Delaney Gibb
{{short description|Canadian basketball player (born 2005)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Delaney Gibb
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| team = BYU Cougars
| number = 11
| position = Guard
| league = Big 12 Conference
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|08|27}}
| birth_place = Raymond, Alberta, Canada
| high_school =
- Timpview High School (Provo, Utah)
- Raymond (Raymond, Alberta)
| college =
- BYU (2024–present)
| highlights =
- Big 12 Freshman of the Year (2025)
- Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2025)
- Second Team All-Big 12 (2025)
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{{MedalSport|Women's basketball}}
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{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Women's AmeriCup}}
{{MedalBronze|2025 Chile|}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Under-19 World Cup}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Spain|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Mexico|Team}}
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Delaney Gibb (born August 27, 2005) is a Canadian college basketball player for BYU.
Early life and High school career
Gibb was born to Alan and Tonya Gibb. Her sister, Saige, is a basketball player for Utah Valley. She attended Timpview High School in Provo, Utah her freshman year before transferring to Raymond High School. She led Raymond to three consecutive 4A Provincial Championships in 2022, 2023, and 2024,{{cite web|url=https://byucougars.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/player/delaney-gibb |title=Delaney Gibb |website=byucougars.com |access-date=July 7, 2025}} and was named Alberta's Miss Basketball in 2022, 2023, and 2024, becoming the first three-time winner in history.{{cite web|url=https://universe.byu.edu/sports/from-alberta-to-provo-two-high-school-basketball-rivals-team-up-at-byu |title=From Alberta to Provo: A pair of high school basketball rivals team up at BYU |newspaper=The Universe |first=Jaxon |last=Wynder |date=October 23, 2024 |access-date=July 7, 2025}}
On June 20, 2023, she committed to play college basketball at BYU.{{cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/2023/6/20/23767944/byu-womens-basketball-gets-commitment-from-top-50-recruit-delaney-gibb/ |title=BYU women's basketball gets commitment from Top 50 recruit Delaney Gibb |newspaper=Deseret News |first=Ryan |last=McDonald |date=June 20, 2023 |access-date=July 7, 2025}} She was named to the World Team for the inaugural women's Nike Hoop Summit in 2023. She was again named to the World Team in 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.usab.com/news/2023/03/nike-hoop-summit-world-rosters |title=World Rosters for 2023 Nike Hoop Summit Announced |website=usab.com |date=March 24, 2023 |access-date=July 7, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball.ca/news/four-canadians-and-two-coaches-named-to-2024-nike-hoop-summit-womens-world-team |title=Four Canadians, Two Coaches Named to 2024 Nike Hoop Summit Women's World Team |website=basketball.ca |date=March 20, 2024 |access-date=July 7, 2025}}
College career
During the 2024–25 season, in her freshman year, she started all 30 games, and led her team in scoring (17.4), rebounds (5.3), and assists (4.1) per game. She set several BYU freshman records, ranking first in points per game (17.4), second in points (522), field goal attempts (402), three-point field goals per game (2.57), assists (124), and assists per game (4.1), and third in field goals (182), three-point field goals (77), free throws (81) and minutes per game (33:47). On March 1, 2025, in a game against Utah, she scored a career-high 36 points, and ten rebounds, for her second career double-double. She was subsequently named the Big 12 Freshman of the Week for the tenth time. She became the second player in Big 12 Conference history to be receive the award at least ten times, following Ayoka Lee in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.ksl.com/article/51266529/delaney-gibbs-10-freshman-of-the-week-awards-yields-unanimous-big-12-honor |title=Delaney Gibb's 10 freshman of the week awards yields unanimous Big 12 honor |website=KSL.com |first=Sean |last=Walker |date=March 4, 2025 |access-date=July 7, 2025}} Following an outstanding season she was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year.{{cite web|url=https://www.sltrib.com/sports/byu-cougars/2025/03/05/could-byu-basketball-star-delaney/ |title=Big 12 Freshman of the Year Delaney Gibb could be BYU's program-changer |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |first=Kevin |last=Reynolds |date=March 21, 2025 |access-date=July 7, 2025}} She was also named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team and Second Team All-Big 12.{{cite web|url=https://kslsports.com/ncaa/byu-basketball/delaney-gibb-big-12-foty/540745 |title=BYU Star Delaney Gibb Named Big 12 Freshman Of The Year |website=kslsports.com |date=March 4, 2025 |access-date=July 7, 2025}}
National team career
Gibb made her national team debut for Canada at the 2021 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship. During the tournament she averaged 13.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game and won a silver medal. She ranked second on the team in scoring, behind teammate Cassandre Prosper. In August 2022, she represented Team Alberta at the 2022 Canada Summer Games where she served as flag bearer and won a gold medal.{{cite web|url=https://lethbridgeherald.com/sports/lethbridge-sports/2022/08/18/local-basketball-players-win-summer-games-gold/ |title=Local basketball players win Summer Games gold |newspaper=Lethbridge Herald |first=Justin |last=Seward |date=August 18, 2022 |access-date=July 7, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://rdnewsnow.com/2022/07/11/team-alberta-athletes-ready-for-2022-canada-summer-games-in-niagara/ |title=Team Alberta athletes ready for 2022 Canada Summer Games in Niagara |website=rdnewsnow.com |date=July 11, 2022 |access-date=July 7, 2025}}
She represented Canada at the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup, where she averaged 9.6 points, 3 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game, as Canada lost to France 82–84 in the bronze medal game.{{cite web|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/national-sports/canadas-under-17-women-finish-fourth-in-world-cup-after-narrow-loss-to-france-5592370 |title=Canada's under-17 women finish fourth in World Cup after narrow loss to France |newspaper=Times Colonist |date=July 17, 2022 |access-date=July 7, 2025}} She then competed at the 2023 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup, where she averaged 10.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game and won a bronze medal.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/canada-basketball-u19-bronze-growth-1.6921377 |title=Bronze medal at U19 World Cup shows bright future for Canadian women's basketball |publisher=CBC Sports |first=Abdulhamid |last=Ibrahim |date=July 28, 2023 |access-date=July 7, 2025}}
On June 25, 2025, she was named to team Canada's roster for the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. During the tournament she averaged 9.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game and won a bronze medal.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball.ca/news/canada-basketball-announced-wednesday-the-12-athletes-named-to-the-senior-womens-national-team |title=Canada Basketball announced Wednesday the 12 athletes named to the Senior Women's National Team |website=Canada Basketball |date=June 25, 2025 |access-date=July 7, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/article/canada-takes-bronze-in-fiba-womens-americup-with-double-ot-win-over-argentina/ |title=Canada takes bronze in FIBA women's AmeriCup with double-OT win over Argentina |website=Sportsnet.ca |date=July 6, 2025 |access-date=July 6, 2025}}
References
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External links
- [https://byucougars.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/player/delaney-gibb BYU Cougars bio]
- [https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/297698-delaney-gibb FIBA bio]
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Category:Basketball people from Alberta
Category:BYU Cougars women's basketball players
Category:Canadian women's basketball players