Jenna O'Hea: Difference between revisions

| position = [[Guard (basketball)|Guard]] / [[Forward (basketball)|Forwardforward]]<ref name="londonprepares"/>

| height = {{convert|186|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Jenna O'Hea |url=http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/jenna-o-hea |work=london2012.olympics.com.auOfficial Site of the [[2012 Australian Olympic Team]] |publisher=[[Australian Olympic Committee]] |access-date=17 January 2014 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113221617/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/jenna-o-hea |url-status=dead }}</ref>

| career_end = 2022

| team4 = [[ArrasASPTT Pays d'Artois Basket Féminin|Arras]]

| years9 = 2017–20192014–2016

| team9 = [[MelbourneBasket BoomersLattes Montpellier Agglomération|BLMA]]

| years10 = 2019–present2017–2019

| team10 = [[SouthsideMelbourne FlyersBoomers]]

* 2×3× [[Women'sList Nationalof BasketballWNBL Leaguechampions|WNBL champion]] All-Star (20102011, 20112012, 2020)

* 3×6× [[Women'sAll-WNBL National Basketball League|WNBLTeam]] champion (2011, 20122010–2014, 2020)

'''Jenna O'Hea''' (born 6 June 1987) is ana former Australian professional [[basketball]] player who currently plays for the [[Southside Flyers]] in the [[Women's National Basketball League]] (WNBL). O'Hea is also currentlyand theformer captain of Australia's national team, the [[Australia women's national basketball team|Opals]].

O'Hea played for the Nunawading Spectres at junior level, and represented her home state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] at the U16, U18 and U20 levels. She played for Victoria Metro in the Australian under-16 championships in 2001 and 2002, and at the Australian under-18 Championships in 2003.<ref name=bbballaustralia/> She also represented Victoria in [[netball]] at the U16 Championships in [[New Zealand]].<ref name=bbballaustralia/><ref name="Round 10"/> In 2003, O'Hea was awarded a scholarship with the [[Australian Institute of Sport]] (AIS),<ref name=aisbook-60>{{cite book |page=60 |title=AIS Basketball 2011 |publisher=[[Australian Sports Commission]] |author1=Australian Institute of Sport |author-link=Australian Institute of Sport |year=2011 |author2=Basketball Australia |author2-link=Basketball Australia |location=Canberra |quote=This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.}}</ref><ref name=aischolars>{{cite web |url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/basketball/athletes/past_athletes |title=Past Athletes : Australian Institute of Sport : Australian Sports Commission |publisher=Ausport.gov.au |access-date=11 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212073754/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/basketball/athletes/past_athletes |archive-date=12 February 2014 }}</ref> earning the Betty Watson Rookie of the Year Award. She had 19 caps with the Australian U19 Gems team in 2003, 2004 and 2005,<ref name=bbballaustralia/> and was a member of the team that won a gold medal in the Oceania World Qualification Series in 2004.<ref name=aisbook-49>{{cite book |page=49 |title=AIS Basketball 2011 |publisher=[[Australian Sports Commission]] |author1=Australian Institute of Sport |author-link=Australian Institute of Sport |year=2011 |author2=Basketball Australia |author2-link=Basketball Australia |location=Canberra}} This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.</ref> but missed the World Championship through injury.<ref name=wnbl>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=753 |title=Dandenong Rangers: Jenna O'Hea |publisher=WNBL.com.au |access-date=11 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226071642/http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=753 |archive-date=26 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She had 17 caps with the Australian U21 Sapphires, which she led in scoring at the 2007 World Championships in Russia, netting 132 points in eight games to average 16.5 per game which was also fourth best in the tournament. She averaged 5.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. The team won the silver medal.<ref name=bbballaustralia/><ref name=aisbook-47>{{cite book |page=47 |title=AIS Basketball 2011 |publisher=[[Australian Sports Commission]] |author1=Australian Institute of Sport |author-link=Australian Institute of Sport |year=2011 |author2=Basketball Australia |author2-link=Basketball Australia |location=Canberra}} This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.</ref>

