| Solar Home–Pangasinan Suns | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | WMPBL | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1996-12-22) December 22, 1996 Milpitas, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Filipino | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Pinewood (Los Altos) | ||||||||||||||
| College |
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| Playing career | 2021–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | ENAD | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | KSE Târgu Secuiesc | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Solar Home–Pangasinan Suns | ||||||||||||||
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Elisha Gabriell Somera Bade (born December 22, 1996)[1] is a Filipina basketball player who last played for the Solar Home–Pangasinan Suns of the Women's Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League.
Early life and education
Gabi Bade was born on December 22, 1996 in Milpitas, California.[2] Her father is former Philippine Basketball Association player Cris Bade while her mother Lannie was a cheerleader and a triathlete.[3][4] Gabi Bade has an older sister.[5] The younger Bade daughter took up basketball at age 6, with her father initially not anticipating her to become a competitive player due to struggling to walk at a young age.[6]
She studied in Pinewood School for high school.[3] For college, she attended University at Buffalo and moved to the California State University, Sacramento to be closer to her ill grandmother.[6][7]
Career
College
Bade played for the Buffalo Bulls for two seasons from 2015 to 2017.[3]She later joined the Sacramento State Hornets. She red-shirted for the 2017–18 season before playing for two seasons from 2018 to 2020.[6][4][7][2]
Club
After graduating from Sacramento State, Bade went to Cyprus to join ENAD WBC of the Cyprus Women’s Basketball Division A. She played from 2021 to early 2022.[7][4][8]
After two years of free agency, Bade was signed in by KSE Târgu Secuiesc of the Romanian Liga Națională in 2024.[9]
Bade went to the Philippines to suit up for the Solar Home–Pangasinan Suns in the inaugural season of the Women's Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League in 2025.[5]
National team
Bade have suited up for the Philippines national team. However, as she has obtained her Philippine passport after age 16, she is classed as a restricted player under the FIBA eligibility rules active until 2025.[7] It is unknown if Bade still considered as such when the age limit was raised to 18 in December 2025.[10]
She first competed for the team at the 2019 William Jones Cup in Taiwan.[11][12]
She helped the national team win a gold medal in the women's basketball tournament of the 2021 SEA Games in 2022.[4][13]
Bade played in the 2023 William Jones Cup.[5] She was originally to play for the Philippines in the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand, but was excluded following changes to the eligibility rules set by the organizers.[14]
Personal life
Gabi Bade has Leeana as her older sister. Leeana played basketball with Gabi in Sacramento State but later became a Muay Thai athlete after graduating.[4]
References
- ^ "Elisha Gabriell Somera Bade - Basketball Stats, Height, Age". FIBA Basketball. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
- ^ a b "Gabi Bade". Flash Agency. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ a b c "Gabi Bade - 2016-17 - Women's Basketball". University at Buffalo. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Reyes, Kate (June 2, 2022). "Meet Lee and Gabi, the badass daughters of PBA vet Cris Bade". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ a b c Morales, Luisa (November 12, 2025). "Like father, like daughter: Gabi Bade follows in ex-PBA player dad Chris' footsteps in WMPBL". One Sports. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ a b c Holkko, Shaun (February 6, 2020). "'I never thought she could be an athlete': The story of senior guard Gabi Bade". The State Hornet. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Li, Matthew (September 13, 2021). "Gabi Bade signs with Cypriot club ENAD WBC". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ Lozada, Bong (October 22, 2021). "Fil-Am Gabi Bade shines in Cyprus women's basketball league". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ Katsaros, Antonis (September 5, 2024). "Targu Secuiesc tabs Gabi Bade". Asia-Basket.com. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ Tuazon, Ernest (December 9, 2025). "FIBA raises passport age requirement from 16 to 18 in eligibility amendment". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ Li, Matthew (July 17, 2019). "Fil-Ams Hawkins, Bade, Hayes, Bautista to make Gilas debut in Jones Cup". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ Li, Matthew (July 28, 2019). "Gilas Women falls to Chinese-Taipei in Jones Cup campaign finale". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben (May 17, 2022). "Gabi Bade looks to duplicate dad's feat 22 years ago in SEA Games". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "Gilas Women also affected by Thailand's SEAG eligibility ruling". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. November 29, 2025. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
