Stephanie Blicavs (née Cumming; born 26 July 1990) is an Australian professional

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player.

Career

WNBL

Raised in Dandenong and playing for Rangers junior team, Blicavs joined the WNBL squad in 2006. She then gained a scholarship

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and joined the WNBL team. She then returned home to play for the Rangers and won a championship in

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. She then travelled north to play for the

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. She once again won the championship title in the

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final. For 2015–16 she returned home where she would Captain the Rangers season. In 2020, Blicavs signed on for her first season since pregnancy, returning to Melbourne for her first season with the rebranded

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SEABL

During the WNBL off-season, Blicavs has regularly played in the

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. From 2010–2012 she played for the

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SEABL team as well as the WNBL side. In 2013, she joined the

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. In 2014, she took her talents to the

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. In 2015, Blicavs played for the

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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

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, fellow basketballer,

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. On 4 October 2019, Blicavs gave birth to her first child, Arlo. On 27 April 2022, she gave birth to a girl, Etta.

References

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