Rachael Vanderwal (born 27 June 1983) is a 5'9 (1.75m) former point guard for Great Britain women's national basketball team.

[3] She played for Bishop Ryan Secondary School in Hamilton winning the provincial championship her final year in 2001.

As a freshman, BU won the America East and went to the NCAA tournament, playing the national champions University of Connecticut in the first round.

She then moved on to playing professionally in the top Liga Femenina in Spain for the past five seasons from 2014 to 2019.

She has 118 caps and prior to finishing her career, she married fellow GB player Eilidh Simpson two months earlier then moved to Australia and got a dog called Moose.