Alicia Poto

Alicia Poto (born 28 March 1978) is an Australian basketball player. She has played in the Women's National Basketball League for the Australian Institute of Sport and Sydney Uni Flames. After a contract with a Czech basketball team fell through, she played basketball in Siberia. She is a member of the Australia women's national basketball team and won a medal with them at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was considered for the 2008 and 2012 national teams to compete at the Olympics but did not make the final squads selected for the Games.

Personal Alicia Poto, nicknamed Potsy, was born on 28 May 1978. In 2009, she was recovering from a hamstring injury.

WNBL Poto had a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and played for the AIS WNBL team in 1996.

Poto was a member of the Sydney Uni Flames during the 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009 and 2011/2012 seasons. Following the victory, teammates Natalie Porter and Alicia Poto, along with opposition player Lauren Jackson shaved the head of Kristen Veal. The head shaving was part of a fundraiser for the Leukaemia Foundation. She also began to take more of a leadership role on the team. In another game that season, she scored 37 points and had 5 assists in a game against the Townsville Fire. The 37-point week was rewarded with being named the WNBL Player of the Week. As a member of the 2003 senior team, she competed in the FIBA Oceania Championship Series. She was a member of the Australian senior team that won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In March 2007, Poto was named to the national team what would prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics and was part of the team that won a gold medal at the 2008 Oceania World Qualifications series. She participated in the Good Luck Beijing 2008 event held in China in the lead up to the Olympics. Her team was joined by national teams from United States, Cuba, Korea, New Zealand and China. On 2 September 2009, she played in the Canberra hosted return game against New Zealand in the Oceania Championship. She was named to the 2012 Australia women's national basketball team.

Poto has also represented Australia on the junior level.