Jess Foley (sportswoman)

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Jess Foley
Born (1983-04-20) 20 April 1983 (age 40)
Bega, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Basketball career
Career information
College Duke (2002–2006)
WNBA draft 2006: 3rd round, 38th overall pick
Selected by the Indiana Fever
Position Small forward
Medals
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Australia / New Zealand Team
Australian rules football career
Personal information
Draft No. 30, 2018 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2019, Adelaide  vs. Western Bulldogs, at Norwood Oval
Position(s) Ruck / key forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2019–2020 Adelaide 13 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

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.

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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]

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
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]

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References

  1. ↑ Women's National Basketball League. All Time Playing Roster Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 2015-01-09
  2. ↑ Women's National Basketball League. All Star Five Archived 15 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  3. ↑ Halls Medal. Fox Sporting Pulse. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  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. ↑ Former Blue Devil Jessica Foley Traded To The Connecticut Sun (19 February 2008). GoDuke.com. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  7. ↑ FIBA Archive. Player Profile: Jessica Foley. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
  8. ↑ "Duke Media Guide". Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  9. ↑ Balnaves-Gale, Emmalie (13 November 2018). "AFLW: Adelaide draftee Jessica Foley joins the Crows nest". Adelaide . Telstra Media.
  10. ↑ "AFLW: Foley retires". Adelaide . Telstra Media. 31 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "AFLW Coaching Line-Up Finalised". Geelong Football Club. Retrieved 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.


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