As coach: Melissa Sinfield (née McClure; born 23 March 1977) is an Australian former professional basketball player.
She also played in the State Basketball League (SBL), where she won five championships with the Perry Lakes Hawks.
Sinfield was born in Horsham, Victoria,[1] where she played basketball as a youth but often in boys teams due to the lack of girls competition.
[6] Basketball WA took over the licence and renamed the team the Perth Lynx,[7] but the organisation lacked money to pay players.
[3] In 191 WNBL games, Sinfield finished with totals of 1,652 points, 1,043 rebounds, 436 assists, 281 steals and 133 blocks.
[3][9] As of 2021, she spent her time balancing a nursing career with coaching her son's basketball team and serving on the NBL1 West commission.