Netball NSW is delighted to announce the athletes who have been selected for the 2022 NSW 17U Team which will contest the underage National Netball Championships later this year.
The final list of 12 players was selected after a rigorous selection process which brough the best of metro and regional talent together.
The squad will begin their campaign this weekend in preparation for the Nationals in Hobart in April.
"Head Coach Amber Cross and her players and support staff are looking forward to driving growth, cohesiveness and Waratah pride within this team of talented and determined athletes," Margaret Hamley of Netball NSW said.
The team will benefit from the experience of three athletes returning from the 2021 campaign with Eugenia Little, Freddie Schneideman and Tumut local Grace Whyte selected again. All three are in the QBE Swifts Academy - which underpins the NSW Swifts - and they also play for the Manly Warringah Sapphires in the Netball NSW Premier League.
Talented shooter Monika O’Tai is in Giants Academy and will play for UTS Sparks in Premier League, while Hunter pair Hope White and Brooke Rooney play Premier League for the Central Coast Heart and Panthers respectively.
Eliza McKenzie is a proud Eastwood Ryde junior and will represent ERNA Hawks in Premier League while Nicola Barge, Nevaeh Matenga, Isabella Degei, Jayla Dicker (along with White) are all bottom-age athletes with big futures ahead.
Barge (Stingrays), Degei (GWS Fury) and Dicker (Panthers) will also play in Premier League and Matenga (Liverpool City) will foster her growth in the DOOLEYS Metro League competition.
Midcourt player Laicy Costigan will train with her local Hastings Valley team as they prepare for the HART Regional League competition and will travel the eight-hour return trip each week for State Team training.
In 2022 Netball NSW has also selected a 17U Train-On Squad. The squad of 15 athletes will train each Sunday for the next 11 weeks with a focus of individual growth and maximising readiness to progress on the Netball NSW Pathway.
Each of these athletes will have the opportunity to be a part of the Metro Emerging, Regional Emerging or Indigenous All Stars teams in a competition planned for later in 2022.
2022 NSW 17U Team
- Brooke Rooney (Newcastle)
- Eliza McKenzie (Eastwood Ryde)
- Eugenie Little (Manly Warringah)*
- Frederika Schneideman (Randwick)*
- Grace Whyte (Manly Warringah/Tumut)*
- Hope White (Newcastle)
- Isabella Degei (Penrith District)
- Jayla Dicker (Penrith District)
- Laicy Costigan (Hastings Valley)
- Monika 'Otai (St George District)
- Nevaeh Matenga (Liverpool City)
- Nicola Barge (Sutherland Shire)
2022 NSW 17/U Train-On Squad
- Angelina Ballas (Baulkham Hills Shire)
- Ashley Vasquez (Camden)
- Ava Moller (Wagga Wagga)
- Charlie Hawkins (Randwick)
- Charlee Belcher (Baulkham Hills Shire/Newcastle)
- Ellie Hart (Campbelltown District)
- Hinemoa Boylan (Campbelltown District)
- Katarina Sincek (Penrith District)
- Laura Ashwin (Baulkham Hills Shire)
- Maraea Paea (Wyong District)
- Mia Blackett (Coffs Harbour)
- Nicola Gastelaars (St George District)
- Sara Kent (St George District)
- Tahlia Robertson (Sutherland Shire)
- Yasmeen Janschek (Randwick)
*denotes QBE Swifts Academy athlete
