Shimona Nelson

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

Shimona Nelson
Personal information
Born (1998-12-01) 1 December 1998
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–present Collingwood Magpies
Years National team(s) Caps
2017–present Jamaica
Medal record
Netball
Representing  Jamaica
Commonwealth Games
2022 BirminghamNetball

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 418/4744270617487314
2019 Magpies 0/0000000000
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. "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 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 13 March 2022.


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