Caitlin Bickle

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Caitlin Bickle
Free agent
Position Forward
Personal information
Born (2000-05-05) May 5, 2000 (age 25)
Cave Creek, Arizona, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High school Cactus Shadows
(Cave Creek, Arizona)
College Baylor (2018–2023)
WNBA draft 2023: undrafted
Playing career2023–2024
Career history
2023–2024Eleftheria Moschatou
2024 Connecticut Sun
Career highlights
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Caitlin Bickle (born May 5, 2000) [1] is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. Bickle played college basketball for the Baylor Bears. She was signed by the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as an undrafted free agent in 2023.

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Early life

Bickle grew up playing basketball, softball, and soccer, as well as competing in equestrian events. She especially credits horse-riding with helping her to build the strength and balance to help her succeed at basketball. [2] She attended and played basketball at Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Arizona; rated a five-star prospect and the 29th-best prospect nationally by ESPN, Bickle committed to Baylor [3] over Cal, Michigan, and Louisville. [2] An ACL injury forced her to miss her senior season of basketball. [4]

College career

Bickle was named to the Big 12 All-Rookie team in her freshman season, averaging 2.0 points and 1.1 rebounds per game and playing in 28 games as Baylor won the 2019 national championship tournament. She averaged 2.8 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 0.8 assists per game in her sophomore season, in which a knee injury forced her to miss about a month of games. In her junior season she averaged 4.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, [4] and 0.9 assists per game; [5] she contributed six points in a win in the second round of the 2021 national championship tournament against Virginia Tech. [4] She averaged 7.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game in her senior season, [5] scoring 21 points in a win against Oklahoma in the 2022 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament. [6]

Bickle returned to Baylor for a fifth season. She missed the beginning of the season due to injury but went on to start in 30 games. She recorded six double-doubles [4] and averaged 11.9 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game, including 30 points in a game against Oklahoma. [5] Texas Tech head coach Krista Gerlich, after a loss to Baylor, called Bickle "one of the best players in the conference" while Baylor head coach Nicki Collen called her "ultimate safety on defense and quarterback on offense." [7] Bickle went on to be awarded second-team All-Big 12 and Big 12 All-Defensive team honors. [8] [9] She was also named to the academic All-Big 12 first team in each of her last four seasons. [4]

She declared for the 2023 WNBA draft at the conclusion of her fifth college season. [10] She earned a master's degree in sports management from Baylor. [11]

Professional career

Bickle was not selected in the 2023 WNBA draft, but she signed a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun on April 11, 2023. [8] [9] [12] She was waived by the Sun before the start of the regular season. [13]

Bickle spent the 2023–2024 season playing for Eleftheria Moschatou of the Greek Women's Basketball League, where she averaged 22.1 points, 10.9 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game. She signed a seven-day contract with the Sun on July 20, 2024 [14] [15] – the first of several such contracts until the Sun signed her to a rest-of-season contract on September 2. [13]

She was re-signed to another training camp contract with the Sun on January 22, 2025. [16] On May 8, 2025, she was waived by the Sun. [17]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold Career best°League leader
*Denotes season(s) in which Bickle won an NCAA Championship

WNBA

Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season

WNBA regular season statistics [1]
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2024 Connecticut 801.9.000.0000.00.00.00.00.00.0
Career1 year, 1 team801.9.000.0000.00.00.00.00.00.0

Playoffs

WNBA playoffs statistics [1]
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2024 Connecticut 301.00.30.00.00.00.00.0
Career1 year, 1 team301.00.30.00.00.00.00.0

College

NCAA statistics [5]
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2018–19* Baylor 2805.8.452.429.6671.10.30.40.10.52.0
2019–20 Baylor 2609.1.558.273.6472.10.80.20.20.62.8
2020–21 Baylor 29114.4.485.346.7944.40.90.50.30.74.6
2021–22 Baylor 35123.2.463.185.7844.31.90.50.31.57.4
2022–23 Baylor 303029.6.502.382.8067.12.70.90.52.611.9
Career1483217.0.488.306.7763.91.40.50.31.25.9

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Caitlin Bickle WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference . Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Hawthorne, Jonathan (November 30, 2016). "Success is a matter of horse for basketball prospect Caitlin Bickle". ESPN . Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  3. "2018 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings - espnW 100". ESPN . Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Caitlin Bickle". Baylor University athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Caitlin Bickle College Stats". Sports Reference . Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  6. "Bears blow by Sooners, face Longhorns for title". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  7. Garcia, Stephen (January 28, 2023). "Women's basketball: Baylor clamps down to continue dominance over Texas Tech". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal . Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  8. 1 2 Brown, Darby (April 11, 2023). "Bickle Inks Training Camp Contract with Connecticut Sun". KWTX . Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  9. 1 2 Kelly, Eric (April 11, 2023). "Caitlin Bickle earns training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun". Fox 44 . Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  10. Lively, Matt (March 25, 2023). "Baylor's Caitlin Bickle declares for WNBA Draft". KCEN-TV . Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  11. Conrad, Donna (March 18, 2023). "Caitlin Bickle reflects on Baylor career ahead of final post season run". KXXV . Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  12. Cherry, Brice (April 11, 2023). "Baylor's Bickle getting shot in WNBA with Connecticut Sun". Waco Tribune-Herald . Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  13. 1 2 "Caitlin Bickle". WNBA.com. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  14. Cherry, Brice (July 20, 2024). "WNBA's Connecticut Sun signs Bickle to 7-day contract". Waco Tribune-Herald . Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  15. Adams, Emily (July 22, 2024). "From European vacations to player development, how the Connecticut Sun are spending WNBA's Olympic break". Hartford Courant . Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  16. Linskey, Connor (January 22, 2025). "Connecticut Sun sign Caitlin Bickle to training camp contract". The Bulletin . Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  17. "Connecticut Sun Waives Caitlin Bickle and Kamila Borkowska". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved May 8, 2025.