Casey Williams
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| Full name | Casey May Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 1985 Hamilton, New Zealand |
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| University | Waikato University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Positions | GK, GD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Casey May Williams, ONZM (born 19 June 1985 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is a New Zealand international netball player. Williams is the current captain of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the ANZ Championship.
Williams has been a member of the New Zealand national netball team since 2004, making her on-court debut in 2005 against Barbados. She also played in the New Zealand U21 netball team that won gold at the 2005 World Youth Netball Championships in Florida. During her career she has won gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2009 World Netball Series, as well as a silver medal at the 2007 Netball World Championships.[1] In 2008 she co-captained the team with Laura Langman, stepping into the role of acting captain later that year following an injury to Julie Seymour. In July 2009, Williams became the 23rd captain of the Silver Ferns, taking over from Seymour who retired from the game.[2][3]
In domestic netball, Williams has played with the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic since 2003. During the 2008 ANZ Championship season, she was named the Holden Captiva player of the championship, winning a new car.
Williams was named in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours List as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, alongside Silver Ferns coach Ruth Aitken, for services to New Zealand netball.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "2011 Silver Ferns profile: Casey Williams". Last updated 13 June 2011. http://www.mynetball.co.nz/silver-ferns/player-profiles/casey-williams.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ Netball New Zealand (29 July 2009). "Silver Fern captain and squads announced". http://www.mynetball.co.nz/index.php/news/237-silver-ferns-captain-squad-announced.
- ^ "Williams named Silver Ferns captain". The New Zealand Herald. 27 July 2009. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10586928. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
- ^ Johannsen, Dana (6 June 2011). "Honours for Ferns' coach and captain". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10730504. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
[edit] External links
- 2011 ANZ Championship profile
- "The Phil Taylor interview: Casey Williams". The New Zealand Herald. 15 August 2009. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/netball/news/article.cfm?c_id=69&objectid=10590851&pnum=0.
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| Preceded by Julie Seymour |
Captain of the Silver Ferns 2009–present |
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- New Zealand netball players
- Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic players
- New Zealand international netball players
- Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- Netball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Netball players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- People from Hamilton, New Zealand
- 1985 births
- Living people
