Jenna O'Hea

O'Hea played for the Nunawading Spectres at junior level, and represented her home state of Victoria 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. She also represented Victoria in netball at the U16 Championships in New Zealand. In 2003, O'Hea was awarded a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS),{{cite book |page=60 |title=AIS Basketball 2011 |publisher=Australian Sports Commission |author1=Australian Institute of Sport |author-link=Australian Institute of Sport |year=2011 |author2=Basketball Australia |author2-link=Basketball Australia |location=Canberra |quote=This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/basketball/athletes/past_athletes |title=Past Athletes : Australian Institute of Sport : Australian Sports Commission |publisher=Ausport.gov.au |access-date=11 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212073754/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/basketball/athletes/past_athletes |archive-date=12 February 2014}} earning the Betty Watson Rookie of the Year Award. She had 19 caps with the Australian U19 Gems team in 2003, 2004 and 2005, and was a member of the team that won a gold medal in the Oceania World Qualification Series in 2004.{{cite book |page=49 |title=AIS Basketball 2011 |publisher=Australian Sports Commission |author1=Australian Institute of Sport |author-link=Australian Institute of Sport |year=2011 |author2=Basketball Australia |author2-link=Basketball Australia |location=Canberra}} This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page. but missed the World Championship through injury.{{cite web |url=http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=753 |title=Dandenong Rangers: Jenna O'Hea |publisher=WNBL.com.au |access-date=11 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226071642/http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=753 |archive-date=26 February 2011 |url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite book |page=47 |title=AIS Basketball 2011 |publisher=Australian Sports Commission |author1=Australian Institute of Sport |author-link=Australian Institute of Sport |year=2011 |author2=Basketball Australia |author2-link=Basketball Australia |location=Canberra}} This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page.

O'Hea played part of the 2005 season with the Australian Institute of Sport team in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), before joining the Dandenong Rangers for the 2005/2006 season, in which her team were runners up. She averaged 5.1 points per game and 2.8 rebounds per game this season, but had to deal with a foot injury.{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/more-sports/ohea-puts-best-foot-forward/story-e6frfglf-1111112498307 |title=O'Hea Puts Best Foot Forward |publisher=Herald Sun |access-date=8 May 2012}} 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. 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/star/dandenong/78/story/35023.html |title=Lightning strikes out Rangers | Star Dandenong | Star News Group Local News, Sport, Entertainment |publisher=Starnewsgroup.com.au |date=8 February 2007 |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230174707/http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/star/dandenong/78/story/35023.html |archive-date=30 December 2012}}

She was with the Bendigo Spirit for the 2007/2008 season, and then played her first season with the Bulleen Boomers in 2009/2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-19/jackson-taylor-to-lead-opals-into-worlds/950442 |title=Jackson, Taylor to lead Opals into worlds – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=19 August 2010 |access-date=8 May 2012}} The Boomers were runners-up in the WNBL Grand Finals. She was described as a rising star in the WNBL in August 2010 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.{{cite journal |journal=IiNet WNBL Finals Series |edition=2010/2011 |publisher=WNBL |year=2011 |editor1=Basketball Australia |editor2-first=Diane |editor2-last=Smith-Gander |quote=Official Programme |pages=4–5 |title=Bulleen Boomers}} 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. The Boomers won the championship that season and she was named to the WNBL All-Star Five. She played for the Dandenong Rangers in 2011/2012, again helping her team to win the WNBL's championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/51254/arti.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104010851/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/51254/arti.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2013 |title=AUS – Opals announce training camp squad |publisher=FIBA |access-date=6 May 2012}} She played for the Dandengong Rangers again in 2012, and re-signed with the team in May 2012 for the 2012/2013 season.{{cite web |last=Ward |first=Roy |url=http://www.greaterdandenongweekly.com.au/news/local/sport/basketball/wnbl-ohea-to-stay-with-rangers/2546377.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230142929/http://www.greaterdandenongweekly.com.au/news/local/sport/basketball/wnbl-ohea-to-stay-with-rangers/2546377.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 December 2012 |title=WNBL: O'Hea to stay with Rangers – Local News – Sport – Basketball |publisher=The Greater Dandenong Weekly |date=7 May 2012 |access-date=11 May 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketball/rangers-star-ohea-in-form-for-london-20120504-1y4gg.html |title=Rangers star O'Hea in form for London |publisher=Theage.com.au |date=5 May 2012 |access-date=11 May 2012}}