O'Hea played part of the 2005 season with the Australian Institute of Sport team in the [[Women's National Basketball League]] (WNBL), before joining the [[Dandenong Rangers]] for the 2005/2006 season, in which her team were runners up.<ref name=bbballaustralia/> She averaged 5.1 points per game and 2.8 rebounds per game this season,<ref name=leadingscorer/> but had to deal with a foot injury.<ref name=leadingscorer>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/more-sports/ohea-puts-best-foot-forward/story-e6frfglf-1111112498307 |title=O'Hea Puts Best Foot Forward |publisher=Herald Sun |access-date=8 May 2012}}</ref> In the 2006/2007 season she played in the forward position for the Rangers. She avoided training during the early part of so as not to aggravate a foot injury. Nonetheless, in the first seven games of the season, she averaged 21.8 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. In one game against Bulleen, she scored 28 points. In those seven games, she only shot under 20 points only two times. Her team lost only in the two games she did not play. That season, she was coached by Gary Fox.<ref name=leadingscorer/> In the team's 66–61 preliminary loss to the Adelaide Lightning, O'Hea scored 28 points and had a field goal percentage of 55%. She led the game in scoring.<ref name=finalgame2007>{{cite web |url=http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/star/dandenong/78/story/35023.html |title=Lightning strikes out Rangers &#124; Star Dandenong &#124; Star News Group Local News, Sport, Entertainment |publisher=Starnewsgroup.com.au |date=8 February 2007 |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230174707/http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/star/dandenong/78/story/35023.html |archive-date=30 December 2012 }}</ref>

She was with the [[Bendigo Spirit]] for the 2007/2008 season,<ref name=bbballaustralia/> and then played her first season with the [[Bulleen Boomers]] in 2009/2010.<ref name=bbballaustralia/><ref name=iinetfinals2/><ref name=rookieseason>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-19/jackson-taylor-to-lead-opals-into-worlds/950442 |title=Jackson, Taylor to lead Opals into worlds – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=19 August 2010 |access-date=8 May 2012}}</ref> The Boomers were runners-up in the WNBL Grand Finals.<ref name=bbballaustralia/> She was described as a rising star in the WNBL in August 2010 by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].<ref name=iinetfinals2>{{cite journal |journal=IiNet WNBL Finals Series |edition=2010/2011 |publisher=WNBL |year=2011 |editor1=Basketball Australia |editor2-first=Diane |editor2-last=Smith-Gander |quote=Official Programme |pages=4–5 |title=Bulleen Boomers}}</ref><ref name="rookieseason" /> For most of the 2010/2011 season, she dealt with two injuries, the first of which left her on the bench for four weeks. Her second was a knee injury. She finished the season with an average of 12 points per game, 4 rebounds and 5 assists per game.<ref name=iinetfinals2/> The Boomers won the championship that season and she was named to the WNBL All-Star Five.<ref name=bbballaustralia/> She played for the Dandenong Rangers in 2011/2012, again helping her team to win the WNBL's championship.<ref name=trainingcamp>{{cite web |url=http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/51254/arti.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104010851/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/51254/arti.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2013 |title=AUS – Opals announce training camp squad |publisher=FIBA |access-date=6 May 2012}}</ref> She played for the Dandengong Rangers again in 2012, and re-signed with the team in May 2012 for the 2012/2013 season.<ref name=resignteamrangers>{{cite web |last=Ward |first=Roy |url=http://www.greaterdandenongweekly.com.au/news/local/sport/basketball/wnbl-ohea-to-stay-with-rangers/2546377.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230142929/http://www.greaterdandenongweekly.com.au/news/local/sport/basketball/wnbl-ohea-to-stay-with-rangers/2546377.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 December 2012 |title=WNBL: O'Hea to stay with Rangers – Local News – Sport – Basketball |publisher=The Greater Dandenong Weekly |date=7 May 2012 |access-date=11 May 2012 }}</ref><ref name=moreresinignnews>{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketball/rangers-star-ohea-in-form-for-london-20120504-1y4gg.html |title=Rangers star O'Hea in form for London |publisher=Theage.com.au |date=5 May 2012 |access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref>

She played in France in 2008/2009 with ''Arras Pays d'Artois Basket Féminin'' in the ''[[Fédération Française de Basket-Ball]]'',<ref>{{cite web |language=fr |url=http://www.basketlfb.com/clubs/joueuse.asp?id=64001101206 |access-date=16 May 2012 |title=O'Hea, Jenna |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419044059/http://www.basketlfb.com/clubs/joueuse.asp?id=64001101206 |archive-date=19 April 2014 }}</ref> and in the American [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA) for the [[Los Angeles Sparks]] in the 2011–2013 seasons,<ref name=cambageallstar>{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8276433 |title=Opals count down to Olympics |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724170542/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8276433 |archive-date=24 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/sparks/sparks_sign_jenna_ohea.html |access-date=16 May 2012 |title=Sparks Sign Australian National Team Member Jenna O'Hea |publisher=WNBA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109090336/http://www.wnba.com/sparks/sparks_sign_jenna_ohea.html |archive-date=9 January 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> before being traded to the [[Seattle Storm]] for the 2014 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/storm/news/storm_acquires_ohea140401.html |title=Seattle Storm Completes Trade with Los Angeles |publisher=WNBA |access-date=11 May 2014}}</ref>

