European Halilbasic signs with Lady Techsters at forward
Adna Halilbasic (left), a 6-foot-2 forward from Recklinghausen, Germany, has signed to play basketball at Louisiana Tech. Photo courtesy of FIBA
Louisiana Tech women’s basketball head coach Brooke Stoehr announced the signing of forward Adna Halilbasic.
The 6-foot-2 forward comes to Ruston from Recklinghausen, Germany, where she saw a successful career on the international circuit. Halilbasic becomes the first German to play for the Lady Techsters and is the 11th international player.
She joins Melissa Mwanza (Zimbabwe) and Isla Airey (Australia) to give Tech multiple international players for the sixth consecutive season, dating back to the 2019-20 season.
“We are excited to add Adna to the Lady Techsters family,” Stoehr said. “ Adna is post who can score in the paint and will bring added size, international experience, and depth to our interior group. She has good instincts and feel for the game. We look forward to welcoming Adna to Louisiana Tech.”
On the international stage, Halilbasic started with the U14 team, which finished second in the German Championship in 2019. She followed that up by winning the German Championship in 2022 as part of the U16 team.
As part of the Jugendbundesliga U18 in the WNBL, she won the conference championship in three consecutive seasons (2022, 2023, 2024) and finished third in the German Championship in 2024.
Her 2024 team finished in the quarterfinals of the playoffs. Halilbasic was also a member of the U16 and U18 Bosnia national teams, which competed in the European Championships in 2022, 2023, and 2024. With the U18 organization, she finished fourth in 2023.