In March 2022, O'Hea announced her retirement from the WNBL.{{cite news |url=https://wnbl.basketball/southside/news/jenna-ohea-announces-her-retirement/ |title=JENNA O'HEA ANNOUNCES HER RETIREMENT |work=wnbl.basketball/southside |date=8 March 2022 |access-date=9 March 2022 |author1=Iancoutts }}

She played in France in 2008/2009 with Arras Pays d'Artois Basket Féminin in the Fédération Française de Basket-Ball,{{cite web |language=fr |url=http://www.basketlfb.com/clubs/joueuse.asp?id=64001101206 |access-date=16 May 2012 |title=O'Hea, Jenna |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419044059/http://www.basketlfb.com/clubs/joueuse.asp?id=64001101206 |archive-date=19 April 2014}} and in the American Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2011–2013 seasons,{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8276433 |title=Opals count down to Olympics |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724170542/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8276433 |archive-date=24 July 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/sparks/sparks_sign_jenna_ohea.html |access-date=16 May 2012 |title=Sparks Sign Australian National Team Member Jenna O'Hea |publisher=WNBA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109090336/http://www.wnba.com/sparks/sparks_sign_jenna_ohea.html |archive-date=9 January 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} before being traded to the Seattle Storm for the 2014 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/storm/news/storm_acquires_ohea140401.html |title=Seattle Storm Completes Trade with Los Angeles |publisher=WNBA |access-date=11 May 2014}}

File:Opals press conference at AIS with Lauren Jackson, Carrie Graf and Jenna O'Hea (part 1).ogv

In March 2007, O'Hea was named to the national team what would prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/phillips-keeps-opals-place/story-e6frect3-1111113147190 |title=Phillips keeps Opals place |publisher=Adelaide Now |date=12 March 2007 |access-date=8 May 2012}} She participated in a week-long training camp with the national team in Canberra in late March and early April 2008,{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsaustralia.com/articles/news.php?id=3435 |title=Opals twelve for Beijing test selected |publisher=SportsAustralia.com |date=8 April 2008 |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219185711/http://www.sportsaustralia.com/articles/news.php?id=3435 |archive-date=19 December 2013}} but did not make her Opals debut until 2009. She was named in the 2010 Opals World Championship Squad. In mid-2010, she participated in a tour of China, USA and Hungary,{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1078556 |title=Opals hit road for world title lead-up |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722045230/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1078556 |archive-date=22 July 2015}} and in 2010, was a member of the senior women's national team that competed at the World Championships in the Czech Republic.{{cite book |page=45 |title=AIS Basketball 2011 |publisher=Australian Sports Commission |author1=Australian Institute of Sport |author-link=Australian Institute of Sport |year=2011 |author2=Basketball Australia |author2-link=Basketball Australia |location=Canberra}} This is a booklet published by the Australian Sport Commission, has a copyright notice on the page following the cover page. She missed the Olympic qualification series in July 2011 because of WNBA commitments, but was named to the 2012 team.{{cite web |url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=651 |title=Basketball Australia : 2012 Squad |publisher=Basketball Australia |year=2012 |access-date=1 May 2012 |archive-date=7 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507205800/http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=651 |url-status=dead }} In February 2012, she was named to a short list of 24 eligible players to represent Australia at the 2012 London Olympics. Opals teammate Lauren Jackson named O'Hea and Belinda Snell as players who would step up after Penny Taylor was injured and ruled out for London.{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/london-olympics/lauren-jackson-says-others-must-fill-void-left-by-injured-penny-taylor/story-fn9dirj0-1226345953945 |title=Lauren Jackson says others must fill void left by injured Penny Taylor |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=3 May 2012 |access-date=5 May 2012}}

O'Hea participated in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport. The local paper expected that she would be an Olympic starter in the 2012 Games. Opal players who make the team wear Dunlop Volleys shoes, which are highly coveted by O'Hea. 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.