In March 2007, sheO'Hea was named to the national team what would prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics.<ref name=kneeouchouch>{{cite web |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/phillips-keeps-opals-place/story-e6frect3-1111113147190 |title=Phillips keeps Opals place |publisher=Adelaide Now |date=12 March 2007 |access-date=8 May 2012}}</ref> She participated in a week-long training camp with the national team in Canberra in late March and early April 2008,<ref name=goodluckbejing>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsaustralia.com/articles/news.php?id=3435 |title=Opals twelve for Beijing test selected |publisher=SportsAustralia.com |date=8 April 2008 |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219185711/http://www.sportsaustralia.com/articles/news.php?id=3435 |archive-date=19 December 2013 }}</ref> but did not make her Opals debut until 2009. She was named in the 2010 Opals World Championship Squad.<ref name=bbballaustralia/><ref name=wnbl/> In mid-2010, she participated in a tour of China, USA and Hungary,<ref name=quartert>{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1078556 |title=Opals hit road for world title lead-up |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722045230/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1078556 |archive-date=22 July 2015 }}</ref> and in 2010, was a member of the senior women's national team that competed at the World Championships in the Czech Republic.<ref name=bbballaustralia/><ref name=aisbook-45>{{cite book |page=45 |title=AIS Basketball 2011 |publisher=[[Australian Sports Commission]] |author1=Australian Institute of Sport |author-link=Australian Institute of Sport |year=2011 |author2=Basketball Australia |author2-link=Basketball Australia |location=Canberra}} This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.</ref> She missed the Olympic qualification series in July 2011 because of WNBA commitments,<ref name="cambageallstar" /> but was named to the 2012 team.<ref name=bbaustralia>{{cite web |url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=651 |title=Basketball Australia : 2012 Squad |publisher=Basketball Australia |year=2012 |access-date=1 May 2012}}</ref> In February 2012, she was named to a short list of 24 eligible players to represent Australia at the [[2012 London Olympics]].<ref name="londonprepares" /> Opals teammate [[Lauren Jackson]] named O'Hea and [[Belinda Snell]] as players who would step up after [[Penny Taylor]] was injured and ruled out for London.<ref name=pennyruledout>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/london-olympics/lauren-jackson-says-others-must-fill-void-left-by-injured-penny-taylor/story-fn9dirj0-1226345953945 |title=Lauren Jackson says others must fill void left by injured Penny Taylor |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|Daily Telegraph]] |date= 3 May 2012 |access-date=5 May 2012}}</ref>

| '''4''' || 0 || '''17.8''' || .250 || .200 || '''1.000''' || '''1.8''' || '''1.3''' || 0.2 || 0.0 || 1.2 || 2.3

| 2 || 0 || 11.9 || '''.333''' || '''.250''' || .870 || 1.0 || 1.0 || '''0.5''' || 0.0 || '''1.0''' || '''3.0'''

Jenna O'Hea was born in [[Traralgon]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] on 6 June 1987,<ref name="londonprepares"/><ref name=bbballaustralia>{{cite web |url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=830 |title=Basketball Australia : Jenna O'Hea |publisher=Basketball.net.au |access-date=5 May 2012}}</ref> and was educated at [[Caulfield Grammar School]] in [[Melbourne]], from which she graduated in 2006.<ref name=bbballaustralia/><ref name="Round 10">{{cite web |url=http://sportsaustralia.com/articles/news.php?id=246 |title=Round 10 Preview |publisher=SportsAustralia.com |date=8 December 2006 |access-date=5 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312014932/http://sportsaustralia.com/articles/news.php?id=246 |archive-date=12 March 2012 }}</ref> She has two brothers, Matthew and Luke.<ref name=bbballaustralia/><ref name="Round 10"/> Both have played basketball; Matt for the [[Melbourne Tigers]], and her other and older brother Luke in Ireland.<ref name=leadingscorer/> She is {{convert|185|cm}} tall and weighs {{convert|79|kg|stlb}}.<ref name=londonprepares>{{cite web |url=http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/2012-australian-opals-squad-named |title=London 2012 – 2012 Australian Opals squad named |work=Official Site of the [[2012 Australian Olympic Team]] |publisher=London2012.olympics.com.au[[Australian Olympic Committee]] |date=16 February 2012 |access-date=2 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424214515/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/2012-australian-opals-squad-named |archive-date=24 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her best friend is Opals teammate [[Kathleen MacLeod]].<ref name=bestfriend>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/london-olympics/jenna-oheas-olympic-diary/story-fncdmue2-1226289479781 |title=Jenna O'Hea's Olympic diary |access-date=16 May 2012 |newspaper=[[Herald-Sun]] |date=12 May 2012 |last=O'Hea |first=Jenna}}</ref> She currently sits on the board of the [[Australian Basketball Players’ Association]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Leadership and Management |url=https://www.australianbasketballers.com.au/leadership-and-management |website=Australian Basketball Players' Association |access-date=17 September 2023}}</ref>

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