Izzy Borlase

Izzy Borlase - Source: Basketball Australia
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Did You Know

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Izzy Borlase debuted for the Adelaide Lightning in 2022 and a year later year won the WNBL Sixth Woman of the Year and WNBL Breakout Player of the Year. 

 

In 2024 she was named in the WNBL All-Star First Five, averaging 15.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.

 

In a huge result, Izzy Borlase was named to the All-WNBL First Team and was drafted 20th overall by the WNBA Atlanta Dream.

In June 2025, she signed with the Bendigo Spirit for the 2025-26 WNBL season, scoring a career-high 42 points in a match against Southside Flyers, thus becoming the first player to score 42 points in a WNBL game since Penny Taylor in 2002.

 

She averaged almost 23 points per game in that season.

 

At age 20, Izzy Borlase was selected to the Opals team for the 2024 Olympics in Paris where the Opals won a bronze medal.

 

In 2026, the young star played her first WNBA game for the Atlanta Dream, playing with and against the best players in the world.