 O'Hea atMadison Square Garden in 2015 | |
| No. 4 – Southside Flyers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard /forward[1] |
| League | WNBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1987-06-06)6 June 1987 (age 38) Traralgon, Victoria, Australia |
| Listed height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[2] |
| Listed weight | 174 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Caulfield Grammar,Melbourne |
| Playing career | 2003–2022 |
| Career history | |
| 2003–2005 | Australian Institute of Sport |
| 2005–2007 | Dandenong Rangers |
| 2007–2008 | Bendigo Spirit |
| 2008–2009 | ASPTT Arras |
| 2009–2011 | Bulleen Boomers |
| 2011–2013 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2011–2014 | Dandenong Rangers |
| 2014–2016 | Seattle Storm |
| 2014–2016 | BLMA |
| 2017–2019 | Melbourne Boomers |
| 2019 | Melbourne Tigers |
| 2019–2022 | Southside Flyers |
| 2021 | Sandringham Sabres |
| Career highlights | |
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |
Stats atBasketball Reference  | |
Jenna O'Hea (born 6 June 1987) is an Australian former professionalbasketball player and former captain of Australia's national team, theOpals.
O'Hea was the captain of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Opals were eliminated after losing to the USA in the quarterfinals.[3]
O'Hea played for the Nunawading Spectres at junior level, and represented her home state ofVictoria 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.[4] She also represented Victoria innetball at the U16 Championships inNew Zealand.[4][5] In 2003, O'Hea was awarded a scholarship with theAustralian Institute of Sport (AIS),[6][7] earning the Betty Watson Rookie of the Year Award. She had 19 caps with the Australian U19 Gems team in 2003, 2004 and 2005,[4] and was a member of the team that won a gold medal in the Oceania World Qualification Series in 2004.[8] but missed the World Championship through injury.[9] 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.[4][10]
O'Hea played part of the 2005 season with the Australian Institute of Sport team in theWomen's National Basketball League (WNBL), before joining theDandenong Rangers for the 2005/2006 season, in which her team were runners up.[4] She averaged 5.1 points per game and 2.8 rebounds per game this season,[11] but had to deal with a foot injury.[11] 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.[11] 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.[12]
She was with theBendigo Spirit for the 2007/2008 season,[4] and then played her first season with theBulleen Boomers in 2009/2010.[4][13][14] The Boomers were runners-up in the WNBL Grand Finals.[4] She was described as a rising star in the WNBL in August 2010 by theAustralian Broadcasting Corporation.[13][14] 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.[13] The Boomers won the championship that season and she was named to the WNBL All-Star Five.[4] She played for the Dandenong Rangers in 2011/2012, again helping her team to win the WNBL's championship.[15] She played for the Dandengong Rangers again in 2012, and re-signed with the team in May 2012 for the 2012/2013 season.[16][17]
In March 2022, O'Hea announced her retirement from the WNBL.[18]
She played in France in 2008/2009 withArras Pays d'Artois Basket Féminin in theFédération Française de Basket-Ball,[19] and in the AmericanWomen's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for theLos Angeles Sparks in the 2011–2013 seasons,[20][21] before being traded to theSeattle Storm for the 2014 season.[22]
In March 2007, O'Hea was named to the national team what would prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[23] She participated in a week-long training camp with the national team in Canberra in late March and early April 2008,[24] but did not make her Opals debut until 2009. She was named in the 2010 Opals World Championship Squad.[4][9] In mid-2010, she participated in a tour of China, USA and Hungary,[25] and in 2010, was a member of the senior women's national team that competed at the World Championships in the Czech Republic.[4][26] She missed the Olympic qualification series in July 2011 because of WNBA commitments,[20] but was named to the 2012 team.[27] In February 2012, she was named to a short list of 24 eligible players to represent Australia at the2012 London Olympics.[1] Opals teammateLauren Jackson named O'Hea andBelinda Snell as players who would step up afterPenny Taylor was injured and ruled out for London.[28]
O'Hea participated in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport.[15] The local paper expected that she would be an Olympic starter in the 2012 Games.[16] Opal players who make the team wearDunlop Volleys shoes, which are highly coveted by O'Hea.[17] In early May 2012, O'Hea and several of her national team teammates did a strength conditioning effort in the lead up to the mid-May training camp.[16]
O'Hea, like all the other members of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opals women's basketball team, had a difficult tournament. The Opals lost their first two group stage matches. They looked flat againstBelgium and then lost toChina in heartbreaking circumstances. In their last group match the Opals needed to beatPuerto Rico by 25 or more in their final match to progress. This they did by 27 in a very exciting match. However, they lost to the United States in their quarterfinal 79 to 55.[29]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Los Angeles | 31 | 5 | 16.4 | .434 | .444 | .786 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.8 |
| 2012 | Los Angeles | 8 | 0 | 18.0 | .520 | .500 | .714 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 4.8 |
| 2013 | Los Angeles | 29 | 0 | 13.7 | .438 | .500 | .667 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| 2014 | Seattle | 29 | 0 | 13.4 | .436 | .403 | .900 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 4.8 |
| 2015 | Seattle | 34 | 14 | 20.9 | .381 | .383 | .923 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 5.9 |
| 2016 | Seattle | 22 | 2 | 11.5 | .348 | .316 | .900 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.0 |
| Career | 6 years, 2 teams | 153 | 21 | 15.7 | .412 | .411 | .835 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 4.4 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Los Angeles | 4 | 0 | 17.8 | .250 | .200 | 1.000 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.3 |
| 2013 | Los Angeles | 2 | 0 | 11.9 | .333 | .250 | .870 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Career | 2 years, 1 team | 6 | 0 | 15.8 | .286 | .222 | .833 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.5 |
Jenna O'Hea was born inTraralgon,Victoria on 6 June 1987,[1][4] and was educated atCaulfield Grammar School inMelbourne, from which she graduated in 2006.[4][5] She has two brothers, Matthew and Luke.[4][5] Both have played basketball; Matt for theMelbourne Tigers, and her other and older brother Luke in Ireland.[11] She is 185 centimetres (73 in) tall and weighs 79 kilograms (12 st 6 lb).[1] Her best friend is Opals teammateKathleen MacLeod.[30] She currently sits on the board of theAustralian Basketball Players’ Association[31]
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