Taylor Ortlepp Explained

Taylor Ortlepp
League:WNBL
Team:Melbourne Boomers
Number:8
Position:Guard
Height Cm:180
Birth Date:1997 6, df=yes
Nationality:Australian
High School:Saint Ignatius' College
(Adelaide, South Australia)
College:Boston (2016–2020)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2020
Career Start:2014
Years1:2014–2016
Team1:Norwood Flames
Years2:2015–2016
Team2:Adelaide Lightning
Years3:2020–2022
Team3:Adelaide Lightning
Years4:2021
Team4:North Adelaide Rockets
Years5:2022
Team5:Rockingham Flames
Years6:2023–present
Team6:Melbourne Boomers
Highlights:

Taylor Jae Ortlepp (born 22 June 1997) is an Australian professional basketball player. She also plays Australian rules football in the AFLW.

Early life

Ortlepp grew up playing basketball in country South Australia before moving to Adelaide as an U16, where she played the rest of her junior career with Norwood Basketball Club[1] and attended Saint Ignatius' College.[2]

Basketball career

Early years

Ortlepp played three seasons in the South Australian Premier League for the Norwood Flames between 2014 and 2016. She also spent the 2014–15 WNBL season with the Adelaide Lightning.[3]

College

Between 2016 and 2020, Ortlepp played college basketball in the United States for the Boston College Eagles.[4]

Professional

In 2020, Ortlepp played for the Adelaide Lightning in the WNBL Hub season.[5] After a season with the North Adelaide Rockets in the NBL1 Central, she returned to the Lightning for the 2021–22 WNBL season. She then joined the Rockingham Flames for the 2022 NBL1 West season.

On 28 January 2023, Ortlepp signed with the Melbourne Boomers for the rest of the 2022–23 WNBL season.[6]

National team

Ortlepp first represented Australia in 2013 at the FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship in Melbourne. She would then go on to represent Australia at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in the Czech Republic,[7] where they finished in fifth place, with a 6–1 record.

Football career

Ortlepp debuted in the AFLW in 2022 with Carlton.

Personal life

Ortlepp is the daughter of Julie and Grant, and has a brother, Cameron.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: GET TO KNOW TAYLOR ORTLEPP. wnbl.basketball/adelaide. 10 July 2020. 29 January 2023 . Adelaide .
  2. Web site: Taylor Ortlepp. bceagles.com. 29 January 2023.
  3. Web site: Taylor Ortlepp. australiabasket.com. 29 January 2023. subscription.
  4. Web site: Taylor Ortlepp to join Georgia Pineau at Boston College. pickandroll.com.au.
  5. News: TAYLOR SWIFTLY SIGNED BY LIGHTNING. wnbl.basketball.
  6. Web site: TAYLOR ORTLEPP JOINS BOOMERS. wnbl.basketball/melbourne. 28 January 2023. 29 January 2023.
  7. Web site: Taylor Jae ORTLEPP . https://web.archive.org/web/20210925181509/http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u17women/2014/player/Taylor-Jae-Ortlepp. live. 25 September 2021. fiba.com.