Gabi Bade
Elisha Gabriell Somera Bade 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. Her father is former Philippine Basketball Association player Cris Bade while her mother Lannie was a cheerleader and a triathlete. Gabi Bade has an older sister. 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.She studied in Pinewood School for high school. For college, she attended University at Buffalo and moved to the California [State University, Sacramento] to be closer to her ill grandmother.
Career
College
Bade played for the Buffalo Bulls for two seasons from 2015 to 2017.She later joined the Sacramento State Hornets. She red-shirted for the 2017–18 season before playing for two seasons from 2018 to 2020.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.After two years of free agency, Bade was signed in by KSE Târgu Secuiesc of the Romanian Liga Națională in 2024.
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.
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. It is unknown if Bade still considered as such when the age limit was raised to 18 in December 2025.She first competed for the team at the 2019 [William Jones Cup] in Taiwan.
She helped the national team win a gold medal in the Basketball at the [2021 SEA Games – Women's tournament|women's basketball tournament] of the 2021 SEA Games in 2022.
Bade played in the 2023 William Jones Cup. 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.