Kaylia Stanton (born 17 May 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.

Netball career

Stanton was a member of the Australian under 21 squad and was also in the team that came in second in the 2013 World Youth Netball Championship in

Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

. In 2018, she again played for the

West Coast Fever West Coast Fever is an Australian netball team based in Perth, Western Australia. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they competed in the ANZ Championship. Between 1997 and 2007, as Perth Orioles, th ...

in the Suncorp Super Netball league. Stanton represented Australia at the

2017 Fast5 Netball World Series The 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series was the eighth staging of the annual Fast5 Netball World Series, and the fifth to be played under the new Fast5 rules, which replaced the older fastnet rules introduced in 2009. The tournament was held in Austral ...

, where they finished runners-up to England. In 2019 she was re-signed by the Fever to the end of the 2020 season.

Personal life

Stanton attended St Mary's Anglican Girls School in

Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

before enrolling at

Curtin University Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, ...

to study Nutrition and Health Promotion. After following in her mother's footsteps and taking up athletics at a young age, Stanton was forced to choose between pursuing a career on the netball court, or on the athletics track. Stanton is the daughter of former Olympic high jumper

Christine Stanton Christine Frances "Chris" Stanton (née Annison, born 12 December 1959) is a retired high jumper from Australia. She set her personal best on 26 January 1985, jumping 1.96 metres at a meet in Adelaide, South Australia. An eight-time national cham ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanton, Kaylia 1994 births Australian netball players West Coast Fever players ANZ Championship players Living people People educated at St Mary's Anglican Girls' School Suncorp Super Netball players Netball players from Western Australia Australia international Fast5 players Western Sting players Australian Netball League players