WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award

Women's National Basketball League awards and honours

Championship

* WNBL Championship

Individual awards

* Most Valuable Player
* Defensive Player
* Breakout Player
* Sixth Woman
* Coach of the Year

* Grand Final MVP
* Leading Scorer
* Leading Rebounder
* Golden Hands

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Honours

* All-WNBL Team

* Statistical Leaders

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The Women's National Basketball League Grand Final Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) award given to the best player of the Grand Final. Since 2014, the award has been known as the Rachael Sporn Medal, named after Adelaide's most recognised and successful WNBL player, Rachael Sporn, also a twice winner of the award.[1] Lauren Jackson has won the award four times, while Kelsey Griffin has won the award three times.

## Winners

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| Denotes player inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame

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| Denotes player who is still active
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time
Team (X) | Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time
Season  | Player  | Position  | Nationality  | Team

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1985 | Karin Maar |  |  Australia | Coburg Cougars
1986 | Shelley Gorman |  |  Australia | Nunawading Spectres
1987 | Tracey Browning |  |  Australia | Nunawading Spectres (2)
1988 | Shelley Gorman (2) |  |  Australia | Nunawading Spectres (3)
1989 | Samantha Thornton |  |  Australia | Nunawading Spectres (4)
1990 | Donna Brown |  |  Australia | North Adelaide Rockets
1991 | Robyn Maher |  |  Australia | Hobart Islanders
1992 | Tanya Fisher |  |  Australia | Perth Breakers
1993 | Annie Burgess | Guard |  Australia | Sydney Flames
1994 | Rachael Sporn | Forward |  Australia | Adelaide Lightning
1995 | Rachael Sporn (2) | Forward |  Australia | Adelaide Lightning (2)
1996 | Michelle Griffiths | Forward |  Australia | Adelaide Lightning (3)
1997 | Trisha Fallon | Guard/forward |  Australia | Sydney Flames (2)
1998 | Jo Hill | Forward |  Australia | Adelaide Lightning (4)
1999 | Kristen Veal | Guard |  Australia | Australian Institute of Sport
2000 | Kristen Veal (2) | Guard |  Australia | Canberra Capitals
2001 | Annie Burgess (2) | Guard |  Australia | Sydney Panthers (3)
2002 | Lauren Jackson | Forward/center |  Australia | Canberra Capitals (2)
2003 | Lauren Jackson (2) | Forward/center |  Australia | Canberra Capitals (3)
2004 | Emily McInerny | Forward |  Australia | Dandenong Rangers
2005 | Jacinta Hamilton | Forward/center |  Australia | Dandenong Rangers (2)
2006 | Lauren Jackson (3) | Forward/center |  Australia | Canberra Capitals (4)
2007 | Tracey Beatty | Center |  Australia | Canberra Capitals (5)
2008 | Renae Camino | Guard |  Australia | Adelaide Lightning (5)
2009 | Natalie Hurst | Guard |  Australia | Canberra Capitals (6)
2010 | Lauren Jackson (4) | Forward/center |  Australia | Canberra Capitals (7)
2011 | Sharin Milner | Guard |  Australia | Bulleen Boomers
2012 | Kathleen MacLeod | Guard |  Australia | Dandenong Rangers (3)
2013 | Kelsey Griffin | Forward |  United States | Bendigo Spirit
2014 | Kelsey Griffin (2) | Forward |  United States | Bendigo Spirit (2)
2015 | Mia Newley | Guard |  Australia | Townsville Fire
2016 | Micaela Cocks | Guard |  New Zealand | Townsville Fire (2)
2017 | Leilani Mitchell | Guard |  Australia | Sydney Uni Flames (4)
2018 | Suzy Batkovic | Center |  Australia | Townsville Fire (3)
2019 | Kelsey Griffin (3) | Forward |  Australia | Canberra Capitals (8)
2019–20 | Olivia Époupa | Guard |  France | Canberra Capitals (9)
2020 | Leilani Mitchell (2) | Guard |  Australia | Southside Flyers (4)
2022 | Lindsay Allen | Guard |  United States | Melbourne Boomers (2)
2023 | Tianna Hawkins | Forward |  United States | Townsville Fire (4)
2024 | Mercedes Russell | Center |  United States | Southside Flyers (5)

## Multi-time winners

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Rank | Player | Team(s) | Awards | Years

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1  | Lauren Jackson | Canberra Capitals | 4  | 2002, 2003, 2006, 2010
2  | Kelsey Griffin | Bendigo Spirit (2) / Canberra Capitals (1) | 3  | 2013, 2014, 2019
3  | Shelley Gorman | Nunawading Spectres | 2  | 1986, 1988
Rachael Sporn | Adelaide Lightning | 1994, 1995
Kristen Veal | Australian Institute of Sport (1) / Canberra Capitals (1) | 1999, 2000
Annie Burgess | Sydney Flames / Panthers | 1993, 2001
Leilani Mitchell | Sydney Uni Flames (1) / Southside Flyers (1) | 2017, 2020

## See also

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* Australia portal
* Basketball portal

* NBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award

## References

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1. ^ Nagy, Boti (March 5, 2014). Rachael Sporn Medal the new award for WNBL grand final Most Valuable Player. The Adelaide Advertiser. Retrieved 2015-01-31.

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WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award

* 1985: Maar
* 1986: Gorman
* 1987: Browning
* 1988: Gorman (2)
* 1989: Maher
* 1990: Brown
* 1991: Black
* 1992: Fisher
* 1993: Burgess
* 1994: Sporn
* 1995: Sporn (2)
* 1996: Brogan
* 1997: Fallon
* 1998: Hill
* 1999: Veal
* 2000: Veal (2)
* 2001: Burgess (2)
* 2002: Jackson
* 2003: Jackson (2)
* 2004: McInerny
* 2005: Hamilton
* 2006: Jackson (3)
* 2007: Beatty
* 2008: Camino
* 2009: Hurst
* 2010: Jackson (4)
* 2011: Milner
* 2012: MacLeod
* 2013: Griffin
* 2014: Griffin (2)
* 2015: Newley
* 2016: Cocks
* 2017: Mitchell
* 2018: Batkovic
* 2019: Griffin (3)
* 2019–20: Époupa
* 2020: Mitchell (2)
* 2022: Allen
* 2023: Hawkins
* 2024: Russell

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