Tessa Rose Lavey (born 29 March 1993) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Bendigo Spirit of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and an Australian rules football player with the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).

Lavey was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

[7] She was later named the inaugural captain of the Lynx after impressing both her teammates and coaches with her work ethic and leadership on and off the training court during pre-season.

[9] She led the Lynx to a second place regular season finish with a 16–8 win–loss record, and went on to score 15 points in the team's semi-final win over the first-seeded Townsville Fire.

On 29 September 2016, Lavey underwent surgery to remove a blood vessel from her ankle and was subsequently ruled out for three to four weeks.

[14] In August 2009, Lavey competed for Australia at the inaugural FIBA Oceania under-17 championships against New Zealand.

In 2014, Lavey represented the Opals for the first time at the 2014 FIBA World Championship, where the team won a bronze medal.

[1] Lavey, like all the other members of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opals women's basketball team, had a difficult tournament.