The WAIS Warriors were an Australian basketball team based in Perth, Western Australia. As part of the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS), the Warriors competed in the Men's State Basketball League (SBL) and played their home games at the Superdrome and the University of Western Australia (UWA).
In 1987, the Western Australian Institute of Sport collaborated with the Western Australian Basketball Federation to establish a men's basketball team. Led by director Wally Foreman and head coach Warren Kuhn, the team entered the A division of the State League in 1987 and was based at the Superdrome in Graylands. In 1988, the team adopted the name "WAIS Junior Wildcats".
The program's goal was to bring the best young players together in the one team to hasten their development, and then test them against senior teams. Kuhn created a legacy as one of WA basketball's great innovative coaches and basketball minds, and was considered an effective big man coach.
1989 saw the formation of the State Basketball League (SBL) with both a men's and women's competition. The WAIS men's team, now known as the Warriors, entered the SBL for its inaugural season. The Warriors competed in the first three seasons of the SBL, recording six wins in 1989, two in 1990, and going winless in 1991. Their home venue was the Superdrome in 1989, followed by the UWA Gymnasium in 1990 and 1991. The Warriors played in green, gold, black and white colours.
Former SBL games-record holder Troy Clarke played for the Warriors in 1990 and 1991. Clarke served as captain of the team in his second year.
The program was discontinued at the end of 1991.