Nicole Pinnock | |
Updated: | 5 August 2011 |
Fullname: | Nicole Alicia Aiken-Pinnock |
Maidenname: | Aiken |
Birth Date: | 11 December 1985 |
School: | Clarendon College |
Occupation: | Lecturer |
Relatives: | Romelda Aiken (sister) |
Positions: | GK, GD |
Clubyears1: | 2017-present |
Clubyears2: | 2004-2016 |
Clubteam2: | Clarendon Gators |
Nationalyears1: | 2006–present |
Nicole Alicia Aiken-Pinnock (née Aiken; born 11 December 1985) is a Jamaican netball player. Pinnock started playing international representative netball as early as 2004,[1] [2] although she made her senior debut in the Jamaica national team, the Sunshine Girls, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[3] In 2007, Pinnock received a four-year scholarship to play basketball with Lamar University in Texas,[4] where she played center for the Cardinals.[5] However, in 2008 it was reported that Pinnock had given up the scholarship and returned to her first college, G.C. Foster.[6]
Pinnock currently plays netball for the Sunshine Girls at international level, and for Sirens (netball) in the Netball Superleague. She captained the team to bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.