Ashleigh Karaitiana

Ashleigh Karaitiana (born 26 June 1992) is a New Zealand and Australian professional basketball player. In her last year Karaitiana scored 17 points, making five 3-pointers, and Hawaii throttled UC Davis 78-59 in the Big West Conference Tournament championship game To qualify for the NCAA tournament. They went on to the tournament and lost to UCLA 50-66.

After a two-year absence and giving birth to her first child, Karaitiana returned to the league signing with the Melbourne Boomers for the 2020 season. There, Karaitiana joins several of her Tall Ferns teammates all playing under national team head coach, Guy Molloy.

National team Youth Level Karaitiana first represented Australia, alongside Elizabeth Cambage at the 2009 Under-19 World Championship in Bangkok, Thailand where Australia placed fifth. She would once again represent the Gems at the 2011 Under-19 World Championship in Chile where they narrowly missed out on the bronze medal, placing fourth.

Senior Level Karaitiana has since switched her allegiances to her country of birth and began representing the New Zealand Tall Ferns in 2018. Karaitiana was named to the final roster for the 2019 FIBA Asia Cup.