Alexandra Antonietta Ciabattoni (born 1 June 1994) is an Australian former professional

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player and current coach of the

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of the

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Early life

Ciabattoni was born and raised in

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. She attended Mary MacKillop College in the suburb of

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and played basketball in the Central ABL for the Southern Tigers and South Adelaide Panthers between 2010 and 2013.

College career

In 2012, Ciabattoni moved to the United States to play college basketball for Newman University in

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. As a freshman in 2012–13, she was named to the All-

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First Team and received Heartland Conference Freshman of the Year honours. She averaged team highs in points (13.7) and rebounds (7.8) per game. As a sophomore at Newman in 2013–14, Ciabattoni was named to the Heartland Conference Women's Basketball All-Tournament Team. Along with being All-Tournament, Ciabattoni was the Heartland Conference Player of the Year, All-Heartland Conference First Team and a three-time Heartland Conference Player of the Week. She averaged a league-best 20.3 points and shot a league-best 59.5 percent (sixth highest total in the NCAA). Following the 2013–14 season, Ciabattoni left Newman and signed a Grant-in-Aid offer from

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on 3 June 2014. Due to NCAA transfer regulations, she was forced to redshirt the 2014–15 season. While she was unable to play for Stetson, she did earn

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All-Academic Team honors for the 2014–15 season.

Professional career

While back in Adelaide during the 2015 off-season, Ciabattoni decided to try out for the

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, a team scrambling for players in the wake of the club's near off-season dissolution. As a result, she did not return to Stetson for the 2015–16 season; instead, she signed with the Lightning in August 2015 and went on to win the

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. Ciabattoni averaged 4.6 points per game at 46 per cent and 2.4 rebounds. Following her rookie season in the WNBL, Ciabattoni joined the

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for the 2016

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season. In 22 games for the Bandits, she averaged 12.1 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. In June 2016, Ciabattoni re-signed with the Adelaide Lightning for the

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. In March 2017, Ciabattoni joined the

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for the 2017 SEABL season. Ciabattoni was rushed into the squad as a replacement for American Cassie Cooke, who was ruled out for the season with a knee injury. After originally signing with the

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, Ciabattoni felt it wasn't the right fit and ended up landing in Hobart. On 1 August 2017, Ciabattoni signed with the

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for the

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. Following the WNBL season, she joined the

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for the

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. Ciabattoni split the 2018–19 season in Italy, starting with

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before being loaned to Ponzano Basket Veneto in February 2019. In June 2019, he she joined the

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for the rest of the

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. In August 2019, she helped the Flames win the championship. For the 2019–20 season, Ciabattoni returned to Reyer Venezia. In November 2019, she left Reyer and joined rival team Treofan Battipaglia for the rest of the season. Ciabattoni returned to the Perth Lynx for the 2020 WNBL Hub season and then returned to the Rockingham Flames for the

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. In June 2021, Ciabattoni re-signed with the Lynx for the

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. In May 2022, she joined the

for the 2022 NBL1 West season.

Coaching career

In December 2022, Ciabattoni was appointed head coach of the

for the 2023 NBL1 West season.

Personal life

Ciabattoni holds an Italian passport. She gave birth to her first child in January 2023. As of April 2023, she is engaged to former basketball player James Goodlad.

References

External links

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at themercury.com.au {{DEFAULTSORT:Ciabattoni, Alex 1994 births Living people Adelaide Lightning players Australian women's basketball players Forwards (basketball) Newman University, Wichita alumni Perth Lynx players