Leonie Fiebich | |
Number: | 13 |
Position: | Forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
League: | WNBA |
Team: | New York Liberty |
Birth Date: | 10 January 2000 |
Birth Place: | Landsberg, Germany |
Draft League: | WNBA |
Draft Year: | 2020 |
Draft Round: | 2 |
Draft Pick: | 22 |
Draft Team: | Los Angeles Sparks |
Career Start: | 2016 |
Years1: | 2016–2018 |
Team1: | Jahn München |
Years2: | 2018–2021 |
Team2: | Wasserburg |
Years3: | 2021–2022 |
Team3: | Flammes Carolo Basket |
Years4: | 2022 |
Team4: | Warwick Senators |
Years5: | 2022–2024 |
Team5: | Casademont Zaragoza |
Years6: | –present |
Team6: | New York Liberty |
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Leonie Fiebich (born 10 January 2000) is a German professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks in the second round of the 2020 WNBA draft and has played for the German national basketball team.[1]
Fiebich's home club was the DJK Landsberg, and at the age of 14 she trained and played for Landsberg's women team as a youth player.[2]
Fiebich started her professional career for TS Jahn München in 2016. In her first season, she averaged 12.1 points and 8.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. In her second season, she averaged 16.2 points and 7.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. She was signed by Wasserburg for the 2018–19 season.[3] She was named best Bundesliga newcomer of the 2018–19 season as she averaged 10.3 points, 8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.[4] [5] She played just one game in the 2019–20 season after she tore her cruciate ligament at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup.[6]
Fiebich returned to Wasserburg for the 2020–21 season.[7]
For the 2021–22 season, Fiebich joined French team Flammes Carolo Basket. She then moved to Australia to play for the Warwick Senators during the 2022 NBL1 West season.
For the 2022–23 season, Fiebich joined Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. She returned to Zaragoza for the 2023–24 season. On May 24, 2024, after two seasons at the club, she confirmed her departure to the WNBA.[8]
On 17 April 2020, the Los Angeles Sparks selected Fiebich with the 22nd overall pick in the 2020 WNBA draft.[9] [10] In February 2023, her player rights were acquired by the New York Liberty in a four-team trade.[11] In February 2024, she signed a rookie scale contract with the Liberty.[12]
Fiebich won the silver medal with the German national under-16 basketball team at the 2016 FIBA Under16 European Championship where she averaged 11.9 points, 11.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.[13] She also participated at the 2018 FIBA Under18 European Championship where she won the gold medal and averaged 11.7 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game and was selected to the "team of the tournament.[14] [15] She also participated at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup where she averaged 7 points, 9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.[16]
In October 2018, she made her debut with the German national basketball team.[17]