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Bishop in Madison Square Garden in 2015
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| Born | 29 November 1988 Booleroo, South Australia, Australia |
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| Pro career | 2005–present | |||||||||||||||||||
| League | WNBL | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2006 | Australian Institute of Sport | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Canberra Capitals | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Seattle Storm | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Dandenong Rangers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Kilsyth Cobras | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Adelaide Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Perpignan Basket | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Canberra Capitals | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | PEAC-Pecs | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Launceston Tornadoes | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Seattle Storm | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Tarbes Gespe Bigorre | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Rockhampton Cyclones | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Adelaide Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Sunshine Coast Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | KSC Szekszárd | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Rockhampton Cyclones | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Townsville Flames | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Townsville Fire | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Spar Citylift Girona | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Virtus Bologna | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Ipswich Force | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Southside Flyers | |||||||||||||||||||
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Abby Bishop (born 29 November 1988) is an Australian professional basketball player. She plays as a forward for the Canberra Capitals in Australia's top league, the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). Abby has played for many WNBL teams, including the Australian Institute of Sport, Dandenong Rangers, Adelaide Lightning, Townsville Fire, and Southside Flyers.
She also played three seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in the United States. In 2010, she won a WNBA championship with the Seattle Storm. Abby was also a key member of the Australia women's national basketball team, known as the Opals. With the Opals, she won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Personal Life
Abby Bishop was born on 29 November 1988 in Booleroo, South Australia. She is 189 centimeters (about 6 feet 2 inches) tall. In August 2013, Abby took on the responsibility of raising her newborn niece, Zala Kate Bishop.
Basketball Career
Abby Bishop is known for being a tall and strong forward on the basketball court. She was even featured as a basketball star on myFiba in 2008.
Playing Professionally
Abby has had a long and successful career playing basketball around the world.
In the WNBA
Abby Bishop started her career in the WNBA in 2010. She played for the Seattle Storm. In her first season, she played in 16 games. She averaged about 2.8 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. The Storm won the WNBA championship that year. However, Abby couldn't play in the final games because of a concussion.
She did not play in the WNBA in 2011. She wanted to focus on making the Australian Olympic team for 2012. Abby felt that staying in Australia would help her chances. She returned to play for the Seattle Storm in 2015 and 2016.
In the WNBL
Throughout her WNBL career, Abby Bishop has averaged 13.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. She started her WNBL journey with the AIS WNBL team in the 2005–06 season.
She then joined the Canberra Capitals in 2006. She played with them for several seasons, including 2007–08 and 2008–09. In one game in January 2009, she scored 27 points against the AIS. She played her fourth season with the Capitals in 2009–10.
Abby also played for the Dandenong Rangers in 2010–11. After that, she joined the Adelaide Lightning for the 2011–12 season. That year, she averaged 16.4 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. She scored 21 points in a game against the AIS in October 2011.
She returned to the Canberra Capitals from 2013 to 2016. During this time, she won the prestigious WNBL Most Valuable Player Award in the 2014–15 season. She played for the Lightning again in 2017–18. In 2019–20, she joined the Townsville Fire. She also played for the Southside Flyers in 2021–22 and 2022–23.
On 31 December 2024, Abby announced she was retiring after 19 years. But on 10 January 2025, she decided to come back! She signed with the Canberra Capitals again as a temporary player.
Playing Overseas
Abby Bishop has also played basketball in many countries outside Australia. In 2012–13, she played in France for Perpignan Basket. She then played in Hungary for PEAC-Pecs in 2013–14 and Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc in 2014–15.
She returned to France for the 2016–17 season with Tarbes Gespe Bigorre. In 2017–18, she played in Russia for WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk. She went back to Hungary in 2018–19 to play for KSC Szekszárd. Later, she played in Italy for Virtus Bologna in 2020–21. After a season in Spain in 2023–24, Abby played her last professional games in China for Sichuan Yuanda Meile.
State Leagues in Australia
Abby also played in various state basketball leagues in Australia. In 2011, she played in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) for the Kilsyth Cobras. She took a break from the Cobras to play with the Australian Opals team in China. She returned to the SEABL in 2014 with the Launceston Tornadoes.
She also played in the Queensland Basketball League (QBL). She played for the Rockhampton Cyclones in 2017 and the Sunshine Coast Phoenix in 2018. In 2019, she split her time between the Cyclones and Townsville Flames. More recently, she played for the Ipswich Force in the 2021 NBL1 North season and the Casey Cavaliers in the 2022 NBL1 South season.
Representing Australia
Abby Bishop has proudly represented Australia at different age levels in basketball.
- In 2005, she was part of the Australia Junior Women's Team that played in the World Championships in Tunisia.
- In 2006, she won a gold medal with the Junior Women's Team in the Oceania World Qualification Series.
- In 2007, she played for the Australian women's under-19 junior team at the World Championships in the Slovak Republic. Her team finished fifth.
- Also in 2007, she won a silver medal with the Australian Young Women's Team at the World Championships in Russia.
- In 2011, she represented Australia at the Summer Universiade in China, where her team won a bronze medal. She was Australia's top scorer in that tournament.
Abby has also been a key player for the Australian Opals, the senior national team.
- In 2007, she won a gold medal with the Opals in the Oceania World Qualifications series.
- In 2008, she was the youngest player on the Opals team that competed in the Good Luck Beijing 2008 tournament.
- She was part of the Opals team that played at the World Championships in the Czech Republic in 2010.
- In 2011, she helped the Opals qualify for the Olympics.
- In February 2012, she was chosen as one of 24 players who might represent Australia at the Olympics.
- She was part of the Australian team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
- She also won a bronze medal with the Opals at the 2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup.
See Also
In Spanish: Abby Bishop para niños
- List of Australian WNBA players
- WNBL Rookie of the Year Award
