Michele Timms

PROFILE

FULL NAME: Michele Margaret Timms
DATE OF BIRTH: 28 June 1965
HEIGHT: 165 cm / 5'5"
WEIGHT: 61 kgs
BIRTH PLACE: Melbourne, Victoria (Australia)
RESIDENCE: Melbourne, Victoria (Australia)
POSITION: Guard
HOBBIES: Watching movies and golf.
MAJOR AWARDS: International Player of the Year 1994, 1996.

Michele Timms (Timmsy) has done a huge amount for women's basketball in Australia over the years. She has played professional basketball for 17 years and ended her career in the WNBA, where she played for 5 years.

Timmsy was the first player ever from Australia to play professionally abroad when she signed to play with Lotus Munchen in Germany in the 1989-1990 season. She played two seasons with Lotus.

Career Highlights

Played in the 1998 WNBA Championship with the Phoenix team.
Timmsy scored a WNBA career high of 24 points against The Comets in 1997.
Was the first to lead an Australian basketball team to any sort of Olympic medal. The Boomers won bronze at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

-Anthony Pearce (anthonyp@girl.com.au)