Alicia Froling
{{short description|Australian basketball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Alicia Froling
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| league = Women's National Basketball League
| team = Bendigo Spirit
| number = 4
| position = Forward
| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1996|1|31}}
| birth_place = Townsville, Queensland
| nationality = Australian
| high_school = Lake Ginninderra College
(Canberra, ACT)
| college = SMU (2014–2019)
| draft_league = WNBA
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| career_start = 2011
| career_end =
| years1 = 2011–2014
| team1 = Townsville Fire
| years2 = 2020–present
| team2 = Bendigo Spirit
| highlights =
| medal_templates =
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalSport | Basketball}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA U19 World Championship}}
{{MedalBronze|2013 Lithuania | Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Russia | Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Oceania Junior Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Canberra | U17 Team}}
}}
Alicia Sue Froling{{cite web |title=Alicia Sue Froling player in Australia (AUS) |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/194489-alicia-sue-froling |website=FIBA.basketball |access-date=31 October 2024}} (born 31 January 1996) is an Australian professional basketball player.
Career
=College=
Froling plays college basketball at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas for the SMU Mustangs.{{cite web|url=http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/alicia_froling_909655.html |title=Alicia Froling Player Profile |publisher=smumustangs.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324134046/http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/alicia_froling_909655.html |archivedate=24 March 2016 |df=dmy }}
=WNBL=
Born and raised in Townsville, Froling would begin her WNBL career in her home town, signed as a development player alongside her twin sister, with the Townsville Fire for the 2011–12 WNBL season. Froling remained a member of the Fire's roster through to 2014. She then departed to begin her college career in the United States.
In 2019, Froling was set to return to the league after several years away, signing with the Bendigo Spirit for the 2019–20 season.{{cite news|url=https://wnbl.basketball/bendigo/news/a-froling-to-call-bendigo-home/|title=A FROLING TO CALL BENDIGO HOME|newspaper=Bendigo Spirit |date=20 June 2019 |publisher=wnbl.basketball |author1=Bendigo }} However, this was soon cut short after an injury and subsequent surgery cancelled her plans for the season.{{cite news|url=https://wnbl.basketball/bendigo/news/not-all-bad-new-for-alicia-froling/|title=NOT ALL BAD NEWS FOR, ALICIA FROLING|newspaper=Bendigo Spirit |date=13 September 2019 |publisher=wnbl.basketball |author1=Bendigo }}
In August 2020, Froling confirmed she would finally return to the WNBL, set to make her debut with the Bendigo Spirit in the condensed 2020 hub season in her native North Queensland.{{cite news|url=https://wnbl.basketball/bendigo/news/froling-in-the-deep/|title=A FROLING TO CALL BENDIGO HOME|newspaper=Bendigo Spirit |date=5 August 2020 |publisher=wnbl.basketball |author1=Bendigo }}
National Team
=Youth Level=
Froling first played for Australia at the 2011 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship for Women where she took home Gold. She would then go on to participate in the world championship in Amsterdam, Netherlands where Australia placed 5th. Froling would also go on to play for the Gems at two world championships, bringing home a bronze medal on both occasions.
Personal life
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Australia Under-19 Women Basketball Squad 2013}}
{{Australia Under-19 Women Basketball Squad 2015}}
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Category:Forwards (basketball)
Category:Australian women's basketball players
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia
Category:Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen