PLAYER ROSTER NO. PLAYER HEIGHT (CM) POSITION DOB 0 Olivia Epoupa 165 Guard 30/4/94 3 Mikaela Ruef 191 Forward 20/10/90 4 Kristy Wallace 180 Guard 3/1/96 8 Abby Cubillo 165 GUard 18/5/99 9 Maddi Rocci 169 Guard 1/6/98 10 Gemma Potter 185 Guard 27/2/02 11 Kia Nurse 182 Guard 22/2/96 12 Marianna Tolo 195 Centre 2/7/89 14 Alex Delaney 178 Guard 21/6/95 21 Keely Froling 187 Forward 31/1/96 23 Kelsey Griffin 188 Forward 2/7/87 Development Players NO. PLAYER HEIGHT (CM) POSITION DOB 1 Maddison Wheatley 2 Pyper Thronberry 186 Forward 2/7/02 5 Shakera Reilly 6 Lily Scanlon 175 Guard 21/2/01 CLUB INFO CLUB DETAILS CLUB CONTACTS University of Canberra Capitals CLUB NAME Lucille Bailie Daniel Jackson CLUB 0416 200 447 0422 403 395 MAJOR SPONSOR University of Canberra CONTACT [email protected] [email protected] UNIFORM COLOURS Black / Light Blue Ruby Becker National Convention Centre Canberra CLUB MEDIA STADIUM NAME 0402 136 553 - Royal Theatre OFFICER [email protected] 31 Constitution Avenue, STADIUM ADDRESS Canberra ACT 2601 HEAD Paul Goriss COACH [email protected] CAPACITY 1800 ASSISTANT Carly Wilson COACH/S /UCCapitals TEAM Barb Lodding MANAGER [email protected] @UCCapitals CLUB GAME Gary Evans COMMISSIONER CLUB HEAD @UCCapitals Mick Hanley STATISTICIAN 2019/20 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA GUIDE | CANBERRA CAPITALS 97 2019/20 SCHEDULE ROUND DATE TIME (LOCAL) Venue Home Team Away Team 1 Sun Oct 13 1:30 pm AIS UC CAPITALS ADELAIDE 2 Sun Oct 20 2:00 pm NCC UC CAPITALS TOWNSVILLE 3 Fri Oct 25 7:30 pm GEE MELBOURNE UC CAPITALS 3 Sun Oct 27 2:00 pm BRY SYDNEY UNI UC CAPITALS 4 Sat Nov 2 5:00 pm AIS UC CAPITALS SYDNEY UNI 5 Thu Nov 7 7:30 pm DAN SOUTHSIDE UC CAPITALS 5 Sat Nov 9 7:30 pm SBC MELBOURNE UC CAPITALS FIBA QUALIFIERS WINDOW 6 Sun Nov 24 5:00 pm NCC UC CAPITALS PERTH 7 Sat Nov 30 5:00 pm NCC UC CAPITALS TOWNSVILLE 8 Fri Dec 6 7:00 pm BEN BENDIGO UC CAPITALS 9 Sun Dec 15 5:00 pm NCC UC CAPITALS SOUTHSIDE 10 Sat Dec 21 5:00 pm NCC UC CAPITALS BENDIGO 11 Fri Dec 27 7:00 pm TSA ADELAIDE UC CAPITALS 11 Sun Dec 29 1:00 pm BBC PERTH UC CAPITALS 12 Fri Jan 3 7:00 pm BEN BENDIGO UC CAPITALS 12 Sun Jan 5 2:00 pm AIS UC CAPITALS PERTH 13 Fri Jan 10 7:00 pm TSV TOWNSVILLE UC CAPITALS 14 Fri Jan 17 7:00 pm NCC UC CAPITALS MELBOURNE 14 Sun Jan 19 5:00 pm DAN SOUTHSIDE UC CAPITALS 15 Sun Jan 26 5:00 pm NCC UC CAPITALS SYDNEY UNI 16 Sat Feb 1 5:00 pm NCC UC CAPITALS ADELAIDE VENUE AIS AIS Arena (Canberra) BBS Bendat Basketball Stadium (Perth) BEN Bendigo Stadium BRY Brydens Stadium DAN Dandenong Basketball Stadium GEE The Geelong Arena NCC National Convention Centre (Canberra) QBA Qudos Bank Arena (Sydney) SBC State Basketball Centre TAR Tralagon Sports Centre TSA Titanium Security Arena (Adelaide) TSV Townsville Stadium 2019/20 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA GUIDE | CANBERRA CAPITALS 98 YEAR BY YEAR YEAR WINS LOSSES POSITION PLAYOFFS COACH 1986 16 8 6th Missed Playoffs Jerry Lee 1987 7 13 9th Missed Playoffs Ken Simpson 1988 13 9 5th Missed Playoffs Dave Nelson 1989 8 15 10th Missed Playoffs Guy Molloy 1990 5 19 11th Missed Playoffs Tony McGee 1991 12 10 5th Missed Playoffs Jerry Lee 1992 11 9 4th Lost Semi Final Jerry Lee 1993 7 11 8th Missed Playoffs Tad Duffelmeir 1994 7 11 7th Missed Playoffs Jerry Lee 1995 8 10 6th Missed Playoffs Michelle Wall 1996 5 13 8th Missed Playoffs