Mary Goulding

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Mary Goulding
No. 24–East Perth Eagles
Position Forward
League NBL1 West
Personal information
Born (1996-08-24) 24 August 1996 (age 27)
Canada
NationalityNew Zealand
Listed height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Career information
High school Rangiora (Rangiora, New Zealand)
College
WNBA draft 2019: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2015Canterbury Wildcats
2018Canterbury Wildcats
2019Rockhampton Cyclones
2019–2020IK Eos Lund
2020–2022 Bendigo Spirit
2021 East Perth Eagles
2022Mainland Pouākai
2024–presentEast Perth Eagles
Career highlights and awards

Mary Teresa Goulding (born 24 August 1996) is a New Zealand professional basketball player.

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Early life and career

Goulding was born in Canada. [1] She was raised in Rangiora, New Zealand, where she attended Rangiora High School and played both basketball and netball. [1]

Goulding played in the Women's Basketball Championship (WBC) for the Canterbury Wildcats in 2014 and 2015. [2] [3] In 2018, she returned to the Wildcats for a one-game stint. [3]

College career

In 2015, Goulding began her college career for the Gillette Pronghorns in Gillette, Wyoming, participating in the NJCAA. [4] After her first year, Goulding would then go on to play Division I basketball with the Fordham Rams in Bronx, New York. [5] During her senior year, Goulding was named team captain of the Rams and A-10 Championship Most Outstanding Player. [6]

Professional career

In 2019, Goulding played for the Rockhampton Cyclones in the Queensland Basketball League. [7]

For the 2019–20 season, Goulding moved to Sweden to play for IK Eos Lund of the Basketligan dam. [8] [9]

In 2020, Goulding played for the Bendigo Spirit during the WNBL Hub season in Queensland. [10]

In 2021, Goulding played for the East Perth Eagles of the NBL1 West. She was the league's leading rebounder and earned All-NBL1 West First Team honours. [11]

For the 2021–22 WNBL season, Goulding returned to the Bendigo Spirit. [12]

In 2022, Goulding joined the Mainland Pouākai for the inaugural season of the Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa. [13] She tore her achilles tendon during the season. [14]

In February 2024, Goulding signed with the East Perth Eagles for the 2024 NBL1 West season, returning to the team for a second stint. [15] On 28 March 2024, in her return to the court 10 months after her accident, she had 14 points, 12 rebounds and four assists in a 96–81 loss to the Warwick Senators. [16]

National team career

In 2021, Goulding represented the New Zealand Tall Ferns at the FIBA Asia Cup. [17] [18]

Personal life

Goulding is the daughter of Tim and Jennifer. [19] Her mother is American. [1] She has four sisters, Bernadette, Celine, Georgia and Lara, and a brother John Paul. [19] She is Catholic. [20]

On 20 May 2023, Goulding was admitted to Christchurch Hospital's intensive care unit in critical condition following a car crash in her hometown of Rangiora. [14] [21] After twelve days in an induced coma, she was transferred to an Auckland rehab facility. [20] Three months later, on 28 August, she was a passenger in a taxi when she was involved in another similar crash a few blocks from where the first one occurred, and in almost identical circumstances. She emerged unscathed from the second accident. [22]

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References

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  4. ↑ "Mary Goulding | #34 | F | Gillette College - NJCAA Region 9". region9athletics.com. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Mary Goulding - Women's Basketball - Fordham University Athletics". fordhamsports.com.
  6. ↑ Schelkun, Eric (11 March 2019). "Women's Basketball Wins A-10 Championship". fordhamram.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Mary Goulding Signs First Professional Contract with Rockhampton Cyclones". fordhamsports.com. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Eos presenterar damernas A-lagstrupp" (in Swedish). eoslund.se.
  9. ↑ "Time-out has Tall Fern considering new calling". newsroom.co.nz. 20 May 2020.
  10. ↑ Bendigo (7 July 2020). "THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT MARY – SPIRIT SIGN SHARPSHOOTER GOULDING". Bendigo Spirit. wnbl.basketball.
  11. ↑ "Pozoglou and Sharp named NBL1 West MVPs". NBL1.com.au. 15 August 2021. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "WNBL: Tall Fern Goulding re-signs at Spirit" . bendigoadvertiser.com.au. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "Mary Goulding". pouakai.basketball. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  14. 1 2 "Tall Ferns basketballer Mary Goulding 'critical but stable' after serious car crash". stuff.co.nz. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "Mary Goulding returns to the East Perth Eagles". facebook.com/EPDBA. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  16. ↑ "Recap NBL1 West | Round 1 Thursday". NBL1.com.au. 28 March 2024. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024.
  17. ↑ "Mary Goulding". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  18. ↑ "Mary Goulding". nz.basketball. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  19. 1 2 Hinton, Marc (1 June 2023). "Family of Tall Fern Mary Goulding reveal she is out of critical condition". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  20. 1 2 Hinton, Marc (25 June 2023). "Mary Goulding's first interview: 'I'm lucky to be alive, but I want to play basketball again'". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  21. ↑ "Tall Ferns star Mary Goulding in ICU after car crash". nzherald.co.nz. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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