Mary Goulding
Personal information | |
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Born | Canada | 24 August 1996
Nationality | New Zealand |
Listed height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
Career information | |
High school | Rangiora (Rangiora, New Zealand) |
College | |
WNBA draft | 2019: undrafted |
Playing career | 2014–present |
Position | Forward |
Career history | |
2014–2015 | Canterbury Wildcats |
2018 | Canterbury Wildcats |
2019 | Rockhampton Cyclones |
2019–2020 | IK Eos Lund |
2020–2022 | Bendigo Spirit |
2021 | East Perth Eagles |
2022 | Mainland Pouākai |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Mary Teresa Goulding (born 24 August 1996) is a New Zealand professional basketball player.
Early life and career
Goulding was born in Canada.[1] She was raised in Rangiora, New Zealand, where she attended Rangiora High School and played both basketball and netball.[1]
Goulding played in the Women's Basketball Championship (WBC) for the Canterbury Wildcats in 2014 and 2015.[2][3] In 2018, she returned to the Wildcats for a one-game stint.[3]
College career
In 2015, Goulding began her college career for the Gillette Pronghorns in Gillette, Wyoming, participating in the NJCAA.[4] After her first year, Goulding would then go on to play Division I basketball with the Fordham Rams in Bronx, New York.[5] During her senior year, Goulding was named team captain of the Rams and A-10 Championship Most Outstanding Player.[6]
Professional career
In 2019, Goulding played for the Rockhampton Cyclones in the Queensland Basketball League.[7]
For the 2019–20 season, Goulding moved to Sweden to play for IK Eos Lund of the Basketligan dam.[8][9]
In 2020, Goulding played for the Bendigo Spirit during the WNBL Hub season in Queensland.[10]
In 2021, Goulding played for the East Perth Eagles of the NBL1 West. She was the league's leading rebounder and earned All-NBL1 West First Team honours.[11]
For the 2021–22 WNBL season, Goulding returned to the Bendigo Spirit.[12]
In 2022, Goulding joined the Mainland Pouākai for the inaugural season of the Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa.[13] She tore her achilles tendon during the season.[14]
National team career
In 2021, Goulding represented the New Zealand Tall Ferns at the FIBA Asia Cup.[15][16]
Personal life
Goulding is the daughter of Tim and Jennifer.[17] Her mother is American.[1] She has four sisters, Bernadette, Celine, Georgia and Lara, and a brother John Paul.[17] She is Catholic.[18]
On 20 May 2023, Goulding was admitted to Christchurch Hospital's intensive care unit in critical condition following a car crash in her hometown of Rangiora.[14][19] After twelve days in an induced coma, she was transferred to an Auckland rehab facility.[18] Three months later, on 28 August, she was a passenger in a taxi when she was involved in another similar crash a few blocks from where the first one occurred, and in almost identical circumstances. She emerged unscathed from the second accident.[20]
References
- ^ a b c Egan, Brendon (29 October 2014). "Goulding convinced she made the right call". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "ALLOYFOLD CANTERBURY WILDCATS WELCOME BACK MARY GOULDING". laceylowdown.com. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Player statistics for Mary Goulding". BBNZ. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Mary Goulding | #34 | F | Gillette College - NJCAA Region 9". region9athletics.com. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Mary Goulding - Women's Basketball - Fordham University Athletics". fordhamsports.com.
- ^ Schelkun, Eric (11 March 2019). "Women's Basketball Wins A-10 Championship". fordhamram.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Mary Goulding Signs First Professional Contract with Rockhampton Cyclones". fordhamsports.com. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Eos presenterar damernas A-lagstrupp" (in Swedish). eoslund.se.
- ^ "Time-out has Tall Fern considering new calling". newsroom.co.nz. 20 May 2020.
- ^ Bendigo (7 July 2020). "THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT MARY – SPIRIT SIGN SHARPSHOOTER GOULDING". Bendigo Spirit. wnbl.basketball.
- ^ "Pozoglou and Sharp named NBL1 West MVPs". NBL1.com.au. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "WNBL: Tall Fern Goulding re-signs at Spirit". bendigoadvertiser.com.au. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Mary Goulding". pouakai.basketball. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Tall Ferns basketballer Mary Goulding 'critical but stable' after serious car crash". stuff.co.nz. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Mary Goulding". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Mary Goulding". nz.basketball. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ a b Hinton, Marc (1 June 2023). "Family of Tall Fern Mary Goulding reveal she is out of critical condition". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ a b Hinton, Marc (25 June 2023). "Mary Goulding's first interview: 'I'm lucky to be alive, but I want to play basketball again'". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "Tall Ferns star Mary Goulding in ICU after car crash". nzherald.co.nz. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ Hinton, Marc (16 December 2023). "The freakish second accident that set back Tall Ferns basketballer Mary Goulding's recovery". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
External links
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Bendigo Spirit players
- College women's basketball players in the United States
- Fordham Rams women's basketball players
- Forwards (basketball)
- New Zealand expatriate basketball people in the United States
- New Zealand women's basketball players
- Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa players
- People educated at Rangiora High School