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Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | WNBL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1990-07-26) 26 July 1990 (age 34) Dandenong, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 2006–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2006–2007 | Dandenong Rangers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Australian Institute of Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2013 | Dandenong Rangers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Townsville Fire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Dandenong Rangers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Adelaide Lightning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | Southside Flyers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephanie Blicavs (née Cumming; born 26 July 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player.
Career
WNBL
Raised in Dandenong and playing for Rangers junior team, Blicavs joined the WNBL squad in 2006. She then gained a scholarship Australian Institute of Sport and joined the WNBL team. She then returned home to play for the Rangers and won a championship in 2012. She then travelled north to play for the Townsville Fire. She once again won the championship title in the 2015 final. For 2015–16 she returned home where she would Captain the Rangers season.
In 2020, Blicavs signed on for her first season since pregnancy, returning to Melbourne for her first season with the rebranded Southside Flyers.
SEABL
During the WNBL off-season, Blicavs has regularly played in the South East Australian Basketball League. From 2010–2012 she played for the Dandenong Rangers SEABL team as well as the WNBL side. In 2013, she joined the Frankston Blues. In 2014, she took her talents to the Ballarat Rush. In 2015, Blicavs played for the Kilsyth Cobras and led them to the Grand Final where she would go down to her hometown team, Dandenong. Despite losing the final, Blicavs took home the 2015 SEABL MVP award.
Personal life
In March 2017, Blicavs married the brother of her team mate Sara Blicavs, fellow basketballer, Kris. On 4 October 2019, Blicavs gave birth to her first child, Arlo.On 27 April 2022, she gave birth to a girl, Etta.
References
- "Stephanie Cumming - Player Statistics".
- "ANOTHER BLICAVS SET TO JOIN THE FLYERS FAMILY IN WNBL21". Southside Flyers. wnbl.basketball. 18 September 2020.
- Hustwaite, Megan (March 22, 2017). WNBL stars Steph Cumming and Sara Blicavs share Dandenong Rangers’ MVP award. The Herald Sun. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
- Stephanie Blicavs on Instagram
- "SARA BLICAVS' REHABILITATION FOLLOWING KNEE RECONSTRUCTION CONTINUED WELL AFTER RETURN GAME". milestonesandmisses.com. 17 May 2020.
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Guards (basketball)
- Australian women's basketball players
- Dandenong Rangers players
- Townsville Fire players
- Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
- Basketball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in basketball
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Australia
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- People from Dandenong, Victoria
- Australian Institute of Sport basketball (WNBL) players
- Basketball players from Melbourne
- Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Southside Flyers players