Stephanie Wood

Stephanie Wood
Personal information
Full name Stephanie Wood
Born (1991-11-28) 28 November 1991
Height 175 cm
Netball career
Playing position(s): GA, WA
Years Club team(s) Apps
2017-present Sunshine Coast Lightning
2015-2016 New South Wales Swifts
2012-2014 Queensland Firebirds

Stephanie Wood (born 28 November 1991 in Queensland, Australia) is an Australian netball player. She plays for the Sunshine Coast Lightning in the Suncorp Super Netball league. 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. In 2015, Wood joined the NSW Swifts and made several appearances, impressing particularly in the Wing Attack position. Wood remained with the Swifts again in 2016, featuring regularly at both Goal Attack and Wing Attack including in the Grand Final, which the Swifts ultimately lost to the Firebirds. Later that year, Wood made her Australian Netball Diamonds debut against South Africa, entering the game in the final quarter at Goal Attack and scoring 5 goals from 6 attempts. Wood currently plays for the Sunshine Coast Lightning in the Suncorp Super Netball competition, where they won the 2017 championship with Wood being a key contributor.

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.

She was selected in the Australian Diamonds squad for the 2018/19 international season.[3] Stephanie was crucial in Lightinings win against the Vixens in the last game of the season in 2018.

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 [4]

Netball Career Facts

  • 2014 QLD Fusion MVP
  • 2009–2014 Queensland Fusion ANL Team[5]
  • 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

  1. ↑ "NSW Swifts Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2014-09-05.
  2. ↑ "Stephanie Wood - a Netballer on the Rise!". GAME Clothing.
  3. ↑ "17-strong Diamonds squad named for International Test Series". Netball Australia. 15 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Stephanie Wood - a Netballer on the Rise!". GAME Clothing.
  5. ↑ ANL Statistics http://stephaniewood.prospectsites.com. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • "The NSW Swifts". nswswifts.com.au. Archived from the original on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
  • "Wood to mix with netball's tall timbers - The Westerner". thewesterner.com.au. Retrieved 2014-09-05.


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