Winnipeg’s Olivia Weekes has announced that she has signed a professional contract with the Bulleen Boomers in Melbourne, Australia, taking the next step in her basketball career after a standout run with the UBC Thunderbirds. The signing follows a 2025-26 season in which she earned U SPORTS Women’s Basketball Second Team All-Canadian honours and was named a Canada West First Team All-Star.
A graduate of Vincent Massey Collegiate in Winnipeg, Weekes has built her career through Manitoba’s player development pathway before going on to excel at the U SPORTS level. She was previously a member of the Manitoba Provincial Team and Centre for Performance / Targeted Athlete Programs.
At UBC, Weekes developed into one of the program’s top players. During the 2025-26 season, she averaged 16.8 points per game and earned national All-Canadian recognition. The year before, she was named a Canada West Second Team All-Star.
Weekes now heads to Australia after finishing her U SPORTS career as one of the top women’s players in the country and one of Manitoba’s leading recent university basketball success stories. Her professional signing is another strong example of a Manitoba-developed athlete progressing from local development programs to national university success and into the pro ranks.