Jhaniele Fowler
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
21 July 1989 Jamaica | ||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Occupation | Professional Netballer | ||
| Netball career | |||
| Playing position(s): GS | |||
| Years | Club team(s) | Apps | |
| 2009–2013 | Waulgrovians | ||
| 2013–2017 | Southern Steel | 71 | |
| 2018–present | West Coast Fever | 150 | |
| (Correct as of 29 June 2023) | |||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | |
| 2010–present |
 Jamaica | 56 | |
| (Correct as of 9 February 2018) | |||
Jhaniele Fowler[1] (formerly known as Jhaniele Fowler-Reid; born 21 July 1989) is a professional Jamaican netball player and as of 2018 a member of the West Coast Fever in the Suncorp Super Netball League. Fowler also plays domestic netball in Jamaica for the Waulgrovians club,[2] and has been a member of the Jamaica national netball team (the Sunshine Girls) since 2010.
Fowler has competed at three World Netball Series tournaments with the Jamaica national team, winning a bronze medal in 2010. She has also competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore.
In 2011, Fowler was signed to play in the Australasian ANZ Championship with Australian team, the Adelaide Thunderbirds, on a two-year contract. Her contract was contingent on the Thunderbirds' current import, fellow Jamaican shooter Carla Borrego, on gaining Australian citizenship, and allowing the team's import spot for Fowler.[3] However, Borrego was unable to gain citizenship in time for the 2012 season, and Fowler did not play with the Thunderbirds. She was later approached by New Zealand–based team, the Southern Steel, who signed her on a one-year contract for the 2013 season.[4] At a height of 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in), Fowler was the second-tallest player in the Australasian league, after 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Megan Craig (who debuted for the Mystics in 2016).[5]
In 2016 Fowler was awarded the "Player of the series" award, as a member of a Jamaican team that took part in a tour of one of England, playing at Manchester, Coventry and London. Jamaica won a historic 2–1 series victory over a side that less than 3 years later went on to win a gold at the Commonwealth Games in Australia.
Fowler returned to the Australian domestic scene in 2018, where she played for West Coast Fever and was dominant. She won the leading goalscorer award with 783 goals, which is the current record, and was also awarded the competition's player of the year title.[6][7] She won the leading goalscorer award for a second consecutive season in 2019 and capped off the year by becoming the first player in the league's history to win multiple Player of the Year awards.[8]
In 2022 Jhanielle was a major part of the Jamaican team, that achieved a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Losing to Australia in the final, after defeating New Zealand in the semis, and sides such as South Africa and even Australia in the group stage. There also was a match with Barbados that saw over 100 goals recorded by Jhanielle's team.[9]
As Wikipedia's article on the 2023 Netball World Cup shows, Fowler also was part of a Jamaican team that won Bronze at the 2023 World Cup in South Africa, with Jhanielle the top scorer on 302 goals.
In 2023, Fowler claimed her fifth consecutive Stacey Marinkovich Medal for Best and Fairest after another stellar campaign in which she scored her 5000th Suncorp Super Netball goal of her career.
Outside of netball, Fowler married Andre Reid in December 2013 when she added Reid to her last name. The couple have one child. On 20 December 2023, she married Ashani Nembhard in a private ceremony in Kingston [citation needed]
External links
References
- ^ "West Coast Fever > The Team > 2018 Playing Squad". www.westcoastfever.com.au. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018.
- ^ Bogle, Dania (20 June 2011). "Jhaniele Fowler: Born to play netball". Jamaica Observer.
- ^ Bailey, Robert (8 March 2012). "Waiting in the wings". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ "Jamaican giant signs with Steel". The New Zealand Herald. APNZ. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ Egan, Brendon (13 November 2012). "Jamaican import steels for cool days down south". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ "Pressure on Giants in netball semi-final". 9 August 2018. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018.
Fowler finished the regular season with 783 goals - a whopping 208 goals ahead of her nearest rival (Romelda Aiken, 575 goals).
- ^ "Fowler Wins Suncorp Super Netball Player of the Year". Netball Australia. 1 December 2018.
- ^ "Fowler Goes Back-to-back at Australian Netball Awards". Super Netball. 30 November 2019.
- ^ "Jamaica steamroll Barbados in Commonwealth Games". Super Netball. 1 August 2022.