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Lily Longley chooses court over catwalk
With Liz Cambage on the rise and Gretel Tippett coming up through the ranks, there is another prospect for the Opals front court in the future...
Article on Lily Longley, the 191cm tall 14 year old daughter of Australian NBA pioneer Luc Longley.
Link: http://www.news.com.au/national/lily-longley-on-her-way-to-be-a-model-basketballer/story-e6frfkvr-1225962087049
She is the youngest daughter of retired basketballer Luc Longley the first Australian to play in the American NBA and his former wife Kelly, who modelled in the US and is now a property developer and racing car driver in Perth.
The teenager, who plays for Cockburn Cougars and for Coogee a team coached by her dad, has represented Western Australi and has been asked to try out for the Australian under-17 world championships team to compete in the London Olympics in 2012.
She is also one of 14 players in Australia to be selected for a special Australian Institute of Sport camp in December.
Longley rates his daughter's basketball ability as "significantly" higher than his own. "She's athletic she can run, jump and catch," he said. "It took me a long time to get my co-ordination together."
