Stephanie Blicavs Explained

Stephanie Blicavs
League:WNBL
Team:Southside Flyers
Position:Guard
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Birth Date:1990 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Dandenong, Victoria
Nationality:Australian
Career Start:2006
Years1:2006–2007
Team1:Dandenong Rangers
Years2:2007–2009
Team2:Australian Institute of Sport
Years3:2009–2013
Team3:Dandenong Rangers
Years4:2013–2015
Team4:Townsville Fire
Years5:2015–2018
Team5:Dandenong Rangers
Years6:2018–2019
Team6:Adelaide Lightning
Years7:2020–present
Team7:Southside Flyers
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Stephanie Blicavs (née Cumming; born 26 July 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player.

Career

WNBL

Raised in Dandenong and playing for Rangers junior team, Blicavs joined the WNBL squad in 2006. She then gained a scholarship Australian Institute of Sport and joined the WNBL team. She then returned home to play for the Rangers and won a championship in 2012. She then travelled north to play for the Townsville Fire. She once again won the championship title in the 2015 final. For 2015–16 she returned home where she would Captain the Rangers season.[1]

In 2020, Blicavs signed on for her first season since pregnancy, returning to Melbourne for her first season with the rebranded Southside Flyers.[2]

SEABL

During the WNBL off-season, Blicavs has regularly played in the South East Australian Basketball League. From 2010–2012 she played for the Dandenong Rangers SEABL team as well as the WNBL side. In 2013, she joined the Frankston Blues. In 2014, she took her talents to the Ballarat Rush. In 2015, Blicavs played for the Kilsyth Cobras and led them to the Grand Final where she would go down to her hometown team, Dandenong. Despite losing the final, Blicavs took home the 2015 SEABL MVP award.

Personal life

In March 2017, Blicavs married the brother of her team mate Sara Blicavs, fellow basketballer, Kris.[3] On 4 October 2019, Blicavs gave birth to her first child, Arlo.[4] [5] On 27 April 2022, she gave birth to a girl, Etta.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stephanie Cumming - Player Statistics.
  2. News: ANOTHER BLICAVS SET TO JOIN THE FLYERS FAMILY IN WNBL21. Southside Flyers. 18 September 2020. wnbl.basketball.
  3. Hustwaite, Megan (March 22, 2017). WNBL stars Steph Cumming and Sara Blicavs share Dandenong Rangers’ MVP award. The Herald Sun. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
  4. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3X7Qbpg-Gb/ Stephanie Blicavs on Instagram
  5. Web site: SARA BLICAVS' REHABILITATION FOLLOWING KNEE RECONSTRUCTION CONTINUED WELL AFTER RETURN GAME. 17 May 2020. milestonesandmisses.com.