Jessica Bygate Explained

Jessica Bygate
League:WNBL
Team:Melbourne Boomers
Number:2
Position:Forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Birth Date:1992 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Pahiatua, New Zealand
Nationality:New Zealand
College:Dickinson State (2012–2014)
Career Start:2011
Years1:2015–2016
Team1:Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
Years2:2016
Team2:Melbourne Boomers (Australia)
Highlights:
  • New Zealand WBC Champion (2012)

Jessica Bygate (born 10 January 1992) is a former professional basketball player from New Zealand. She has played for the Melbourne Boomers in the WNBL and now lives is New South Wales. She is now a coach and an exercise scientist.

Early life

Bygate grew up in Nelson and received her secondary education at Nelson College for Girls. After school, she attended Lincoln University for a year.[1]

Professional career

WBC

Bygate began her career in New Zealand, playing for the Canterbury Wildcats in the WBC. She then moved to the Nelson Sparks, where she won her first WBC championship. She then spent a season for the Junior Tall Ferns, before moving to the Australian leagues.

College

Bygate began her college career in 2011 at Moberly Area Community College in Moberly, Missouri. Impressive showings earned her a transfer to Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota where she would play for the Dickinson State Blue Hawks.

Australia

After a season with the Gladstone Power in the Queensland Basketball League, Bygate was signed by WNBL side, Adelaide Lightning for the 2015–16 season. Bygate was then signed for the 2016–17 season by the Melbourne Boomers. [2]

National team

At the 2013 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women Bygate made her international debut where she won a silver medal as part of the Tall Ferns New Zealand women's basketball team.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: McNae . Pete . Bygate adds a spark . 29 October 2016 . . 21 June 2012.
  2. Web site: Boomers Sign NZ International Jess Bygate. https://web.archive.org/web/20160919022536/http://wnbl.com.au/melbourne_news/boomers-sign-nz-international-jess-bygate/. dead. 19 September 2016. wnbl.com.au.
  3. Web site: Jess Bygate. Basketball.org.nz.