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29 April 2009

Stephanie Cumming

Monash University will welcome an elite level basketballer next year.

After two years at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Stephanie Cumming is moving back to Melbourne to play with the Dandenong Jayco Rangers for the next Women's National Basketball League season.

Ms Cumming will also complete her education degree at Monash and participate in the University's women's basketball program as part of a partnership Monash has with the Rangers.

Monash Sport director of basketball and Rangers head coach Dale Waters said Ms Cumming was the first Rangers player to be offered a scholarship at the AIS.

"It's fantastic that she has now gone full-circle and is coming back home to Dandenong to not only play with the Rangers but to also study and train at Monash," Mr Waters said.

Ms Cumming has an impressive biography. At only 18 years of age she has played in the WNBL, competed in six junior international games, and represented Australia in the 2006 Oceania Youth tournament in New Zealand.

She was also recently announced as the Basketball Australia 2008 Female Junior Player of the year.

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