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.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. Lauren Jackson has won the award four times, while Kelsey Griffin has won the award three times.
Winners Denotes player inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame Denotes player who is still active Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that timeTeam (X)Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time
Season Player Position Nationality Team 1985 Karin Maar Coburg Cougars 1986 Shelley Gorman Nunawading Spectres 1987 Tracey Browning Nunawading Spectres (2) 1988 Shelley Gorman (2) Nunawading Spectres (3) 1989 Samantha Thornton Nunawading Spectres (4) 1990 Donna Brown North Adelaide Rockets 1991 Robyn Maher Hobart Islanders 1992 Tanya Fisher Perth Breakers 1993 Annie Burgess Guard Sydney Flames 1994 Rachael Sporn Forward Adelaide Lightning 1995 Rachael Sporn (2) Forward Adelaide Lightning (2) 1996 Michelle Griffiths Forward Adelaide Lightning (3) 1997 Trisha Fallon Guard/forward Sydney Flames (2) 1998 Jo Hill Forward Adelaide Lightning (4) 1999 Kristen Veal Guard Australian Institute of Sport 2000 Kristen Veal (2) Guard Canberra Capitals 2001 Annie Burgess (2) Guard Sydney Panthers (3) 2002 Lauren Jackson Forward/center Canberra Capitals (2) 2003 Lauren Jackson (2) Forward/center Canberra Capitals (3) 2004 Emily McInerny Forward Dandenong Rangers 2005 Jacinta Hamilton Forward/center Dandenong Rangers (2) 2006 Lauren Jackson (3) Forward/center Canberra Capitals (4) 2007 Tracey Beatty Center Canberra Capitals (5) 2008 Renae Camino Guard Adelaide Lightning (5) 2009 Natalie Hurst Guard Canberra Capitals (6) 2010 Lauren Jackson (4) Forward/center Canberra Capitals (7) 2011 Sharin Milner Guard Bulleen Boomers 2012 Kathleen MacLeod Guard Dandenong Rangers (3) 2013 Kelsey Griffin Forward Bendigo Spirit 2014 Kelsey Griffin (2) Forward Bendigo Spirit (2) 2015 Mia Newley Guard Townsville Fire 2016 Micaela Cocks Guard Townsville Fire (2) 2017 Leilani Mitchell Guard Sydney Uni Flames (4) 2018 Suzy Batkovic Center Townsville Fire (3) 2019 Kelsey Griffin (3) Forward Canberra Capitals (8) 2019–20 Olivia Époupa Guard Canberra Capitals (9) 2020 Leilani Mitchell (2) Guard Southside Flyers (4) 2022 Lindsay Allen Guard Melbourne Boomers (2) 2023 Tianna Hawkins Forward Townsville Fire (4) 2024 Mercedes Russell Center Southside Flyers (5) 2025 Sami Whitcomb Guard Bendigo Spirit (3) 2026 Courtney Woods Guard Townsville Fire (5)
Multi-time winners Rank PlayerTeam(s) AwardsYears1Lauren JacksonCanberra Capitals42002, 2003, 2006, 20102Kelsey GriffinBendigo Spirit (2) / Canberra Capitals (1)32013, 2014, 20193Shelley GormanNunawading Spectres21986, 1988Rachael SpornAdelaide Lightning1994, 1995Kristen VealAustralian Institute of Sport (1) / Canberra Capitals (1)1999, 2000Annie BurgessSydney Flames / Panthers1993, 2001Leilani MitchellSydney Uni Flames (1) / Southside Flyers (1)2017, 2020
See also
NBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award
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