{"id":4960,"date":"2026-02-09T16:56:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T05:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/?p=4960"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T02:09:30","slug":"skipper-signs-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/hi\/skipper-signs-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Skipper Signs On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Nunawading, Victoria- <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nunawading Spectres are pleased to announce captain and point guard Rachel Antoniadou as the club\u2019s first re-signing ahead of the 2026 NBL1 South season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entering her ninth year in the red, white and blue, Antoniadou brings a wealth of experience across the SEABL, NBL1 and WNBL, continuing to be a cornerstone of the Spectres women\u2019s program. In the 2025 season, she led the team with averages of 15 points, 4.74 assists and 3.95 rebounds per game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A natural playmaker and leader, Antoniadou\u2019s impact extends well beyond the box score, a factor that made her re-signing a priority for the club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRe-signing Rachel was an absolute priority for us heading into the 2026 NBL1 South season,\u201d said Women\u2019s Head Coach Paul Flynn. \u201cShe\u2019s been a cornerstone of this program for a long time, and her influence extends far beyond what shows up on a stat sheet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flynn highlighted Antoniadou\u2019s leadership and professionalism as key drivers of the program\u2019s culture and direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRachel sets the standard for how we want this group to work, prepare and compete,\u201d he said. \u201cHer professionalism, care for her teammates and connection to the club are invaluable as we continue to build something both meaningful and sustainable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the Spectres shaping their roster for the upcoming season, Flynn said Antoniadou\u2019s commitment provides critical stability and clarity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs we re-shape our roster and identity for 2026, having Rachel committed to the program provides enormous clarity,\u201d Flynn said. \u201cShe understands our standards, our values and what it means to represent the Nunawading Spectres.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nunawading, Victoria- The Nunawading Spectres are pleased to announce captain and point guard Rachel Antoniadou as the club\u2019s first re-signing ahead of the 2026 NBL1\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/hi\/skipper-signs-on\/\">\u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915 \u092a\u0922\u093c\u0947\u0902 &quot;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4960"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4964,"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4960\/revisions\/4964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nunawadingbasketball.com.au\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}