Abby Cubillo facts for kids
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| Born | 18 May 1999 Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia |
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| Pro career | 2015–present | |||||||||||||
| League | NBL1 West | |||||||||||||
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| 2015 | Hornsby Spiders | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | BA Centre of Excellence | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Canberra Capitals Academy | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Canberra Capitals | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Canberra Nationals | |||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Brisbane Capitals | |||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Adelaide Lightning | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | Southern Districts Spartans | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | Mainland Pouakai | |||||||||||||
| 2025–present | East Perth Eagles | |||||||||||||
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Abby Lorna Cubillo, born on May 18, 1999, is an Australian professional basketball player. She played for five seasons in Australia's top basketball league for women, the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), from 2018 to 2023.
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Early Life and Basketball Start
Abby was born in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Her father is from the Larrakia people, who are the traditional owners of the Darwin area. This means Abby is of Aboriginal Australian descent.
She moved to Sydney to attend Barker College, where she won a gold medal at the Pacific School Games. In 2015, Abby played for the Hornsby Spiders in the Waratah League. She averaged 8.8 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game in 14 games.
Training at the AIS
In November 2015, Abby was chosen for the Centre of Excellence program at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra. She was only the second person from the Northern Territory to get an AIS basketball scholarship. While in Canberra, she studied at the Lake Ginninderra Secondary College.
From 2016 to 2017, Abby played for the BA Centre of Excellence in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). She then played for the Canberra Capitals Academy in the 2018 SEABL season.
Professional Basketball Career
Abby joined the Canberra Capitals in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) for the 2018–19 season. She played her first WNBL game on October 12, 2018, against the Sydney Uni Flames. This made her the first player born and raised in the Northern Territory to play in the WNBL. The Capitals won that game 97–78.
WNBL Championships
For the WNBL Indigenous Round in December 2018, Abby helped show off special uniforms. The Capitals wore these uniforms in their game against the Perth Lynx. The Capitals went on to win the WNBL finals that season. Even though Abby did not play in the final series, she was part of the team that became WNBL champions.
In 2019, Abby played another season for the Canberra Capitals Academy in the Waratah League. In the 2019–20 WNBL season, she helped the Capitals win their second WNBL championship in a row. She played 21 games, averaging 1.3 points per game.
Later Seasons and Injury
In 2020, Abby played one game for the Canberra Nationals in the Waratah League. She then played 14 games for the Capitals during the 2020 WNBL Hub season in Queensland. She also played nine games for the Canberra Nationals in the 2021 Waratah League season.
Abby returned to the Capitals for the 2021–22 WNBL season. After that, she played for the Brisbane Capitals in the NBL1 North during the 2022 season. She was named to the NBL1 North First Team for her great performance.
Abby joined the Adelaide Lightning for the 2022–23 WNBL season. She then rejoined the Brisbane Capitals for the 2023 NBL1 North season. During the 2023 season, she unfortunately tore her ACL, which is a serious knee injury. Before her injury, Abby was averaging 17.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 3.5 assists for Brisbane in seven games.
In 2024, Abby played for the Southern Districts Spartans in the NBL1 North season. She also played for the Mainland Pouakai in the Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa league during 2024.
Abby joined the East Perth Eagles in the NBL1 West for the 2025 season. On July 5, 2025, she achieved a triple-double with 21 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists. This happened in a double overtime game where her team lost 116–112 to the Goldfields Giants.
National Team Play
Abby was the starting point guard for the Australia women's national under-17 basketball team (called the Sapphires) at the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women in Spain in July 2016. The Sapphires won a gold medal at this championship. In September 2016, she was also chosen for the Australia women's national under-19 basketball team (called the Gems) squad. This team prepared for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Italy.
