Wake Forest Athletics
2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 9
Opal Bird
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Australian Institute of Sport
- Hometown:
- Sydney, Australia
High School
Captain of the U17 Australian National team, winning the gold medal at both FIBA Oceania (2023) and FIBA Asia (2024) and most recently represented Australia at the U19 World Championships...Over five games at the 2024 U18 FIBA Asia Championship, averaged 9.3 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game....Averaged better than 8.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in the 2023 U17 FIBA Oceania Championship...Recently joined the Bendigo Spirit of the WNBL...During her last season with Centre of Excellence in the NBL1, averaged 9.3 points per game, 3.8 rebounds per game and 1.5 assists per game...Chosen to take part in the second Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Global girls camp in Phoenix during WNBA All-Star in 2024...Selected to the NBA Global Academy Women’s Games in Atlanta in 2022 and 2023...Finished as the Australian Schools Nationals, second-overall scorer in 2023 with 26.3 points per game while also averaging 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists.
Captain of the U17 Australian National team, winning the gold medal at both FIBA Oceania (2023) and FIBA Asia (2024) and most recently represented Australia at the U19 World Championships...Over five games at the 2024 U18 FIBA Asia Championship, averaged 9.3 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game....Averaged better than 8.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in the 2023 U17 FIBA Oceania Championship...Recently joined the Bendigo Spirit of the WNBL...During her last season with Centre of Excellence in the NBL1, averaged 9.3 points per game, 3.8 rebounds per game and 1.5 assists per game...Chosen to take part in the second Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Global girls camp in Phoenix during WNBA All-Star in 2024...Selected to the NBA Global Academy Women’s Games in Atlanta in 2022 and 2023...Finished as the Australian Schools Nationals, second-overall scorer in 2023 with 26.3 points per game while also averaging 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists.
Wake Forest Women's Basketball Highlights vs Boston College
Monday, February 23
Steve Forbes - Postgame Presser at Virginia Tech
Saturday, February 21
Men's Basketball All-Access vs. Clemson
Friday, February 20
Wake Forest Baseball: Puerto Rico All-Access
Friday, February 20



