MELBOURNE – The Nunawading Spectres have announced today that the club has signed Melbourne Boomers representative and New Zealand international Penina Davidson.<\/p>\n
Davidson joins the Spectres on the back of three-seasons in the WNBL, first with the Adelaide Lightning then the Melbourne Boomers, playing alongside a number of her now Nunawading teammates in the recent WNBL Hub season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI trained with the girls last year between (WNBL) seasons and have wanted to play with them ever since,\u201d Davidson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love the Melbourne lifestyle, so when the opportunity to stay and play in the NBL1 competition with this group of girls presented itself, I jumped at it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t wait to play for FlynnDog (Spectres Head Coach Paul Flynn), we\u2019ve built a really strong connection over the past couple of years at Boomers and I\u2019m looking forward to working with him more now at Nunawading.\u201d<\/p>\n
Davidson has been a staple of the Tall Ferns (New Zealand National Team) program since 2013, making her senior international debut as a teenager. A four-year graduate at the University of California, Berkeley in the NCAA\u2019s Pac-12 power conference, Davidson started all 32 games in her senior year, returning 7.4 points and 7.0 rebounds per game whilst playing against Spectres\u2019 representatives Louise Brown (@ Washington State) and Alanna Smith (@ Stanford).<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re really excited to be adding Penina into our group for the upcoming NBL1 season,\u201d Spectres Head Coach Paul Flynn said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Penina already spoke to, we have developed a strong relationship working together at WNBL level, she\u2019s played and trained with a number of the athletes we\u2019ve announced as Spectres for the coming season; there\u2019s good synergy already in place and we\u2019re excited to build on that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhilst she has vast experience at both domestic and international level, Penina has a genuine desire to further develop her game and we\u2019re excited to play a role in helping her achieve that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Spectres tip off their NBL1 campaign April 17 on the road to Frankston and will have to wait until Round 2 to open at home against the Sandringham Sabres.\u00a0 View the full season schedule here.<\/a><\/p>\n Secure your Nunawading Spectres NBL1 Membership for your best chance to be at The Graveyard<\/em> for NBL1 2021. More detail here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"