Josie Janz-Dawson

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Josie Janz-Dawson
Personal information
Born (1988-02-24) 24 February 1988 (age 36)
Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Australia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
School PLC
Occupation Netball
Spouse Cormac Dawson
Married 2014
Netball career
Playing position(s): GD, GK
YearsClub team(s)Apps
2006–2007 AIS Canberra Darters
2008–2016 West Coast Fever
2017 Severn Stars
2018 Team Bath
Last updated: 2017-12-02

Josie Janz-Dawson (born 24 February 1988) is an Australian netball player in the Netball Superleague who will play for Team Bath in 2018. [1] She works at the David Wirrpanda Foundation in the Dare to Dream program as the project officer. Janz-Dawson began working at the foundation as a mentor for young Indigenous children.

Janz-Dawson was born in Thursday Island. And was raised in a small town in the Kimberley known as Derby. Janz-Dawson played for the Australian under 21s in Jamaica in 2009.

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