Michelle Wall 1997 6 12 5th Missed Playoffs Mike McHugh 1998 2 10 8th Missed Playoffs Mike McHugh 1998/99 4 17 8th Missed Playoffs Mike McHugh 1999/00 16 5 1st Won Championship Carrie Graf 2000/01 17 4 1st Lost Grand Final Carrie Graf 2001/02 15 6 2nd Won Championship Carrie Graf 2002/03 16 5 1st Won Championship Tom Maher 2003/04 13 8 4th Lost Semi Final Carrie Graf 2004/05 9 12 5th Missed Playoffs Tom Maher 2005/06 14 7 3rd Won Championship Carrie Graf 2006/07 15 6 2nd Won Championship Carrie Graf 2007/08 17 7 3rd Lost Semi Final Carrie Graf 2008/09 19 3 1st Won Championship Carrie Graf 2009/10 16 6 1st Won Championship Carrie Graf 2010/11 18 4 2nd Lost Grand Final Carrie Graf 2011/12 9 13 8th Missed Playoffs Carrie Graf 2012/13 7 17 8th Missed Playoffs Carrie Graf 2013/14 10 14 7th Missed Playoffs Carrie Graf 2014/15 11 11 5th Missed Playoffs Carrie Graf 2015/16 2 22 8th Missed Playoffs Carrie Graf 2016/17 13 11 5th Missed Playoffs Paul Goriss 2018/19 16 5 1st Champions Paul Goriss 2019/20 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA GUIDE | CANBERRA CAPITALS 99 HEAD COACH Paul Goriss is set to enter his third season as Head Coach of the UC Capitals, following his extensive involvement in AIS programs for over a decade. Goriss spent ten years as an Assistant and Senior Coach of the AIS Men’s basketball program and three years as the Head Coach of Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence Women’s program based at the AIS. In addition to his role at the Capitals, Goriss is also the current coach of the Australian U19 Gems women’s team. In his first season as Head Coach of the Capitals, taking over from club stalwart Carrie Graf, Goriss led a new and refreshed Capitals side to a winning 13-11 season record but narrowly missed the finals. The Capitals will be relying on Goriss’ expertise in individual player development to take the next step in achieving finals success. REGULAR SEASON FINALS YEAR TEAM WIN LOSS POS WIN LOSS NOTES 2016/17 UC Capitals 13 11 5th 2017/18 UC Capitals 7 14 6th 2018/19 UC Capitals 16 5 1st 4 1 Champions TOTAL 36 30 4 1 2019/20 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA GUIDE | CANBERRA CAPITALS 100 PLAYER INFO #0 OLIVIA ÉPOUPA POINT GUARD DOB 30/4/94 Height 165 cm Nationality French Junior Association | Career Highlights | EuroBasket | Silver medal Hungary/Romania 2015 | Silver medal Czech Republic 2017 | Silver medal Serbia/Latvia 2019 #3 MIKAELA RUEF FORWARD - CENTRE DOB 20/10/90 Height 191 cm Nationality American Junior Association | Career Highlights | Stanford – reached the NCAA Sweet 16 each season | Reached the NCAA Final Four four of five seasons | Part of Stanford’s 2009–10 Championship runner-up team as a freshman. REGULAR SEASON STATS FIELD GOALS 3 PTS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES TEAM YEAR G FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT% PTS OR DR REB FLS ASS BLK STL TO PTS REB ASS Sydney 2014/15 19 188 76 40.4 9 0 0.0 74 44 59.5 197 35 114 149 35 18 15 31 38 10.4 1.8 7.8 Adelaide 2015/16 24 315 116 36.8 18 4 22.2 121 79 65.3 315 95 189 284 52 18 25 49 55 13.1 2.2 11.8 Canberra 2016/17 24 286 114 39.9 24 3 12.5 86 66 76.7 297 93 172 265 47 12 28 47 48 12.4 2.0 11.0 67 789 306 38.8 51 7 13.7 281 189 67.3 809 223 475 698 134 48 68 127 141 12.1 2.0 10.4 #4 KRISTY WALLACE GUARD DOB 3/1/96 Height 1.80m