Basketball player Dave Gruber, and his wife Kara, welcomed their first child on January 31 and have named their daughter Grace Nicole. Grace Gruber was born at 5.30 pm at Figtree Private Hospital, weighed 3.97 kg (8lb 8 oz), and measured 52 cm long.

Dave plays for the Wollongong Hawks. Dave and Kara are both originally from Iowa in the United States, and became Australian citizens almost two years ago.