miners.
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