Jodie Datson (born 14 August 1977) is a retired Australian women's basketball player.

Biography

Datson played for the

Australia women's national basketball team The Australian women's national basketball team is nicknamed the Opals, after the brightly coloured gemstone common to the country. From 1994 onwards, the Opals have been consistently competitive and successful having won nine medals at offic ...

between 2003-2005 and was also a member of the 2004 Olympic squad for Athens. She was not selected in the final team. Datson's best season in the

Women's National Basketball League The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is the pre-eminent professional women's basketball league in Australia. It is currently composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the women's counterpart to the National Baske ...

(WNBL) was 2003–04 with the

Townsville Fire The Townsville Fire are an Australian professional female basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). They are the only female professional sporting team of any discipline in the northern half of Australia. The t ...

, where she was awarded their

most valuable player In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

and named in the national All-Star Five. To help celebrate the Fire's 15th anniversary in the WNBL in 2015, Datson was named in their commemorative All-Star team.O'Neil, Rohan (4 November 2015)
''Fan voted team to honour Fire’s 15th anniversary''
''Townsville Bulletin''. Retrieved 2017-11-10.

References

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