She has been a member of Australia women's national basketball team (the Opals), representing the country in its 2012 Olympic qualifying campaign.
Playing for Australia's Australian U21 Sapphires, she won a silver medal at the FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women in 2007.
[3] In 2011, she played for the Dandenong Rangers in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL).
[6] She injured her knee in the grand final against the Knox Raiders with five minutes left in the game, which her team went on to win.
[14][15] Penaluna made her debut with national team (the Opals) in a three-game test series against China in 2009.
[16][17] On 2 September 2009, she played in the return game against New Zealand women's national basketball team in the Oceania Championship in Canberra.
[16] She played in September 2011 three game Olympic qualification series against the New Zealand women's national basketball team.