{{short description|Australian basketball player (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Taylor Ortlepp | image = | height_cm = 180<!-- per https://www.carltonfc.com.au/players/aflw/8530/taylor-ortlepp --> | weight_kg = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1997|06|22}} | birth_place = | module = {{Infobox basketball biography | embed = yes | league = | team = | number = | position = Guard | high_school = Saint Ignatius' College<br>(Adelaide, South Australia) | college = Boston (2016–2020) | draft_league = WNBA | draft_year = 2020 | draft_round = | draft_pick = | draft_team = | career_start = 2014 | career_end = | years1 = 2014–2016 | team1 = Norwood Flames | years2 = 2015–2016 | team2 = Adelaide Lightning | years3 = 2020–2022 | team3 = Adelaide Lightning | years4 = 2021 | team4 = North Adelaide Rockets | years5 = 2022 | team5 = Rockingham Flames | years6 = 2023 | team6 = Melbourne Boomers | years7 = 2023 | team7 = Melbourne Tigers | highlights = * Premier League champion (2015) | medal_templates = {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }} {{MedalSport | Basketball}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship}} {{MedalGold|2013 Australia | Team}} }}<!-- -->{{Infobox AFL biography | embed = yes | debutdate = Round 6, 2022 (S7) | debutteam = {{AFLW|Car}} | debutopponent = {{AFLW|GWS}} | debutstadium = Henson Park | position = Utility | currentclub = | guernsey = | years1 = 2022 (S7)–2024 | club1 = {{AFLW|Car}} | games_goals1 = 13 (1) | statsend = the 2024 season }} }}
'''Taylor Jae Ortlepp''' (born 22 June 1997) is an Australian professional basketball player and Australian rules footballer. She has played for the Adelaide Lightning and Melbourne Boomers in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and {{AFLW|Car}} in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
==Early life== Ortlepp grew up playing basketball in country South Australia before moving to Adelaide as an U16, where she played the rest of her junior career with Norwood Basketball Club<ref>{{cite news|url=https://wnbl.basketball/adelaide/news/get-to-know-taylor-ortlepp/|title=GET TO KNOW TAYLOR ORTLEPP|work=wnbl.basketball/adelaide|date=10 July 2020|access-date=29 January 2023 |author1=Adelaide }}</ref> and attended Saint Ignatius' College.<ref name=bceagles>{{cite web|url=https://bceagles.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/taylor-ortlepp/11263|title=Taylor Ortlepp|work=bceagles.com|access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref>
==Basketball career== ===Early years=== Ortlepp played three seasons in the South Australian Premier League for the Norwood Flames between 2014 and 2016. She also spent the 2014–15 WNBL season with the Adelaide Lightning.<ref name=australiabasket>{{cite web|url=https://basketball.australiabasket.com/player/Taylor-Ortlepp/332217?Women=1|title=Taylor Ortlepp|work=australiabasket.com|access-date=29 January 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
===College=== Between 2016 and 2020, Ortlepp played college basketball in the United States for the Boston College Eagles.<ref name="australiabasket" /><ref name="wnbl">{{cite web|url=http://pickandroll.com.au/taylor-ortlepp-join-georgia-pineau-boston-college/|title=Taylor Ortlepp to join Georgia Pineau at Boston College|publisher=pickandroll.com.au}}</ref>
===Professional=== In 2020, Ortlepp played for the Adelaide Lightning in the WNBL Hub season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://wnbl.basketball/adelaide/news/taylor-swiftly-signed-by-lightning/|title=TAYLOR SWIFTLY SIGNED BY LIGHTNING|publisher=wnbl.basketball}}</ref> After a season with the North Adelaide Rockets in the NBL1 Central, she returned to the Lightning for the 2021–22 WNBL season. She then joined the Rockingham Flames for the 2022 NBL1 West season.<ref name="australiabasket" />
On 28 January 2023, Ortlepp signed with the Melbourne Boomers for the rest of the 2022–23 WNBL season.<ref name=boomers>{{cite web|url=https://wnbl.basketball/melbourne/news/taylor-ortlepp-joins-boomers/|title=TAYLOR ORTLEPP JOINS BOOMERS|work=wnbl.basketball/melbourne|date=28 January 2023|access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref> She then played for the Melbourne Tigers in the 2023 NBL1 South season.<ref name="australiabasket" />
===National team=== Ortlepp first represented Australia in 2013 at the FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship in Melbourne. She would then go on to represent Australia at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in the Czech Republic,<ref name="fiba">{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/world/u17women/2014/player/Taylor-Jae-Ortlepp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925181509/http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u17women/2014/player/Taylor-Jae-Ortlepp|url-status=live|archive-date=25 September 2021|title=Taylor Jae ORTLEPP |publisher=fiba.com}}</ref> where they finished in fifth place, with a 6–1 record.
==Football career== Ortlepp signed for {{AFLW|Car}} in the AFLW ahead of 2022 season 7.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ortlepp joins the Game Changers|url=https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1149221/ortlepp-joins-the-game-changers|website=Carlton Football Club|location=Melbourne|date=14 June 2022|access-date=29 June 2025}}</ref> In three seasons on the list, she played 13 games for the club.<ref name="Carlton delisting">{{Cite news|title=Carlton AFLW list update|url=https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1701561/carlton-aflw-list-update|website=Carlton Football Club|location=Melbourne|date=3 December 2024|access-date=29 June 2025}}</ref> She was delisted at the end of the 2024 season.<ref name="Carlton delisting"/>
==Personal life== Ortlepp is the daughter of Julie and Grant, and has a brother, Cameron.<ref name="bceagles" />
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==External links== *{{AustralianFootball}} *[https://bceagles.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/taylor-ortlepp/11263 Boston College Eagles bio]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ortlepp, Taylor}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Adelaide Lightning players Category:Australian women's basketball players Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen Category:Boston College Eagles women's basketball players Category:Carlton Football Club (AFLW) players Category:Guards (basketball) Category:Melbourne Boomers players Category:Basketball players from South Australia Category:Sportswomen from South Australia Category:People educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Adelaide