Jennie Rintala

Jennie Rintala (née Sunnarborg; born 10 July 1990) is an American-Australian professional basketball player.

College Rintala played college basketball at South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota, playing with the Jackrabbits in the Summit League of NCAA Division I.

Statistics 2008–09

24 0 8.7 .429 .000 .706 1.9 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.8 3.3 2009–10

33 13 16.5 .455 .385 .759 4.1 0.5 0.3 1.2 2.0 7.6 2010–11

33 33 24.0 .509 .222 .684 4.3 1.4 0.9 1.3 2.8 13.0 2011–12

33 33 25.5 .439 .389 .806 6.2 1.5 0.9 0.4 2.0 14.4 Career 123 79 19.4 .467 .331 .753 4.3 1.0 0.6 0.9 2.0 10.0

Career

Australia In 2013, Rintala was signed by the Kalamunda Eastern Suns to play in Western Australia's State Basketball League. She had a very successful debut in the SBL, leading the Suns to their first grand final and taking home the club MVP award for the 2013 season. Rintala would remain with the Suns for the 2014 season.

In 2017, Rintala played a third season with the Suns. She went on to spend the 2017–18 WNBL season training with the Perth Lynx. She continued on with the Suns in 2018 and 2019.

In October 2019, Rintala signed with the Adelaide Lightning for the start of the 2019–20 WNBL season as a replacement for injured import Crystal Langhorne. Rintala played five games for the Lightning between 18 October and 22 November.

In September 2020, Rintala signed with the Bendigo Spirit for the 2020 WNBL Hub season in Queensland. She joined the team as a local after becoming a naturalised Australian. In 13 games, she averaged 4.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.

In February 2022, Rintala re-joined the Spirit for the rest of the 2021–22 WNBL season. She then re-joined the Bearcats for the 2022 NBL1 Central season and helped the team win the championship. In 16 games, she averaged 15.94 points and 9.13 rebounds per game.

In 2026, Rintala won another Big V championship, this time with the McKinnon Cougars.

Europe In January 2015, Rintala joined Rhein-Main Baskets if the German DBBL. She left the team after playing six games for the team.

In January 2018, Rintala joined Résidence Walferdange in Luxembourg, competing in the Nationale 1 league. In 10 games, she averaged 18.6 points, 12.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game.