Joanne Metcalfe
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Joanne (Jo) Metcalfe (née Moyle) (born 13 April 1969) is a former Australian women's basketball player.[1]
Biography
[edit]Joanne (Jo) played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the late 1980s and early 1990s and competed for Australia at the 1990 World Championship held in Brazil.[2] Jo was selected to play for Australia at the 1992 Olympics held in Barcelona, but the Opals failed to qualify for the tournament.[3] She won a bronze medal for Australia at the 1989 Junior World Championships in Spain where she played alongside future great, Shelley Gorman.[4] That squad was the first Australian basketball team – junior or senior – to win a medal at world championships or Olympic games, though she just missed them.[3]
In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), Jo played 272 games for the Australian Institute of Sport (1985 to 1987), West Adelaide (1988 & 1989), Melbourne Tigers (1990-1995 & 1998-00) and the Bulleen Boomers (1996 to 1998).[5][6][7] In season 1991, Jo won the WNBL Most Valuable Player award and was also named to the WNBL All Star Five.[8][9] That year, she also led the WNBL in points scored with 479 at an average of 21.8 per game.[10] In 1999, Jo had a major knee reconstruction, which effectively ended her playing career.[3]
In 1998/99, Jo was awarded Life Membership of the WNBL.[11] During the 25th year celebration of the WNBL, she was named in the top 25 Australian players for that time.[3] Jo is close friends with Opals player Kristi Harrower and in 2006 her daughter's formed part of Harrower's bridal party.[12] Jo lives in Warrandyte with her husband and two daughters, where she is the coach of the local domestic basketball team (Warrandyte Redbacks).[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b FIBA Archive. World Championship for Women. Player Profile: Joanne Metcalfe. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ^ FIBA Archive. 1990 World Championship for Women. Australia. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
- ^ a b c d e Piazza, Brianna (1 September 2011). Say hello to smokin’ Jo. Our World Today. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
- ^ FIBA Archive. 1989 World Championship for Junior Women. Australia. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
- ^ Players with 100 or more career games Archived 17 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
- ^ Women's National Basketball League. WNBL All-time playing list (page 25) Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
- ^ Jo Metcalfe Player Profile. Melbourne Tigers. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
- ^ All Star Five Archived 15 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
- ^ League Most Valuable Player. Basketball Australia. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
- ^ Basketball Australia. WNBL Top Shooters Award Archived 17 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
- ^ WNBL Life Members Archived 12 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
- ^ Howell, Stephen (27 September 2006). Gold, but ref didn't play ball. The Age. Retrieved 2012-11-12.