Rohanee Cox

Rohanee "Roey" Cox (born 23 April 1980) is an Australian former professional basketball player.

She played in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) for the Australian Institute of Sport, Perth Lynx, Townsville Fire, West Coast Waves and Sydney Uni Flames.

Cox, nicknamed Roey,[1] was born on 23 April 1980 in Broome, Western Australia.

[2] When she was 20 years old, she was living in remote Western Australian town of One Arm Point, single and pregnant,[7][8] and has a daughter named Alyriah.

[4] She played for the Townsville Fire again in 2009/2010,[18] although she had to miss the first ten weeks of the season because of a knee injury.

In 1995, she made her first international appearance with Australia's U/19 team at the FIBA World Championships.

[3][12] Cox made her Australian Opals debut as a teenager,[7] however she left the team and sport shortly after that and did not play with the side again until 2006, eight years later.

[10] She first played for the Opals in 1998 at the Brazil Olympic Committee Invitational and was named in the 1999 and 2000 squads.

[4] In March 2007, Cox was named to the national team what would prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

[21] On 2 September 2009, she played in the Canberra-hosted return game against New Zealand in the Oceania Championship.

[3][4] She was trying to make the Opals squad that will represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics[2][6] and participated in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport.