Dana Hooker

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Dana Hooker
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Hooker during a pre-season practice match for West Coast in 2020
Personal information
Full name Dana Hooker
Date of birth (1991-01-23) 23 January 1991 (age 32)
Original team(s) Coastal Titans (WAWFL)
Draft No. 130, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Fremantle  vs. Western Bulldogs, at VU Whitten Oval
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club West Coast
Number 17
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017–2019 Fremantle 22 0(6)
2020– West Coast 36 0(6)
Total58 (12)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2017 The Allies 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Dana Hooker (born 23 January 1991) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2017 to 2019. Hooker is a dual AFL Women's All-Australian, and was the inaugural Fremantle fairest and best winner in 2017 and inaugural West Coast Club Champion in 2020.

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State league career

Hooker played with the Coastal Titans in the West Australian Women's Football League before missing a majority of the 2016 season after giving birth to her first child. [1] During her state league career she made representative teams on multiple occasions including for Western Australia from 2011 to 2016, [2] which included All-Australian selection in 2013, [3] and playing for the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne in 2014 and 2015 respectively in the exhibition series. [4] [5]

AFL Women's career

Hooker during a pre-season practice match for Fremantle in 2019 Dana Hooker 2019.1.jpg
Hooker during a pre-season practice match for Fremantle in 2019

Fremantle (2017–2019)

Hooker was recruited by Fremantle with their seventeenth selection and 130th overall in the inaugural AFL Women's draft. [2] In January 2017, she was voted into Fremantle's leadership group. [6] She made her debut in the thirty-two point loss to the Western Bulldogs at VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2017 season. [7] Despite a disappointing season on the field for Fremantle, Hooker thrived and was named in Fremantle's best players in every match for the season [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] and led the statistical counts at the club for disposals, kicks, marks and was second in inside-50s. [15] Her performances during the season saw her win the inaugural Fremantle fairest and best award, [16] and she was selected in the initial 40-woman squad for the 2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team. [17]

Fremantle signed Hooker for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. [18]

Fremantle signed Hooker for the 2019 season during the trade and signing period in May 2018. [19]

West Coast (2020–present)

Hooker (centre) during a pre-season practice match for West Coast in 2020 West Coast team 26.01.20 (cropped).jpg
Hooker (centre) during a pre-season practice match for West Coast in 2020

In April 2019, Hooker signed with West Coast on a two-year contract, becoming the club's first big-name signing for its women's team. [20] In December, she was named vice-captain, supporting inaugural captain Emma Swanson. [21]

Leading into the 2020 season, womens.afl journalist Sarah Black named Hooker at no. 4 on her list of the top 30 players in the AFLW. [22] She made her West Coast debut in the club's inaugural game against Collingwood at Victoria Park in round 1, kicking the team's only goal for the game [23] and achieving selection in womens.afl's Team of the Week for that round. [24] She was also selected in the Team of the Week in round 6, [25] and was selected in the initial 40-woman squad for the 2020 AFL Women's All-Australian team. [26] [27] [28] In August, Hooker was named the inaugural West Coast Club Champion. [29] [30]

Leading into the 2021 season, Sarah Black named Hooker at no. 12 on her annual list of the top 30 players in the AFLW. [31] After being one of the Eagles' best players in their round 1 loss to Adelaide, [32] Hooker was ruled out for the rest of the season when she required surgery after a household accident where a knife fell from a kitchen bench and lacerated a tendon in her foot. [33] [34] [35]

Hooker was named among West Coast's best players in its losses to Gold Coast, Adelaide and Geelong in rounds 2, 3 and 5 of the 2022 season, [36] [37] [38] and was best afield in West Coast's first win of the season against St Kilda a few days later; [39] she polled eight coaches' votes for the St Kilda match [40] and was selected in womens.afl's Team of the Week for that round. [41] She was West Coast's best player in its loss to Collingwood in round 6 [42] and was among West Coast's best players in its loss to Richmond in round 7. [43] Hooker suffered a shoulder injury in the second quarter of West Coast's loss to the Western Bulldogs in round 9. [44]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2023 season. [45]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2017 Fremantle 17701873412119230.00.112.44.917.32.73.31
2018 Fremantle 17751863712311330.70.112.35.317.61.64.79
2019 Fremantle 1781190431339580.10.111.35.416.61.17.311
2020 West Coast 17610853311816410.20.014.25.519.72.76.96
2021 West Coast 1710014519220.00.014.05.019.02.02.00
2022 (S6) West Coast 17921994714618300.20.111.05.216.22.03.33
2022 (S7) West Coast 171011873011725380.10.18.73.011.72.53.80
2023 West Coast 171025854513023730.20.58.54.513.02.37.30
Career5812106332749071232980.20.210.94.715.62.15.130

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