Laura Scherian (born 26 June 1988) 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 Suncorp Super Netball is the top level netball league featuring teams from Australia. In 2017 it replaced the ANZ Championship, which also included teams from New Zealand, as the top level netball league in Australia. Since 2019, the league has ...

league, playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning. Scherian began her netball career in the

Commonwealth Bank Trophy The Commonwealth Bank Trophy, also referred to as the National Netball League, was the top level national Australian netball league between 1997 and 2007. The league was organized by Netball Australia. Its main sponsor was the Commonwealth Ba ...

at the now-defunct

AIS Canberra Darters Canberra Darters are a former Australian netball team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The team was originally formed as a partnership between the Australian Institute of Sport and Netball ACT. Between 2003 and 2007 they played ...

in 2007, before being picked up by the

Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds are an Australian netball team based in Brisbane, Queensland. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship and between 1997 and 2007, they played in the ...

in 2010 in the

ANZ Championship The ANZ Championship, also known as the Trans-Tasman Netball League, is a former netball league featuring teams from both Australia and New Zealand. Between 2008 and 2016, it was the top-level league in both countries. The competition was owned ...

. She was not re-signed by the Firebirds in 2011 which led her to be relegated to the second-tier

Queensland Fusion Queensland Sapphires are an Australian netball team that represents Netball Queensland in the Australian Netball Championships. Between 2008 and 2019, as Queensland Fusion, they played in the Australian Netball League. Sapphires are effectiv ...

team in the Australian Netball League, where she played at for the next six years as an amateur. She would play only sporadically for the Firebirds in those years when required to replace an injured contracted player. In 2017 she was signed as the last contracted player at the Sunshine Coast Lightning in the new

league, the club she has played at ever since. 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. She has signed with the Lightning through to the end of the season.

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Sunshine Coast Lightning profile

Suncorp Super Netball profile

Netball Draft Central profile
1988 births Australian netball players Queensland Firebirds players Sunshine Coast Lightning players Living people Suncorp Super Netball players Australian Netball League players Netball players from Queensland AIS Canberra Darters players Australian Institute of Sport netball players Queensland Fusion players People educated at John Paul College (Brisbane) Australia international netball players Queensland state netball league players {{Australia-netball-bio-stub