Abby Bishop

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Basketball player
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Abby Bishop
Information about the player
birthday November 29, 1988
place of birth Booleroo Center , Australia
size 189 cm
position Forward
WNBA Draft - (not drafted)
Jersey number 4th
Clubs as active
2005-2006 AustraliaAustralia AIS
2006-2010 AustraliaAustralia Canberra Capitals
2010-2011 AustraliaAustralia Dandenong Rangers
2011–2012 AustraliaAustralia Adelaide Lightning
2012-2013 FranceFrance Perpignan Basket
2013-2014 HungaryHungary PEAC pecs
2013-2016 AustraliaAustralia Canberra Capitals
2015-2016 HungaryHungary Uniqa Sopron
2017– AustraliaAustralia Adelaide Lightning
WNBA clubs as active
2010 and
2015–2016 		United StatesUnited States Seattle Storm
1 As of January 24, 2018

Abby Bishop (born November 29, 1988 in Booleroo Center , South Australia ) is an Australian basketball player . Since 2017 she has played for the Adelaide Lightning in the highest Australian women's basketball league.

Player career

Australia (since 2005)

Rookie season and championship win (2005 to 2007)

In 2005, Bishop made the jump to the AIS in the Women's National Basketball League , which is the top Australian division for women. In the 2005/06 season she was named Betty Watson Rookie of the Year after averaging 9.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists in twelve games . After her first season in the WNBL, she moved to the Canberra Capitals with whom she won her first WNBL championship in the 2006/07 season. Bishop scored an average of 10.2 points and 8 rebounds per game in their first season for the Capitals and thus had a significant share in this success.

Two further championship titles in the WNBL (2007 to 2010)

The following season remained for Bishop without a team sense of achievement, but it increased to 14 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. In the 2008/09 season she won her second WNBL championship with the Capitals. Bishop achieved an average of 16.7 points and 10.9 rebounds per game, which not only once again had a significant share in winning the championship, but also set a new personal record in both categories. She was also named All-Star 5 . In the 2009/10 season she successfully defended the WNBL championship with the Capitals.

Moved to the WNBA and returned to Australia (2010 to 2012)

After the brief interlude in the WNBA in the 2010 season , she returned to Australia, where she was signed by the Dandenong Rangers for the 2010/11 season . After joining the Rangers, Bishop announced that she would not be returning to the Storm in the summer of 2011. She justified her decision with the fact that she is expected to receive little playing time in the WNBA, which would minimize her chances of representing the Australian national team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London . So she decided to spend the summer of 2011 in Australia. After only one season with the Rangers, where she led the team together with Kate Macleod , she moved to the Adelaide Lightning . In her only season for the Lightning, she averaged 16.4 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. From 2013 to 2016 she played again for the Canberra Capitals team. As of 2017, Bishop is back for the WNBL team of the Adelaide Lightning.

WNBA (2010 and 2015 to 2016)

On April 1, 2010, Brian Agler , head coach of the Seattle Storm announced that three players, Abby Bishop, Laura Kurz and Aja Parham, had been invited to the Storm's training camp. In the last week at training camp, she scored 24 points in a game against the Chinese national team, scoring eight out of ten field throws. That accomplishment was largely instrumental in adding Brian Agler, Storm's head coach, to the 2010 roster. Agler justified Bishop's engagement as follows: “She's played well. And she's still real young - just 21 - so she's got a lot of upside. ” (Analogous translation:“ She played very well [in preparation] and she is still very young at 21, which means she has room for improvement. ”) . On May 22, 2010, she came against the Phoenix Mercury for her first use in the WNBA. She scored her first points (three-point throw) on May 27, 2010 against the Chicago Sky . In the end, she was in a total of 16 games in the regular season for the Storm on the field. The Storm were able to win the championship in 2010, but Bishop came to no further use in the playoffs.

For the 2015 season , Bishop returned to the Strorm in Seattle. There she played for the first time in the starting lineup. In 2016 she continued to play for the Seattle team, but was only used as a supplementary player and her game shares were significantly reduced. In both seasons she came back to the playoffs because the team did not reach them.

After 2016, Bishop did not play any more games in the WNBA. Up to this point, she played in 3 WNBA seasons in the regular season 55 games, she was 14 May in the starting lineup and scored 191 points, 116 rebounds and 37 assists.

Europe (since 2012)

Abby Bishop sometimes plays in Europe during the season break. She was on the field for teams from France and Hungary. Most recently she played for the Hungarian team of Uniqa Sopron in the 2015/16 season

National team (since 2007)

Abby Bishop has been a part of Australia's women's basketball team since 2007 . Before that, she played for various Australian youth teams. In 2005 she reached 7th place with the Australian national basketball team at the U-19 Women's Basketball World Cup . In 2007 she finished 5th at the U-19 Women's Basketball World Cup . Her greatest success up to that point was winning the silver medal at the U-21 Women's Basketball World Cup in 2007. As her first international title, she was able to win the Oceania Championship in 2007 with the Australian team . In 2013 she helped win the continental title again. At the 2010 Women's Basketball World Cup , she finished 5th with the team. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, she won the bronze medal with the Australian team.

Achievements and Awards

  • WNBL
    • 2006 Betty Watson Rookie of the Year
    • 2007 championship win
    • 2009 championship win 2
    • 2010 championship 3
    • 2015 honored as the most valuable player in the WNBL

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d player profile on WNBL.com.au. WNBL, accessed January 1, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Jayda Evans: Player Profile (Career Stats and Totals) on WNBA.com. The Seattle Times, February 17, 2011, accessed September 11, 2012 .
  3. ^ Storm Invites Three to 2010 Training Camp. Seattle Storm, April 1, 2010, accessed January 1, 2011 .
  4. ↑ a b Kevin Pelton: 2010 in Review: Abby Bishop. stormbasketball.com, May 15, 2010, accessed September 11, 2012 .
  5. ↑ WNBA.com: Abby Bishop. WNBA, January 25, 2018, accessed January 25, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Bishop, Abby
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Booleroo Center , South Australia