Steph Wood
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephanie Wood | ||
| Born | 28 November 1991 | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Netball career | |||
| Playing position(s): GA, WA | |||
Stephanie Wood (born 28 November 1991 in Queensland, Australia) is an Australian netball player. She plays for the NSW Swifts in the ANZ Championship. At 175 cm, she is predominately a goal attack, but also plays wing attack.[1]
Career
After receiving the coveted Gweneth Benzie Award[2] – a prestigious honour given to an AIS netballer who displays all the attributes to one day represent the Australian Netball Diamonds in 2011, Wood was called up as a replacement player for the Queensland Firebirds in the ANZ Championship during the 2012 season. She never took the court and was not offered a contract for the 2013 ANZ Championship season.
Wood has been signed by the NSW Swifts as the fourth shooter for the 2015 ANZ Championship season.
Stephanie Wood joins the NSW Swifts following the 2014 Australian Netball League with the Queensland Fusion - finishing Runners-Up to the Victorian Fury - and has previously been a replacement player for the Queensland Firebirds in the ANZ Championship (however is yet to take the court during the trans-Tasman competition).
This creative and court smart goal attack has captained Queensland in underage competitions, was a member of the Australian U/21 team in 2011, and in the same year was the joint recipient of the coveted Gweneth Benzie Award; an honour given to a netballer on an AIS Scholarship considered to have the greatest potential to represent Australia as an Australian Diamond.
Awards
- 2014 QLD Fusion MVP
- 2011 Gweneth Benzie Award - awarded to the athlete considered to have the greatest potential to represent Australia as an Australian Diamond [3]
Netball Career Facts
- 2014 QLD Fusion MVP
- 2009–2014 Queensland Fusion ANL Team[4]
- 2011 Australian 21/U Team
- 2010–2011 Australian Institute of Sport scholarship recipient
- 2010 Australian 19/U Team
- 2010 Australian 19/U Champion with Queensland, Tournament MVP
References
- ^ "NSW Swifts Player Profile".
- ^ "Stephanie Wood - a Netballer on the Rise!". GAME Clothing.
- ^ "Stephanie Wood - a Netballer on the Rise!". GAME Clothing.
- ^ ANL Statistics http://stephaniewood.prospectsites.com.
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- "The NSW Swifts". nswswifts.com.au. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
- "Wood to mix with netball's tall timbers - The Westerner". thewesterner.com.au. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
External links
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