Micaela Cocks

Micaela Cocks (born 2 May 1986) is a professional basketball player from New Zealand. She currently plays for the Townsville Fire in the WNBL.

Micaela Cocks

No. 32 – Townsville Fire
Position	Guard
League	WNBL
Personal information
Born	(1986-05-02) 2 May 1986 Takapuna, New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealand
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Career information
College	Oregon (2006–2010)
Playing career	2005–present
Career history
2005	North Harbour Breeze
2006	Auckland Lady Hawks
2010	Energa Torun (Poland)
2010	Cote d'Opale Basket (France)
2011–present	Townsville Fire
Career highlights and awards
3× WNBL champion (2015, 2016, 2018) WNBL Grand Final MVP (2016) TBA All-Star Five (2022) All-Pac-10 (2010) Second-team All Pac-10 (2009)
Medals Representing New Zealand Women's Basketball Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Team 2018 Gold Coast Team competition FIBA Oceania Championships 2007 New Zealand Team 2011 Australia Team 2013 Australia / New Zealand Team 2015 Australia / New Zealand Team

Professional career

College

Cocks played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks in Eugene, Oregon, participating in NCAA Division I. In her final season, she was awarded a place on the All-Pac-10 First-Team.

Oregon statistics

Source

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2006-07	Oregon	31	106	43.4%	37.2%	88.9%	0.7	1.1	0.3	-	3.4
2007-08	Oregon	30	202	37.4%	36.7%	81.3%	3.1	1.3	0.6	0.0	6.7
2008-09	Oregon	30	404	38.4%	39.3%	86.0%	2.6	1.5	0.8	0.1	13.5
2009-10	Oregon	34	483	40.7%	32.6%	86.5%	3.2	2.9	0.9	0.1	14.2
Career		125	1195	39.5%	36.5%	85.9%	2.4	1.7	0.7	0.0	9.6

Europe

Cocks first travelled to Poland after signing with Energa Torun. However, she would only play four games before transferring to France, to play for Cote d'Opale Basket Calais. Once again, she would only participate in four games until her season was cut short.

Australia

Micaela Cocks was signed for the 2011–12 season, with the Townsville Fire. She has since been a strong, consistent member of their roster. Playing an instrumental role in their title runs in 2015 and 2016, alongside the likes of Suzy Batkovic and Cayla George. In the 2016 WNBL Finals, against the Perth Lynx, Cocks was awarded the WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award for her showings through the series. Cocks has been re-signed for the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons.

National team

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal as part of the Tall Ferns New Zealand women's basketball team. She represented New Zealand and the Tall Ferns again at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has taken home a silver medal at the FIBA Oceania Championship on four occasions. She has also participated in two Olympic qualifying tournaments with the Tall Ferns, in 2012 and 2016. Unfortunately, both times, the Tall Ferns fell short on Olympic qualification.