Opal Bird

Height:
6-3
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Australian Institute of Sport
Hometown:
Sydney, Australia

2025-26 (Freshman)
Appeared in all 32 games for the Demon Deacons, making 21 starts in her freshman season which all came in the last 22 games of the year … Finished the season with 5.4 points per game, 3.2 rebounds per game and 2.8 assists per game … Ranked second among ACC freshmen in assists per game and ranked second on the team … Posted a career-high 10 points four times during the season including against Radford (11/3), Boston College (2/22), Florida State (3/1) and Maryland Eastern Shore (3/19) … Grabbed a season-best 10 rebounds in the win at Pitt (1/1) while also recording a season-high nine assists in the same game … Totaled 10 games with four or more assists.

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.