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| Full name | Jessica Shaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Jess | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relative | Rachel Shaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Leeds Beckett University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jessica 'Jess' Shaw (born 17 April 1996) is an English international netballer who currently plays for Loughborough Lightning in the Netball Super League.
Shaw started her career at Yorkshire Jets, where she made her Netball Super League debut aged just 15. [1] [2]
Shaw moved to Team Bath for the 2017 Super League season joining her older sister Rachel. [1]
After two seasons with Team Bath, Shaw joined Loughborough Lightning ahead of the 2019 Super League season. [3]
Shaw returned to Team Bath for the 2021 Netball Super League season, where she secured victory in the British Fast5 Championships. [4] However she suffered a double ankle fracture in training, resulting in an arthroscopic surgery to reconstruct two lateral ligaments. [5] She missed the rest of the 2021 season, with the team finishing as runners-up in the 2021 league. She recommitted to Team Bath for the 2022 Netball Super League season. [5]
Shaw switched to Severn Stars for the 2023 Netball Super League season. [6] During the 2024 Netball Super League season, she was named in the NSL 2024 All Star VII. [7] After her injury at Bath, Shaw was considering retiring before rekindling her love at Stars. [2]
Following the disbandment of Team Bath at the end of the 2024 Netball Super League season, Shaw joined Birmingham Panthers, one of two new entries in the relaunched “NSL 2.0”, which aimed to professionalise the league. [8] [9]
Shaw returned to Loughborough Lightning ahead of the 2026 Netball Super League season.
Shaw was among the first group of players to be selected for the full-time Vitality Roses programme when it was launched in 2016. [1] She represented England at youth level, winning bronze with the U21 team at the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup in Botswana. [1]
Shaw earned her senior call-up, when she travelled out to face Australia as an injury replacement player at the 2024 Australia England netball series. She made her debut in the third test [10]
Shaw was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 13. [10]
