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Laura Scherian

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Laura Scherian
Personal information
Born (1988-06-26) 26 June 1988 (age 36)[1]
Gisborne, Victoria
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
School John Paul College (Brisbane)
Netball career
Playing position(s): WA, C
Years Club team(s) Apps
2007 Canberra Darters 4
2010, 2015 Queensland Firebirds 8
2017–23 Sunshine Coast Lightning 107
2024 Adelaide Thunderbirds 16
Years National team(s) Caps
2019 Australia 4

Laura Scherian (born 26 June 1988) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds.

Scherian began her netball career in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy at the now-defunct AIS Canberra Darters in 2007, before being picked up by the Queensland Firebirds in 2010 in the ANZ Championship.[3] She was not re-signed by the Firebirds in 2011 which led her to be relegated to the second-tier Queensland Fusion team in the Australian Netball League and for the Brisbane North Cougars in the State League, where she played at for the next six years as an amateur.[3] She would play only sporadically for the Firebirds in those years when required to replace an injured contracted player.[4]

In 2017 she was signed as the last contracted player at the Sunshine Coast Lightning in the new Suncorp Super Netball league, the club she has played at ever since.[5] In her first match at the Lightning, Scherian was named the most valuable player as the side drew with the Firebirds in the opening match of the season.[4] She has signed with the Lightning through to the end of the season.[6] Scherian won titles in 2017, 2018 and 2019 with the Lightning.

In 2019, Sherian played in the winning Australian Diamonds Constellation Cup team.[7][8][9][10]

In 2024, Scherian joined the Adelaide Thunderbirds winning her fifth title in 2024 for three different franchises.

References

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  1. ^ "Round 2 match program 2018". issu.com. Refer to pp. 7
  2. ^ "Laura Scherian". Adelaide Thunderbirds.
  3. ^ a b Greg Davis (12 June 2017). "Sunshine Coast Lightning centre Laura Scherian aiming to cap the remarkable year with grand final win". Courier Mail.
  4. ^ a b "Lightning recruit haunts the club that let her go". Sunshine Coast Daily. 19 February 2017.
  5. ^ Laura Scherian (19 August 2018). "Apologies to the coaches I asked". Players Voice.
  6. ^ "Five Lightning Players Ink New Deals". Super Netball. 15 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Diamonds beat Silver Ferns in decider to win Constellation Cup for seventh straight time". www.abc.net.au. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Australia's Diamonds triumph in Constellation Cup decider". www.theguardian.com. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Australia win a seventh successive Constellation Cup series". www.skysports.com. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Rampaging Diamonds Secure Seventh Straight Constellation Cup Series Win". diamonds.netball.com.au. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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