Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop ( born November 29, 1988 in Booleroo Centre, South Australia ) is an Australian basketball player. In 2012 she plays for Perpignan Basket in the highest French women 's basketball league.
Playing career
Professional basketball (since 2005)
Rookie season and winning the championship (2005 to 2007)
2005 Bishop managed the leap to the AIS in the Women's National Basketball League, which is the highest Australian league for women. In the season 2005/ 06 she was named Betty Watson Rookie of the Year after she scored an average of 9.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists in twelve games. After their first season in the WNBL, she moved to the Canberra Capitals with which she won her first WNBL championship in the 2006/07 season. Bishop scored in her first season for the Capitals an average of 10.2 points and 8 rebounds per game, and thus had a significant role in this success.
Two more titles in the WNBL (2007 to 2010)
In the following season, remained for Bishop without mannschaftliches sense of achievement, but it increased to 14 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. In the 2008 /09 season they won their already second WNBL Championship with the Capitals. Bishop scored an average of 16.7 points and 10.9 rebounds per game, which they again not only had a significant share of winning the championship but placed in two categories a personal high score on. In addition, she was named to the All- Star 5. In the 2009/10 season, she successfully defended the WNBL Championship with the Capitals.
Change in the WNBA and return to Australia (2010 to 2012)
On 1 April 2010 announced Brian Agler, head coach of the Seattle Storm that three players were invited to the training camp of the Storm with Abby Bishop, Laura Short and Aja Parham. In the last week of training camp they scored in a game against the Chinese national team 24 points, where they recovered eight of ten field throws. This performance had a big part in that they took up Brian Agler, head coach of the Storm in the squad for the 2010 season. Agler established the obligation of Bishop as follows: " She's played well. And she 's still real young - just 21 - so she's got a lot of upside " ( The rough translation :" They played [ in preparation ] very well and she is 21 years old still very young, so she still has upside potential. "). . On 22 May 2010 she came against the Phoenix Mercury to their first use in the WNBA. Your first points ( three- point shot ), it achieved on 27 May 2010 against the Chicago Sky. At the end she was in a total of 16 games in the regular season for the Storm on the field. The Storm won the championship in 2010 though, but Bishop came into the playoffs at no further use more.
After the brief interlude in the WNBA, she returned to Australia, where she was taken for the 2010/11 season of the Dandenong Rangers under contract. After exposure to the Rangers announced Bishop, that they will not return to the Storm in the summer of 2011. It justified its decision by saying that it is likely to receive little playing time in the WNBA, what their chances would minimize the Australian national team at the 2012 Olympic Games to represent them in London. Therefore, they decided to spend the summer of 2011 in Australia. After only one season with the Rangers, where she worked with Kate Macleod led the team together, they moved to the Adelaide Lighning. In her only season for the Lightning, it achieved an average of 16.4 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.
Change in the highest French League (since 2012)
In May 2012, the French basketball club Perpignan Basket announced the commitment of Bishop.
National (since 2010)
Abby Bishop is since 2010 a part of the Australian national basketball team of the ladies. Previously, she has already played for various Australian youth national teams. In 2005, she reached the Australian national basketball team at the U- 19 World Basketball Championship for Women the 7th Place. In 2007, she finished 5th at the U- 19 World Basketball Championship for Women. But until then your biggest success was winning the silver medal at the U -21 World Basketball Championship for Women in 2007 dar. At the Olympic Games in London in 2012, she won the bronze medal with the Australian team.
Awards and achievements
- WNBL 2006 Betty Watson Rookie of the Year
- 2007 winning the championship
- 2009 profit of Meisterschaft2
- 2010 net profit Meisterschaft3
- WNBA 2010 winning the championship
- 2012 bronze medal at the Summer Olympics
Career Stats
Key to Career statistics: ( GP = Total Games; GS = games in the starting lineup, MPG = Minutes played per game, FG % = throw percentage from the field; 3P % = throw percentage from 3-point range, FT % = Free throw percentage, OFF = offensive rebounds per game; DEF = defensive rebounds per game, RPG = rebounds per game, scored APG = assists per game, blocks per game BPG = achieved, PPG = points scored per game)