Jess Foley (sportswoman) explained

Jess Foley
Nationality:Australian
Height:183 cm
Birth Date:1983 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Bega, New South Wales, Australia
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Position:Small forward
College:Duke (2002–2006)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2006
Draft Round:3
Draft Pick:38
Draft Team:Indiana Fever
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Draftpick:No. 30, 2018 national draft
Debutdate:Round 1, 2019
Debutstadium:Norwood Oval
Position:Ruck / key forward
Years1:2019–2020
Games Goals1:13 (4)
Statsend:the 2020 season
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Jessica Mary Ellen Foley (born 20 April 1983) is a retired Australian basketballer and Australian rules footballer. As a basketballer, Foley represented Australia at both junior and senior levels and played for Duke in college basketball in the United States. As an Australian rules footballer, Foley played for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW), playing in an AFL Women's premiership in her first season.

Basketball career

Foley commenced playing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in 1999. Since then, Foley has played for the AIS (1999/00 to 2000/01) and Adelaide Lightning (2006/07 to current).[1]

In season 2007/08, Foley was selected to the WNBL All-Star Five.[2] In 2011, Foley won the Halls Medal for the best and fairest player in the South Australian Women's competition.[3]

Between 2002 and 2006, Foley attended Duke University in North Carolina and played for the Blue Devils. As a junior, Foley set a single season record with 68 three-pointers made.[4]

In the 2006 WNBA draft, Foley was selected in round 3 (pick 38 overall) by the Indiana Fever, but did not play because of injury.[5] In 2008, Foley was traded to the Connecticut Sun, but returned to Australia without playing a WNBA game.[6]

At official FIBA events, Foley played for Australia at the 2001 World Championship for Junior Women, the 2003 World Championship for Young Women and the 2009 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women, where she won a Gold medal.[7]

Duke statistics

Source[8]

TeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2002-03Duke3217441.5%34.9%84.6%2.11.90.60.15.4
2003-04Duke3418734.7%32.8%85.0%1.92.01.00.25.5
2004-05Duke3437139.0%35.6%79.7%4.03.61.90.310.9
2005-06Duke3519744.4%40.2%84.2%1.61.70.80.15.6
Career13592939.5%35.7%82.1%2.42.31.10.16.9

AFLW career

Foley was drafted by Adelaide at pick no. 30 in the 2018 national draft.[9] In March 2020, she retired to focus on her medical career.[10]

Following her retirement, Foley has been a ruck coach and team doctor at Geelong in 2021 and joined the club's AFLW coaching panel for 2022 AFL Women's season 6 as an assistant coach with responsibility for the defence.[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Women's National Basketball League. All Time Playing Roster . Retrieved 2015-01-09
  2. Women's National Basketball League. All Star Five . Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  3. http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-3656-0-0-0&sID=77310&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=5979067 Halls Medal
  4. Duke University. Jessica Foley Bio. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  5. Chong, Jordon (7 April 2006). Fever catch Foley. The Age. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  6. http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=1392850 Former Blue Devil Jessica Foley Traded To The Connecticut Sun
  7. FIBA Archive. Player Profile: Jessica Foley. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  8. Web site: Duke Media Guide. 2017-09-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20170916010932/http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=211284160. 16 September 2017. dead.
  9. Web site: AFLW: Adelaide draftee Jessica Foley joins the Crows nest . Emmalie. Balnaves-Gale. . . 13 November 2018.
  10. Web site: AFLW: Foley retires . . . 31 March 2020.
  11. Web site: AFLW Coaching Line-Up Finalised . Geelong Football Club . 14 October 2021 . 14 October 2021 . Jess Foley will step into an assistant coaching role after joining Geelong’s AFLW program as a ruck coach in 2021. A former Adelaide Crows ruck, Foley will lead the Geelong defenders. Foley had a number of roles across 2021, including being the VFL Men’s team doctor, and also returned to the field for three games in Geelong’s VFLW team this year..