Emily Mannix (born 16 April 1994) is an Australian
netball
Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...
player in the
Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the
Melbourne Vixens.
Early life
Mannix attended
Geelong Grammar School on a sports scholarship and played netball for
Drysdale in her junior years.
Career
Originally from
Geelong
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...
, Mannix made her debut for the
Melbourne Vixens in 2015, working as a defensive understudy to
Bianca Chatfield
Bianca Chatfield (born 2 April 1982) is a former Australia netball international. Between 2001 and 2014 she made 59 senior appearances for Australia. Chatfield was a member of the Australia teams that won the gold medals at the 2007 World Netb ...
and
Geva Mentor. She won the club Coaches Award in 2016 and was runner up in the club MVP in 2017, a run of form which culminated that year in her debut for the
national team. She was selected in the
Australian Diamonds
The Australia national netball team, also known as the Australian Diamonds, represent Netball Australia in international netball tournaments such as the INF Netball World Cup, the Commonwealth Games, the Constellation Cup, the Netball Quad Se ...
squad for the 2018/19 international season.
References
External links
Super Netball profile
Australian netball players
Melbourne Vixens players
Living people
1994 births
Suncorp Super Netball players
Netball players from Victoria (state)
People educated at Geelong Grammar School
Australia international netball players
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