Brigitte Ardossi
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'Brigitte Ardossi'
(Born August 7, 1987 in Melbourne, Victoria) to Nick and Leanne Ardossi. Brigitte is a Professional Basketball Player who recently got drafted, with the 21st pick,to the Atlanta Dream. She has completed a four year Collegiate Baketball career with Georgia Institute of Technology. To accompany her success on the court she has also obtained a Bachelors Degree in Business Management with a certificate in psychology. She is often reffered to as Bizz. Brigitte is a power forward that joined the team with extensive experience on the international level . She has exceptional range and perimeter skills for a post player and is most heralded for the intangibles that she brings to a team. Brigitte played in a paramount 130 games and started 82 of those contest. She is one of only 24 Yellow Jackets to score 1,000 points in a career…she also is a member of the winningest senior class in the program history with 88 wins. She has also participated in four straight NCAA Tournaments. She is widely considered to be one of the most influential players to come through Georgia Tech Women’s Basketball Program. To culminate an impressive career she garnered The Naismith Georgia College Player of the Year award for the state of Georgia.[1]
Austrailian Career
Her Australian career is very diverse having played with several teams and leading them to championships. The most current she played with are the Melbourne Tigers' Championship Division team,... Was selected for the 2005-06 U20 Australian National Junior Championships in Western Australia, where she represented Victorian Junior Basketball and helped her team to the silver medal ... Named the 2005 Big V Australian Basketball League MVP and Leading Scorer while also earning Rising Star and All-Star 5 Forward accolades ... Set the Newport shot put record at the age of eight, a record that still remains today. Led the Victorian U18 team to the gold medal at the Pacific School Games in 2005, where she was named a tournament all-star
International Career
American Career
2009-10: Registered one of the most successful senior seasons in Georgia Tech history ... Finished the year averaging 16.1 points and 7.3 rebounds ... Registered the fourth-most points (532) and second-most rebounds (242) by a senior in the program's history ... Set career-highs in minutes played (31.6), field-goals made (186), free-throws made (160), rebounds (242), assists (64), blocks (14), steals (65) and points (532) ... Scored in double figures in 30 of 33 games ... Recorded six of her seven career double-doubles during the season ... Named to the All-ACC second team after averaging 18.9 points and 8.6 rebounds in conference play ... Scored 26 points in final game of career against UALR in the NCAA Tournament (3/21) ... Netted 27 points at Miami (2/21) ... Had a career-best game against Miami at home with 29 points and 17 rebounds in 40 minutes (1/27) ... Scored 29 points and grabbed 11 boards in win over Wake Forest (1/14) ... Named the FIU Sun & Fun Classic MVP after averaging 17 points and 6.5 rebounds in two games ... Led team past Oregon with 19 points and 9-of-9 shooting from the field and had nine rebounds (12/16) ... Earned a spot on the LIU Turkey Classic All-Tournament Team for a pair of solid games against Seton Hall and Long Island ... Named the 2010 State of Georgia Women's Basketball Player of the Year by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
2008-09: Started 23 games and played in all 32 contests ... Set career-highs in minutes played (23.6), field goals made (89), free throws made (68) rebounds (143) assists (29), blocks (12), steals (35) and points (246) ... Scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds in second round of NCAA Tournament against No. 4/4 Oklahoma (3/24) ... Helped Tech to only its second-ever win in the NCAA Tournament with 11 points and nine rebounds against host Iowa (3/22) ... Came off the bench to notch 12 points and eight boards in the Jackets upset win over No. 22/19 Virginia (3/1) ... Scored 16 points on seven-of-nine shooting vs. No. 9/7 Maryland (2/22) ...Helped Jackets defeat Georgia with first career double-double (15 pts, 10 reb.) in 37 minutes of play (12/5) ... Continued strong stretch of play with 10 points and seven rebounds in win over No. 21/24 Michigan State (12/3) ... Scored a career-high 18 points and grabbed three rebounds in win over Tennessee Tech (11/30) ... Tallied 10 points and six boards in win over Georgia State (11/26) ... Team co-captain ... Named to Dean's List in fall.
2007-08: Played in all 32 games and averaged 14.5 minutes ... Recipient of the Bernard "Chuck" Taylor, Jr. Athletic Scholarship Endowment.
2006-07: Started 26 games at forward for the Jackets ... Is the only freshman to start over the last two seasons ...averaged 15.5 minutes per game.
References
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