Olivia Levicki Explained

Olivia Levicki
Position:Forward
Height Cm:185
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:1993 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Balaklava, South Australia
High School:Balaklava
(Balaklava, South Australia)
Career Start:2009
Years1:2009–2012
Team1:Australian Institute of Sport
Years2:2012–2013
Team2:Forestville Eagles
Years3:2012–2014
Team3:Townsville Fire
Years4:2014
Team4:Brisbane Spartans
Years5:2014–2017
Team5:Melbourne Boomers
Years6:2015
Team6:Ballarat Rush
Years7:2016–2018
Team7:Forestville Eagles
Years8:2017–2018
Team8:Perth Lynx
Years9:2021–2022
Team9:South Adelaide Panthers
Highlights:
  • SEABL champion (2014)
  • Premier League Halls Medallist (2016)
  • Premier League MVP (2016)
  • 5× Premier League All-Star Five (2012, 2013, 2016–2018)

Olivia Jay Levicki (née Thompson; born 20 January 1993) is an Australian rules footballer and basketball player. She plays for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition and has played in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).

Basketball career

WNBL

Levicki began her professional career in 2009, for the Australian Institute of Sport. In 2012, she signed with the Townsville Fire. During her time there, she played in two consecutive WNBL Grand Finals, falling short on both occasions. In 2014, she signed with the Melbourne Boomers. In 2016, Levicki re-signed with the Boomers for a third season.[1]

On 1 June 2017, Levicki signed with the Perth Lynx for the 2017–18 WNBL season.[2]

State League

In 2012 and 2013, Levicki played for her junior association, the Forestville Eagles, in the Premier League during the WNBL off-seasons. In 2014, she joined the Brisbane Spartans and helped the team win the SEABL championship. After a season with the Ballarat Rush in 2015, she returned to the Forestville Eagles where she played in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Levicki was named the fairest and most brilliant player of the 2016 Premier League season, with her first Halls Medal success making her the club's first winner since 1998. She made it a clean sweep, also being named the Premier League's MVP and selected into the All-Star Five.[3] In 2018, Levicki was named to the Premier League All-Star Five for the fifth time.[4] [5]

In 2021 and 2022, Levicki played in the NBL1 Central for the South Adelaide Panthers.[6]

National team

Levicki made her national team debut at the 2009 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship in Brisbane, where she took home gold and secured Australia's place at the inaugural Under-17 World Championship the following year. Levicki would go on to represent Australia at the FIBA World Championship in France where Australia placed seventh.[7] She also represented Australia at both the 2013 and 2015 Universiades in Kazan, Russia and Gwangju, South Korea respectively.

Australian rules football career

Draftpick:Rookie signing 2022:
Guernsey:18
Years1:S7 (2022)–
Games Goals1:13 (2)
Statsend:the 2023 season

Port Adelaide Football Club

In June 2022, Levicki signed with as a Rookie signing.[8] After she was spotted playing basketball for South Adelaide, Levicki was scouted by Erin Phillips, who contacted her via Instagram, asking if she was interested in trying Australian rules football.[8]

Personal life

In 2022, Levicki married former SANFL player Patrick Levicki.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boomers announce Liv Thompson's return. https://web.archive.org/web/20160701054050/http://wnbl.com.au/melbourne_news/boomers-announce-liv-thompsons-return/. dead. 1 July 2016. WNBL.com.au. 1 June 2017.
  2. Web site: PERTH LYNX SIGN OLIVIA THOMPSON. PerthLynx.com. 1 June 2017. 1 June 2017.
  3. Web site: Nagy. Boti. Olivia Thompson and Nelson Kirksey claim SA's top individual basketball honours as Halls and Woollacott Medallists. AdelaideNow.com.au. 5 September 2016. 1 June 2017.
  4. Web site: OLIVIA THOMPSON NAMED PREMIER LEAGUE ALL STAR. PerthLynx.com. 21 August 2017. 22 August 2017.
  5. Web site: All Star Five. Premier League. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230418145647/https://websites.mygameday.app/get_file.cgi?id=36731393. 18 April 2023.
  6. Web site: Olivia Thompson. australiabasket.com. 6 June 2023. subscription.
  7. Web site: Olivia Thompson's profile. fiba.com.
  8. Web site: Switching codes: Levicki joins Port. Telstra. . 8 June 2022.
  9. Web site: 'I'm loving every minute I step onto the footy field'. After a top-level basketball career of nearly 200 games, Balaklava's Olivia Levicki will this weekend play just her fifth AFLW game for the team she grew up supporting.. SA Life. 23 September 2022.