#9 Sam Woosnam

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Returns to the Lightning after a stint overseas... won a WNBL Championship with the Lightning in 1998... played in only 7 games with Adelaide, but scored 77 points for the season... pulled down 44 rebounds and had 18 steals for the team in the 2004/05 season... played in 2000-2003 in Austria with Powerbasket Wels... played in 2003 with German League First Division team TSV Wasserburg... in 2003-2004 played in FIBA Cup French League with France ESBVA... in 2004 moved to Portuguese team Santarem... has played ABA with the West Adelaide Bearcats... member of the World Junior Championship team that won the silver medal 1997... Austrian All Star Gala selection... 2001 and 2002 Austrian Championship silver medallist... third in the Austrian Bundesliga MVP contest in 2001/02.

Player Q&A:

Name: Sam Woosnam

Date of birth: 25/05/78

Most admired sportsperson: Dean Brogan

Proudest moment in basketball: WNBL Championship with Adelaide

Fitness tip: Your mind is stronger than your body

My partner on Dancing with the Stars would be: Elijah "Noodles" Ware - you'd understand why if you've seen him on the dance floor!

Dream destination on a holiday: Bahamas or the Maldives

Funniest team mate and why: Dee Ranford - one look and I laugh.

The last time I laughed until I cried was: Everyday with my housemate Lesley - she is the funniest person I know.

The best advice I've ever had was: Don't ever forget where you came from! (Thanks Dad.)

If only I could: win the Lotto

Three people I would invite to a dinner party would be: Angelina Jolie, Ryan Fitzgerald and Pete Murray.

My friends say I look like: Xena the Warrior Princess

One day I plan to: swim with dolphins

If I was a Superhero, my name and powers would be: Stupendous Sammi and I would travel through time.

If I wasn't a basketballer, I would love to be: a musician

Favourite movie: Pulp Fiction

Favourite television show: NCIS

If I was singing Karaoke, I would sing: "I Will Survive"

Favourite comedian: Hayley Meter with myself coming a close second.

Favourite food: chicken and chips

Favourite invention: mobile phone

Last book I read was: Scar Tissue

In 2016, I'll be: lying on a beach, sipping a Pi�a Colada, being fanned and fed grapes. Nah - just joking! I'll be working, hopefully married with a couple of kids and a dog.