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Shimona Nelson

Shimona Jok (nee Nelson)
Personal information
Born (1998-12-01) 1 December 1998 (age 25)
Kingston, Jamaica[1]
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Netball career
Playing position(s): GS
Years Club team(s) Apps
2018 Adelaide Thunderbirds
2019–2023 Collingwood Magpies
2024 Melbourne Mavericks
Years National team(s) Caps
2017–present Jamaica
Medal record
Netball
Representing  Jamaica
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Netball
Netball World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Cape Town Netball

Shimona Nelson (born 1 December 1998) is a Jamaican netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Melbourne Mavericks.

Career

Nelson broke into the senior Jamaica national netball team in early 2017 in a test series against Barbados and has also represented Jamaica at Under-21 and Fast5 level.[1][2] Nelson was selected by the Adelaide Thunderbirds as a replacement player for the injured Cat Tuivaiti in the 2018 season, and played most games in a winless season for the Thunderbirds.[3] Nelson moved to Melbourne-based Super Netball team the Collingwood Magpies at end of the season, joining the Magpies squad for two years.[4]

Super Netball statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2018 season.[5]
Season Team G/A GA RB CPR FD IC DF PN TO MP
2018 Thunderbirds 418/474 4 27 0 6 1 7 48 73 14
2019 Magpies 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career 418/474 4 27 0 6 1 7 48 73 14

Personal life

Nelson currently studies a Bachelor of Psychological Science at Deakin University.[6]

Nelson elected to pursue netball instead of playing college basketball in the United States.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Nelson, Shimona". fast5worldseries.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Shimona Nelson shooting for the stars". Jamaica Observer. 29 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "A new era, a new team". Adelaide Thunderbirds. 14 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Nelson to fly with Pies in 2019". Magpies Netball. 3 September 2018. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Shimona Nelson". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Elite Athlete Program Profiles". Deakin University. Retrieved 27 March 2023.


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