Joanne Metcalfe

Joanne (Jo) Metcalfe (née Moyle) (born 13 April 1969) is a former Australian women's basketball player.[1]

Joanne Metcalfe
Personal information
Born (1969-04-13) 13 April 1969[1]
Adelaide, South Australia
Medal record
Women's Basketball
Representing  Australia
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1989 SpainTeam Competition

Biography

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]

Jo recently commenced coaching with the Melbourne Tigers girls basketball program, where one of her daughters now plays representative basketball.

See also

References
  1. FIBA Archive. World Championship for Women. Player Profile: Joanne Metcalfe. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
  2. FIBA Archive. 1990 World Championship for Women. Australia. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
  3. Piazza, Brianna (1 September 2011). Say hello to smokin’ Jo. Our World Today. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  4. FIBA Archive. 1989 World Championship for Junior Women. Australia. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  5. 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.
  6. Women's National Basketball League. WNBL All-time playing list (page 25) Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  7. Jo Metcalfe Player Profile. Melbourne Tigers. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  8. All Star Five Archived 15 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  9. League Most Valuable Player. Basketball Australia. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  10. Basketball Australia. WNBL Top Shooters Award Archived 17 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
  11. WNBL Life Members Archived 12 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  12. Howell, Stephen (27 September 2006). Gold, but ref didn't play ball. The Age. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
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