Rachel Jarry

Rachel Jarry (born 6 December 1991) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Southside Flyers of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She started playing basketball as a five-year-old and as a youngster in national competitions, she represented the state of Victoria. In Australia's WNBL, she has played for the Dandenong Rangers, the Australian Institute of Sport and the Melbourne Boomers. She was drafted by the WNBA's Atlanta Dream in 2011 and was traded to the Lynx on the same day. She has been a member of the Australia women's national basketball team at junior and senior level.

Personal Jarry was born on 6 December 1991 in Melbourne, Victoria, in the suburb of Carlton. She grew up in Williamstown, Victoria. In 2012, when not playing basketball, she was attending university full-time. She moved to Canberra in January 2008 in order to join the team. She was an AIS scholarship holder in 2008 and 2009, playing for the WNBL team in the 2008/2009 season.

Jarry played for the Bulleen Boomers during the 2009/2010 season, where her team had a Grand Finals appearance. She played in the 2010/2011 WNBL Grand Final She averaged 15.5 points per game and 7.5 rebounds per game. By May 2012, she had re-signed with the Boomers to play for them in 2012/2013.

WNBA She was drafted by the Atlanta Dream in 2011 as the eighteenth overall pick. The Dream traded her to the Minnesota Lynx on draft day. Jarry earned a roster spot as a guard for the defending Western Conference champions. She made her WNBA debut on 1 June 2013 in a victory over the Connecticut Sun.

Jarry gradually gained playing time as the 2013 season progressed, and scored in double figures twice as a reserve. The Lynx would go on to win the 2013 WNBA championship.

In February 2017, it was announced that Jarry signed with the Atlanta Dream.

National team Jarry has represented Australia on the junior team, called the Gems, in 25 games. where the team finished fifth overall. Jarry also participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Australia finished 5th.

WNBA career statistics

†Denotes seasons in which Jarry won a WNBA championship

Regular season

Playoffs

Personal life In January 2012, she and a friend were among several people attacked and robbed by a group of teenagers during a "rampage" in central Melbourne.

Rachel is currently in a relationship with star creswick wickers ruckman Thomas Scott, who once played with Garry Ablett jr on 24/06/2023.

Her favourite cousin is Naomi Zann who she recently holidayed with on the Kiewa River, Tawonga braving the wild white water rapids on the Crusher.