Aleksa Gulbe - LDLC ASVEL Féminin (France)

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Megan Cramper - Indiana University Communications

 Indiana women’s basketball alum Aleksa Gulbe has signed a professional contract with Perfumerías Avendia Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain for the upcoming season.

The Riga, Latvia native wrapped up her four-year career ranked 28th in all-time scoring with 1,071 career points, 618 career rebounds, and ninth all-time in career 112 blocks. She played in 123 games and made 89 career starts and is one of the program’s three all-time winningest players with 90 wins.

Gulbe averaged 8.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in her career and graduated from IU with a degree in public financial management in May 2022. She also spent the 2022 WNBA training camp season with the Connecticut Sun.

She helped the Hoosiers to three NCAA Tournament appearances including an Elite Eight appearance and back-to-back Sweet Sixteens.

As a senior, she earned All-Big Ten second team honors and averaged 11.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.0 blocks, shot 42.2 percent from the floor, 34.3 percent at the 3-point line and one of the team’s best at the free throw line by shooting 80.4 percent. She scored in double figures 18 times and tied a team-high three double-doubles.

Perfumerías Avendia Salamanca were the Spanish LF Endesa champions in 2021-22 and finished third in EuroLeague.

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Gulbe moving to Casademont Zaragoza.  The translation of the tweet announcing her move:  Power forward of 23 years and 1.90m, versatile and physical power that define the Latvian player as a first level piece

 

Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Basket Zaragoza and as Casademont Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is the Pabellón Príncipe Felipe.

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ProBallHoosiers -

Forward @GulbeAleksa has signed with LDLC ASVEL Féminin (@ASVEL_Feminin). Les Lionnes play in the Ligue Féminine de Basketball, top tier league in France. They play outside of Lyon in the suburb Villeurbanne.