# Caitlin Bickle

Caitlin Bickle (born May 5, 2000) is an American professional basketball player. She plays forward for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Bickle played college basketball for the Baylor Bears.

## 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. 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 over Cal, Michigan, and Louisville. An ACL injury forced her to miss her senior season of basketball.

## 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, and 0.9 assists per game; she contributed six points in a win in the second round of the 2021 national championship tournament against Virginia Tech. She averaged 7.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game in her senior season, scoring 21 points in a win against Oklahoma in the 2022 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament.
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 and averaged 11.9 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game, including 30 points in a game against Oklahoma. 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." Bickle went on to be awarded second-team All-Big 12 and Big 12 All-Defensive team honors. She was also named to the academic All-Big 12 first team in each of her last four seasons.
She declared for the 2023 WNBA draft at the conclusion of her fifth college season. She earned a master's degree in sports management from Baylor.

## Professional career

Bickle was not selected in the WNBA draft, but she signed a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun on April 11, 2023. She was waived by the Sun before the start of the regular season.
Bickle spent the 2023–2024 season playing for Eleftheira Moschatou in Greece, 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 – the first of several such contracts until the Sun signed her to a rest-of-season contract on September 2. She was re-signed to another training camp contract with the Sun on January 22, 2025.

## Career statistics
### WNBA
#### Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season
WNBA regular season statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2024 | Connecticut | 8 | 0 | 1.9 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 1 year, 1 team | 8 | 0 | 1.9 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

#### Playoffs

WNBA playoffs statistics :
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
| 2024 | Connecticut | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 1 year, 1 team | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |