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'''Elizabeth "Liz" Camabage''' (born 18 August 1991<ref>http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=706 WNBL profile</ref>) is a basketball player who playes for the [[Australia women's national basketball team]], and in the [[Women's National Basketball League]] team the [[Bulleen Boomers]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Opals dig next big thing with teenage prodigy Elizabeth Cambage |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/opals-dig-next-big-thing-with-teenage-prodigy-elizabeth-cambage/story-e6frf9if-1225762563943|accessdate=7 December 2010|newspaper=[[Herald Sun]]|date=2009-08-17}}</ref>
'''Elizabeth "Liz" Camabage''' (born 18 August 1991<ref>http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=706 WNBL profile</ref>) is a basketball player who playes for the [[Australia women's national basketball team]], and in the [[Women's National Basketball League]] team the [[Bulleen Boomers]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Opals dig next big thing with teenage prodigy Elizabeth Cambage |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/opals-dig-next-big-thing-with-teenage-prodigy-elizabeth-cambage/story-e6frf9if-1225762563943|accessdate=7 December 2010|newspaper=[[Herald Sun]]|date=2009-08-17}}</ref>

==WNBL==
Cambage played her junior basketball with [[Dandenong Rangers]], joining their WNBL team for the 2007-08 season. In 2007, she accepted a scholarship to the [[Australian Institute of Sport]] (AIS) and played for the [[Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL Team)|AIS WNBL team]], based in [[Canberra]], for the remainder for the 2007-08 season and the following season.<ref name=WNBLProfile>{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Cambage|url=http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=706|work=Player profile|publisher=Women's National Basketball League|accessdate=11 April 2011}}</ref>

In 2009-10 Cambage returned to Melbourne to play with the Bulleen Boomers and in her first season with the club made the WNBL all-star five.<ref name=WNBLProfile/>

Cambage was the [[MVP]] for the [[2010–11 WNBL season]] in a season where the Boomers won the WNBL championship for the first time.<ref group="WNBL MVP">{{cite web|title=Bulleen’s Liz Cambage clinches WNBL Most Valuable Player award|url=http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=81&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3043&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=9a23ea5ff6|work=5 April 2011|publisher=Women's National Basketball League|accessdate=11 April 2011}}</ref>


==WNBA==
==WNBA==

Revision as of 23:28, 11 April 2011

Elizabeth Cambage
Tulsa Shock
PositionCenter
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1991-02-18) 18 February 1991 (age 33)
London, England
NationalityAustralian
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Career information
NBA draft2011: 2nd overall
Selected by the Tulsa Shock
Playing career2011–present

Elizabeth "Liz" Camabage (born 18 August 1991[1]) is a basketball player who playes for the Australia women's national basketball team, and in the Women's National Basketball League team the Bulleen Boomers.[2]

WNBL

Cambage played her junior basketball with Dandenong Rangers, joining their WNBL team for the 2007-08 season. In 2007, she accepted a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and played for the AIS WNBL team, based in Canberra, for the remainder for the 2007-08 season and the following season.[3]

In 2009-10 Cambage returned to Melbourne to play with the Bulleen Boomers and in her first season with the club made the WNBL all-star five.[3]

Cambage was the MVP for the 2010–11 WNBL season in a season where the Boomers won the WNBL championship for the first time.[WNBL MVP 1]

WNBA

Cambage was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft (2nd overall) by the Tulsa Shock.[4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=706 WNBL profile
  2. ^ "Opals dig next big thing with teenage prodigy Elizabeth Cambage". Herald Sun. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Elizabeth Cambage". Player profile. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  4. ^ http://www.wnba.com/draft2011/draft_board.html 2011 WNBA Draft board

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