Kristi Harrower

Kristi Harrower (born 4 March 1975

Playing career Early years and profile Harrower played as a point guard was listed as At the 1994 Australian Under-20 national championships, Harrower won the Bob Staunton Award.

Professional Harrower played professional basketball for over twenty years.

WNBA Harrower entered the WNBA as an undrafted player. She played for the Lynx in 2003, where she averaged 2.8 points and 2.3 assists per game. She missed three games that season in order to attend her grandmother's funeral in Australia. Harrower was league MVP once (2009–10) and was selected seven times for the WNBL All-Star Five. She played on championship teams in 1994 with the Adelaide Lightning, and 2012–13 and 2013–14 with the Bendigo Spirit. In 2013, she was the WNBL Defensive Player of the Year. and the 2009–10 season, where she was the WNBL's MVP. She was the team's general manager that year. Her father, Bernie Harrower, was the team's coach. In January 2012, she made a clutch shot for her team that helped them beat Canberra.

On 7 January 2015, Harrower announced her retirement from the WNBL, also stating that she was 16 weeks pregnant.

Europe In 2006, Harrower played for Valenciennes in France.

National team Harrower was a member of the Australia women's national basketball team and has been described as the national team's pocket dynamo. She was a member of the 1998 Australian Senior Women's Team that won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Germany. She was a member of the 1999 Australian senior women's team. In 2002, she was a member of the Australian Senior Women's Team that won a silver medal in the World Championships in Spain. She was a member of the Australian senior team that won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She played in eight games at the 2004 Games, where she averaged 8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.

Harrower was a member of the 2005 Opals. In 2006, she was a member of the Australian women's senior team that won a gold medal at the World Championships in Brazil. In March 2007, she was named to the national team what would prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2008, she did not participate in the Good Luck Beijing 2008 held in China in the lead up to the Olympics because of a commitment to her European club. She was a member of the 2008 Summer Olympics Australian women's team that won a silver medal at the Olympics.

In June 2010, Harrower was viewed by national team coach Carrie Graf as one of a quartet of strong players that would represent Australia in a tour of China, the United States and Europe in the next few months. In July 2010, she participated in a four-day training camp and one game test match against the United States in Connecticut. In 2010, she was a member of the senior women's national team that competed at the World Championships in the Czech Republic. She missed a three-game test series against China in Queensland in July 2011 because of an injury. In July 2011, she participated in the Olympic qualification competition. She was returning to the team following an injury.

Harrower was named to the 2012 Australia women's national basketball team. In February 2012, she was named to a short list of 24 eligible players to represent Australia at the Olympics.

Coaching career NBL1 In December 2018, Harrower joined the Diamond Valley Eagles women's team as an assistant coach for the inaugural season of the NBL1 in 2019.

In May 2019, Harrower left the Eagles to take up the position of head coach of the Melbourne Tigers women's team for the final 10 games of the NBL1 season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she was unable to coach the Tigers in 2020

Harrower served as head coach of the Keilor Thunder women's team in the NBL1 South during the 2024 NBL1 season. She was named NBL1 South Coach of the Year. She re-signed with Keilor for the 2025 season.

WNBL In July 2022, Harrower was appointed an assistant coach of the Melbourne Boomers ahead of the 2022–23 WNBL season. She continued as Boomers assistant in 2023–24.

In June 2024, Harrower was appointed head coach of the Southside Flyers ahead of the 2024–25 WNBL season. She parted ways with the Flyers in March 2026.

National team Harrower served as an assistant coach of the Australian Opals at the 2023 FIBA Asia Cup.

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