Jessica Bygate
| No. 2 – Melbourne Boomers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Forward |
| League | WNBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 10 January 1992 |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Career information | |
| College | Dickinson State (2012–2014) |
| Playing career | 2011–present |
| Career history | |
| 2015–2016 | Adelaide Lightning (Australia) |
| 2016 | Melbourne Boomers (Australia) |
| Career highlights | |
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| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Medals | |
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Jessica Rose Bygate[1] (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 now works in the sports management and operations industry.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Bygate grew up in Nelson and received her secondary education at Nelson College for Girls. After school, she attended Lincoln University for a year.[2]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]WBC
[edit | edit source]Bygate began her career in New Zealand, playing for the Nelson Sparks, and later the Canterbury Wildcats in the WBC. She won her first WBC championship and MVP. She then spent a season for the Junior Tall Ferns, before moving to the Australian leagues.[2]
College
[edit | edit source]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.[2]
Australia
[edit | edit source]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.[3]
She played multiple seasons in the NBL1, most recently for Norths. Winning the NBL1 East championship in 2023, the team was also runners up at the NBL1 Nationals in 2023.
National team
[edit | edit source]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.[4]
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Adelaide Lightning players
- People educated at Nelson College for Girls
- Forwards (basketball)
- Melbourne Boomers players
- New Zealand women's basketball players
- Sportspeople from Nelson, New Zealand
- Basketball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in basketball
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen