Brigitte Ardossi

Brigitte Ardossi (born 7 August 1987) is a basketball player from Australia. She played junior basketball for a Werribee team, playing in the Big V League/Victorian Basketball League. As a junior, she also represented Victoria in national competitions. She attended Georgia Tech, where she played basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team all four years that she was at the school. While there, she earned a number of honours related to her on court performance. She has also played basketball in France in 2010. She was a member of Canberra Capitals in the WNBL during the 2011/2012 season. In 2010, she was drafted by the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA.

Personal Brigitte Ardossi was born on 7 August 1987 in Williamstown, Victoria. She is tall. She also played netball, but put aside the sport in order to pursue basketball. She has played Australian rules football. In a July 2005 game playing for Werribee, she scored 23 points and had 17 rebounds in a game against the Whittlesea City Pacers. As a member of Werribee, the local press referred to her as the team's gunner. As a junior player, she was coached by Adrian Giblin. She was named a member of the All-Tournament team by tournament organisers. for four years as a power forward. As a basketball player, she earned several honours including being named to the 2010 Second-Team All-ACC and being named the 2010 State of Georgia Women's Basketball Player of the Year. Other honours she earned in 2010 while a member of the team include being named the 2010 FIU Sun & Fun Classic MVP, being named to the 2010 LIU Turkey Classic All-Tournament Team, being named the Georgia Women's Basketball Player of the Year by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.

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Ligue Féminine de Basket

In 2010, Ardossi played for COB Calais in Ligue féminine de basket (LFB) in France.

WNBA In 2010, she was drafted 21st overall in the WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream. The Dream waived her before the season started. The club announced that she had signed with them in July 2011. She was expected to provide some assistance to Marianna Tolo and allow Carly Wilson to play her normal position more regularly. During the pre-season, the Capitals coach, Carrie Graf, has characterised her play as assertive and confident. On 1 October 2011, she was mentioned in a column in the Sydney Morning Herald. In an early December game against the West Coast Waves, she scored 19 points. This was the highest number of points she had ever scored in an WNBL game. She also played in the November match against the Australian Institute of Sport that was played in Albury, New South Wales. In a December loss to Adelaide, she scored 12 points. On 18 December 2011, 85–78 victory over the Bulleen Boomers, she scored 18 points, and was one of Canberra's top three scorers. By the middle of the season, the local newspaper asserted that Ardossi understood her role with the team. Marianna Tolo was injured in the game against the Boomers before the break and Ardossi was expected to pick up the slack after the post holiday break while Tolo fully recovered.