Park Ji-hyun becomes the first Korean female player to enter the Australian professional basketball league

Edwardsrailcar
1 min readMay 9, 2024

Park Ji-hyun 24, who dominated the WKBL, will challenge Australian professional basketball for the first time as a Korean female player.

Park recently signed a contract with the Bankstown Bruins of the NBL1 League East. The contract period is until August this year, and the annual salary will not be disclosed through mutual agreement with the club.

Park Ji-hyun, who wore Woori Bank’s uniform as the first-round pick of the 2018–2019 WKBL New Player Selection, played in 158 games and played 13.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 3.4 assists, contributing to three regular league wins 2019–2020, 2020–2021, 2022–2023 and two championship titles 2022–2023 and 2023–2024. 안전 토토사이트

After the end of the WKBL season, Park Ji-hyun, who had been seeking overseas expansion by focusing on injury rehabilitation and personal training, will join the team from the fourth week of May depending on the team’s current situation.

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