Alison Downie

Alison Downie
No. 12 – Dandenong Rangers
Position Guard
Personal information
Born (1984-07-17) 17 July 1984
Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality Australian
Listed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
Playing career 2000–present
Career history
2000–2016 Dandenong Rangers
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Australia
Basketball

Alison Downie (born 17 July 1984) is an Australian sportswoman most notable for her long career as a basketball player for the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Basketball League. Downie also plays Australian rules football, and will play for Carlton in the AFL Women's competition from 2017.

Professional career

WNBL

Downie began her professional career in 2000, for the Dandenong Rangers. Since then, Downie has played 326 WNBL games in 16 seasons for the Rangers. She won three WNBL championships and took home the WNBL Rookie of the Year Award in 2002. She was been a strong, permanent member of the Rangers roster for over a decade. [1] Downie retired from WNBL basketball at the end of 2015/16 due to time commitments, but has not retired from the sport entirely.[2]

Australian rules football

Downie began playing Australian rules football for Diamond Creek in the Victorian Women's Football League in the basketball offseasons from 2012. After gaining particular attention as one of the league's best ruckwomen in the 2016 season,[2] she was drafted to the Carlton Football Club for the inaugural AFL Women's competition in 2017.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "WNBL". wnbl.com.au.
  2. 1 2 Eliza Sewell (11 October 2016). "WNBL star Alison Downie set to be drafted for AFL Women's league". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "2017 Women's team". Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

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