William Hickey (basketball)
Hickey with the Illawarra Hawks in 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 6 – Illawarra Hawks | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | NBL | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 January 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Trinity Grammar School (Sydney, New South Wales) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2021: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2018–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | Sydney Comets | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Melbourne Tigers | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | South East Melbourne Phoenix | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Inner West Bulls | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Ballarat Miners | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Melbourne United | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Casey Cavaliers | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Illawarra Hawks | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Illawarra Hawks (NBL1 East) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Albury Wodonga Bandits | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Auckland Tuatara | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Sydney Comets | ||||||||||||||
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William David "Davo" Hickey (born 18 January 1999) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketball League (NBL). He debuted in the NBL in the 2019–20 season as a development player with the South East Melbourne Phoenix. After a season with Melbourne United in 2021–22, he joined the Illawarra Hawks in 2022 and helped them win an NBL championship in 2025. He has also consistently played in the Australian state leagues since 2018, earning NBL1 East All-Star Five and Defensive Player of the Year honours in 2024 with the Albury Wodonga Bandits. In 2025, he had a stint with the Auckland Tuatara of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL).
Hickey debuted for the Australian Boomers in 2024.