Troy Plumtree

Photo by: Joe Kelly

Photo by: Owen Main

Height:
6-6
Weight:
215
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Wellington, New Zealand
Prev School:
Wellington College

New Zealand National Team
Averaged 6.9 points and 4.1 rebounds per seven games at 2025 FIBA U19 World Cup (Lausanne, Switzerland) as New Zealand finished fourth … also helped country to fourth-place finish at the 2024 FIBA U17 World Cup (Istanbul, Turkey) where he averaged 12.7 points and 7.6 rebounds per game and finished with 12 points in a semifinal loss to United States … competed at 2023 FIBA U16 Asian Championship (Doha, Qatar) and FIBA U15 Oceania Championship (Mangilao, Guam) as New Zealand twice finished runners-up to Australia.

Wellington College
Helped direct program to New Zealand high school national championship after averaging 33 points, 19 rebounds and six assists per game … previous selection as Wellington Sports Person of the Year.

Personal
Son of Lara and John … has two brothers, Taine and Reece … father competed for elite rugby clubs in his native New Zealand and South Africa before embarking on a coaching career that has included stints with the New Zealand, Ireland and Japan National Teams and top-tier clubs in Wales, New Zealand and South Africa … elder brother, Taine, has earned a half-dozen caps for the Wales National Team and currently plays for Welsh club Scarlets in the United Rugby Championship at flanker … majoring in business … Troy John Plumtree was born in Durban, South Africa.