On the back of another fine season, NSW Swifts co-captain Maddy Proud has been named in the 2022 Suncorp Super Netball Team of the Year.
The announcement was made at the Australian Netball Awards in Brisbane on Thursday night, with Swifts teammates and fellow Australian Diamonds Paige Hadley, Sarah Klau and Maddy Turner also in attendance.
Proud, who made her Diamonds debut against England this year, was a regular MVP throughout the Swifts' title defence this season and she held off stellar competition to be named in the All-Star team, notably from fellow Swifts co-captain Hadley and Giants centre Jamie Lee-Price. The full SSN Team of the Year is listed below.
Melbourne Vixens and Australia midcourter Liz Watson was the recipient of the Liz Ellis Diamond, named after the Swifts and Aussie netball legend. Watson become only the second player in the last decade to win the award twice. It was awarded on the basis of her stellar performance for both the Vixens and Diamonds.
West Coast Fever’s Jhaniele Fowler repeated history to be named the SSN Player of the Year for the fifth year in a row. The 2022 premiership player reigned as the league’s top goal scorer with 929 goals, 38 more goals than last year, and topped the chart for offensive rebounds with 55 across the season.
After an incredible breakout season with the Queensland Firebirds that resulted in a Diamonds call up, goaler Donnell Wallam was announced the SSN Rookie of the Year having shot 519 goals at 86 per cent goal accuracy in her debut season.
The Joyce Brown Coach of the Year was awarded to Diamonds head coach Stacey Marinkovich for her success across the year at the international coaching level. Marinkovich led the Diamonds to four international victories in 2022 including the Netball Quad Series, Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Constellation Cup and England Series.
2022 SSN Team of the Year
- Goal shooter – Jhaniele Fowler (West Coast Fever)
- Goal attack – Gretel Bueta (Queensland Firebirds)
- Wing attack – Liz Watson (Melbourne Vixens)
- Centre – Maddy Proud (NSW Swifts)
- Wing defence – Amy Parmenter (Giants)
- Goal defence – Latanya Wilson (Adelaide Thunderbirds)
- Goal keeper – Shamera Sterling (Adelaide Thunderbirds)
