By Tara Murray
Hume City Broncos have locked in their second import for the Big V women’s championship season, while bringing back of Australia’s brightest prospects to the side.
American Maddy Holland will join the Broncos for 2025.
“A 2022 graduate of St Marys College in California, the 181 centimetre forward was second all-time in the Gaels history books with 507 assists and was ninth in program history with 1517 points,” the Broncos said in the announcement.
“Since graduating, Maddy has played professionally in Ireland and Holland and is now looking to showcase her range of basketball skills and talent on the hardwood floors of the Big V championship division competition.
New Broncos coach Brooke Davenport said they were rapt to secure someone of Holland calibre.
“Maddy’s playing stats demonstrate that her passing skills and scoring capability will contribute to our team’s competitiveness in 2025 and she will be a great fit for the team first-fun culture the women’s program has committed to.”
Davenport revealed that the Broncos had signed Sarah Portlock for the 2025 season as well.
A Broncos junior, Portlock has been part of the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence and has represented Australia at junior level.
“With the other recent signing of 200 centimetre Australian junior representative and home-grown junior Sarah Portlock, I’m excited about the potential of our playing group to make an impact on the competition next year,” Davenport said.
Guard Kenna Holt is the other import for the Broncos, who was previously announced.
Holt, was a standout player at Bishop Manogue High in America and spent two seasons as a scholarship player for the Nevada Wolf Pack.
She attended a couple of Broncos training sessions last year and impressed Davenport.
Centre Harmony Harder, who previously played for the Broncos, has also joined the squad.
Sammy Labros, Genevieve Mucha, Oriana Siamoa, Tashia Overby, Georgia Keighran, Paige Tawaf and Eliza Ogilvie are all returning to the Broncos line up for 2025.