Nationality Australian Junior Association | Southern District Spartans Career Highlights | NCAA elite 8 | World Uni games gold | Australian U19’s Gems bronze | WNBA draft 2018 2nd round REGULAR SEASON STATS FIELD GOALS 3 PTS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES TEAM YEAR G FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT% PTS OR DR REB FLS ASS BLK STL TO PTS REB ASS Canberra 2018/19 2 3 1 33/3 1 1 100 2 1 50 4 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 33.3 1 1 100.0 2 1 50.0 4 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 2.0 0.5 1.0 2019/20 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA GUIDE | CANBERRA CAPITALS 101 PLAYER INFO #8 ABBY CUBILLO POINT GUARD DOB 18/5/99 Height 168 cm Nationality Australian Junior Association | Darwin Career Highlights | Awarded one of eight places in the Centre of Excellence program at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra | Became the second Northern Territorian to be awarded an AIS basketball scholarship | FIBA U17 World Championship for Women | Gold medal Spai 2016 REGULAR SEASON STATS FIELD GOALS 3 PTS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES TEAM YEAR G FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT% PTS OR DR REB FLS ASS BLK STL TO PTS REB ASS Canberra 2018/19 7 3 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 2 1 50.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 4 0.1 0.1 0.3 7 3 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 2 1 50.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 4 0.1 0.1 0.3 #9 MADDISON ROCCI POINT GUARD DOB 1/6/98 Height 1.7m Nationality Australian Junior Association | Werribee Career Highlights | Represented Victoria U16s, U18s & U20s | Won 4 Gold medals | Represented Australia at U17 and U19 level REGULAR SEASON STATS FIELD GOALS 3 PTS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES TEAM YEAR G FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT% PTS OR DR REB FLS ASS BLK STL TO PTS REB ASS Canberra 2017/18 21 72 25 34.7 12 1 8.3 35 28 80.0 79 5 20 25 36 2 15 27 34 3.8 1.7 1.2 Canberra 2018/19 26 129 45 34.9 46 15 32.6 41 34 82.9 139 14 32 46 51 2 21 34 64 5.3 2.0 1.8 47 201 70 34.8 58 16 27.6 76 62 81.6 218 19 52 71 87 4 36 61 98 4.6 1.9 1.5 #10 GEMMA POTTER GUARD - FORWARD DOB 27/2/02 Height 182 cm Nationality Australian Junior Association | Career Highlights | COE Graduate 2019/20 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA GUIDE | CANBERRA CAPITALS 102 PLAYER INFO #11 KIA NURSE GUARD/FORWARD DOB 22/2/96 Height 1.83m Nationality Canadian Junior Association | University of Connecticut Career Highlights | Pan Am Gold Medalist 2015 | FIBA Americas Gold Medalist 2015 and MVP 2016 Olympian with Team Canada | American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year 2015 | 2x National Champion with University of Connecticut | NCAA National Defensive Player of the Year 2018 | Drafted 10th overall to New York Liberty in 2018 WNBA Draft REGULAR SEASON STATS FIELD GOALS 3 PTS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES TEAM YEAR G FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT% PTS OR DR REB FLS ASS BLK STL TO PTS REB ASS Canberra 2018/19 26 391 155 39.6 201 80 39.8 118 88 74.6 478 21 107 128 55 7 39 48 55 18.4 2.1 4.9 26 391 155 39.6 201 80 39.8 118 88 74.6 478 21 107 128 55 7 39 48 55 18.4 2.1