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 against Belgium and then lost to China in heartbreaking circumstances. In their last group match the Opals needed to beat Puerto 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.{{Cite web |title=Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/ |access-date=2021-10-14 |website=The Roar |language=en-US}}

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|-

| align="left" | 2011

| align="left" | Los Angeles

| 31 || 5 || 16.4 || .434 || .444 || .786 || 1.5 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.8 || 4.8

|-

| align="left" | 2012

| align="left" | Los Angeles

| 8 || 0 || 18.0 || .520 || .500 || .714 || 2.5 || 2.0 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.7 || 4.8

|-

| align="left" | 2013

| align="left" | Los Angeles

| 29 || 0 || 13.7 || .438 || .500 || .667 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.8 || 3.0

|-

| align="left" | 2014

| align="left" | Seattle

| 29 || 0 || 13.4 || .436 || .403 || .900 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.8 || 4.8

|-

| align="left" | 2015

| align="left" | Seattle

| 34 || 14 || 20.9 || .381 || .383 || .923 || 1.9 || 2.4 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 1.1 || 5.9

|-

| align="left" | 2016

| align="left" | Seattle

| 22 || 2 || 11.5 || .348 || .316 || .900 || 1.3 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 3.0

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| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 6 years, 2 teams

| 153 || 21 || 15.7 || .412 || .411 || .835 || 1.6 || 1.4 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.8 || 4.4

|}

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|-

| align="left" | 2012

| align="left" | Los Angeles

| 4 || 0 || 17.8 || .250 || .200 || 1.000 || 1.8 || 1.3 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 1.2 || 2.3

|-

| align="left" | 2013

| align="left" | Los Angeles

| 2 || 0 || 11.9 || .333 || .250 || .870 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 3.0

|-

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 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 in Traralgon, Victoria on 6 June 1987,{{cite web |url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=830 |title=Basketball Australia : Jenna O'Hea |publisher=Basketball.net.au |access-date=5 May 2012 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029230330/http://basketball.net.au/index.php?id=830 |url-status=dead }} and was educated at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne, from which she graduated in 2006.{{cite web |url=http://sportsaustralia.com/articles/news.php?id=246 |title=Round 10 Preview |publisher=SportsAustralia.com |date=8 December 2006 |access-date=5 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312014932/http://sportsaustralia.com/articles/news.php?id=246 |archive-date=12 March 2012}} She has two brothers, Matthew and Luke. Both have played basketball; Matt for the Melbourne Tigers, and her other and older brother Luke in Ireland. She is {{convert|185|cm}} tall and weighs {{convert|79|kg|stlb}}.{{cite web |url=http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/2012-australian-opals-squad-named |title=2012 Australian Opals squad named |work=Official Site of the 2012 Australian Olympic Team |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |date=16 February 2012 |access-date=2 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424214515/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/2012-australian-opals-squad-named |archive-date=24 April 2012 |url-status=dead}} Her best friend is Opals teammate Kathleen MacLeod.{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/london-olympics/jenna-oheas-olympic-diary/story-fncdmue2-1226289479781 |title=Jenna O'Hea's Olympic diary |access-date=16 May 2012 |newspaper=Herald-Sun |date=12 May 2012 |last=O'Hea |first=Jenna}} She currently sits on the board of the Australian Basketball Players’ Association{{cite web |title=Leadership and Management |url=https://www.australianbasketballers.com.au/leadership-and-management |website=Australian Basketball Players' Association |access-date=17 September 2023}}

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