About Carly Wilson
Born 1982. Carly Wilson is an Australian basketball player.
Carly Wilson (born 8 July 1982) is an Australian former basketball player. She played for several teams in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), including the Dandenong Rangers, Australian Institute of Sport, Perth Lynx and Canberra Capitals. She represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games, where the team won a gold medal.
Personal Carly Wilson was born on 8 July 1982 in Vermont, Victoria. She is tall and weighs . Wilson was part of campaign by the Australian Capital Territory's government to encourage more people to become foster parents. She is renowned in the WNBL for wearing pink socks, which she has worn in every game since the second round of the 2002β03 season, when she played poorly without them, except for Opals games where dress codes precluded it. Wilson and Marianna Tolo share a house together. Her favourite television shows are The Simpsons and Seinfeld. She rejoined the team for the 2002β03 season, where she was chosen as a member of the WNBL All Star Five. Wilson was a member of the Dandenong Rangers team that competed at the 2004 FIBA Women's World League.
Australian Institute of Sport In 1999, Wilson earned a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and played for the AIS's WNBL squad during the 1999β2000, 2000β01 and 2001β02 seasons. and 2007β08 seasons.
2010β11 Wilson played for the Canberra Capitals during the 2010β11 season. In an October 2010 game against Adelaide, she scored 19 points. In another October game, she scored 25 points. She was one of the major reasons the team won an October game against the Sydney Uni Flames. One week in October, she was named the Capitals Player of the Week. At the immediate end of the season, she was one of several players from the 2010/2011 squad who did not have a contract with the team for the 2011/2012 season.
2011β12 During the off season, the Dandenong Rangers tried to recruit Wilson to play for them, In an October game against the Bulleen Boomers, she scored 16 points and had 10 rebounds. In a 13 November 2011 game against the West Coast Waves, she scored 18 points. According to Wilson, the early season loss to the Adelaide Lightning, where the Capitals lost an 11-point advantage, was the most difficult loss of the season. In a December loss to Adelaide, she scored 12 points and had 9 rebounds. During the season, she was the team's number two guard. She would occasionally play point guard, in addition to playing guard. Wilson's primary role on the team is to score baskets, but she has worked as a distributor when called upon to play point guard.
SEABL Wilson played for Nunawading in the SEABL in 2011.
Challes-les-Eaux Basket In 2009, Wilson signed with the French team, Challes-les-Eaux Basket. She was a member of the national team in 2005. In 2006, she was a member of the gold medal-winning 2006 Commonwealth Games national team wearing number 7. That year, she also competed at the FIBA Oceania Women's World Championships. In late March, early April 2008, she participated in a week-long training camp with the national team in Canberra. In April of that year, she had a hamstring injury. and was a member of the national team in 2010.
Wilson was named to the Australia women's national basketball team that competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics qualifying tournament. She was scheduled to participate in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport.
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Australian basketball player (born 1982)
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Carly Wilson was born on 8 July 1982 in Vermont.
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