SHE has taken on the best juniors in the world.

Now Isla Juffermans has taken on and beaten Australia’s best high school basketball players.

The former Coffs Harbour Suns junior played a major role in her Canberra high school winning a national championship.

The 17-year-old was part of the Lake Ginninderra College team who won the Australian Schools Championships women’s division on the Gold Coast.

Juffermans played a big role in helping her side become the best high school team in Australia.

The centre was a dominant force in her school’s 73-72 win in the grand final against Gold Coast’s Hillcrest Christian College.

The Australian junior representative top scored with 35 points and pulled down an amazing 29 rebounds as her school won the national championship.

She also produced a dominant performance in her team’s 103-62 win against Victoria’s Rowville Secondary College, scoring 35 points on 15 of 19 shooting and grabbing 21 rebounds.

She was one of the standout players of the championships leading the tournament in scoring and rebounding averaging 27.3 points and 17.3 rebounds in her six games.

Her efforts saw her named in the all-star five players for the tournament.

The national title win caps off a fantastic year in which she represented her country on the world stage.

Playing for the Australian Sapphires, she was one of the top players at the FIBA Under 17 Women’s Basketball World Cup in Hungary.

She was also the Most Valuable Player at the FIBA Under 18 Women’s Asian Championship as part of the Australian Sapphires team who won the championship in India, and an integral part of the Sapphires team who won the FIBA Under 16 Women’s Asian Championship in Jordan.

The former St John Paul College Coffs Harbour student is currently studying in Canberra after moving to the nation’s capital to attend Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence at the Australian Institute of Sport, as part of a scholarship provided by Basketball Australia’s High Performance team.

By Aiden BURGESS