Michelle
is not playing on this
tournament for personal
reasons.
NEWS
(Photo:
Tom Putt / Sport the
Library)
Instead she is
captaining a young Opals
Team in Osaka for the
East Asian Games.
At age 28, Brogan has
been tagged the
“mother” of the
Team, a role she is proud
to accept.
“It is
everyone’s dream to
captain an Australian
Team and I am very proud
of that honour”
.
Mother
Role
Mike Tancred
16 May 2001
Australian Basketballer
Michelle Brogan has
spoken today about her
decision to give up a
career in the WNBA to
stay in Australia with
her baby son.
Recently divorced, the
Opal’s silver
medallist chose the
custody of her
19-month-old son ahead of
her place with the
Phoenix Mercury.
“The choice
between family and career
was not hard not when it
comes to my son, so I
have chosen to stay in
Australia this season
through personal
circumstances”
Brogan said.
Hear
Michelle on motherhood and the
Opals
Note:
Michelle was not suspended by the
Phoenix Mercury as the majority
of the sports sites say, on the
contrary, she chose the custody
of her son ahead of her place
with the WNBA team.
Olympic
Stars for the Ridge
5 July 2001
Six members of
Australia's national women's
basketball team, the Opals , will
model prize-winning opal
jewellery at the Gala Awards
Night of the Lightning Ridge
Federation 2001 Opal Jewellery
Design Awards and Exhibition
later this month .Head coach Jan
Stirling, and players Michelle
Brogan, Jo Hill ,Emily McInerny,
Tracey Braithwaite, Allie Douglas
and Eleanor Sharp ,will be
special guests at the Gala Awards
Night on Saturday July,28, after
conducting an afternoon training
clinic in Lightning Ridge for
junior basketball players.
Olympian Michelle Brogan will
compere the Gala Awards Night,
assisted by local Peter
Waterford; and guests will be
treated to an address by head
coach Jan Stirling. 'The Opals
will model the finalist pieces
for the Prestige Award in our
international opal jewellery
design competition," said
Jenni Brammall, coordinator of
the Opal Jewellery Design Awards
Association(OJDAA).
"We will have Australia's
best wearing some of the best
jewellery in the world, by
designers from Australia,
Germany, Switzerland, the States
,Canada and Israel. "This
will be a celebration of opal
Australia's National Gemstone -
and recognition of these great
sportswomen who carry the names
of Australia and of opal onto the
world stage," Jenni said.
And it's not just the people of
Lightning Ridge who are exited
about the visit the Opals
themselves can't wait to get
here.
Overtime
needed, but Opals down France 4
September, 2001
Ozhoops.com Staff
Reporters
The
Australian Opals have finished
their tour of Europe, recording a
92-86 overtime win over the
French national team.
Jae
Kingi (25 pts 15 ast) and Penny
Taylor (21 pts 11 reb) posted
double-double numbers for the
Opals, with Suzy Batkovic (22
pts) also contributing to the
scorecard.
The
game was tied at 77-77 at the end
of regulation time, but clutch
free-throw shooting, including 12
free throws in a row by Kingi,
helped the Australians hold on.
Opals
coach Jan Stirling told the press
she was very proud of her
charges.
"We
started well, but a combination
of foul trouble and injuries made
it a tough battle. The girls
really dug in and produced a
memorable victory."
The
Opals won their last three games
on their European tour, also
recording 84-79 win over
Lithuania and a 105-65 victory
against Japan.
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