Nickname
Jo. (gbbasketball.com, 30 Mar 2012)
Occupation
Athlete
Club name
Bulleen Boomers, Australia
Coach
Tom Maher [club and national] (AUS) (gbbasketball.com, 30 Mar 2012)
Other sports
Her sister Jennifer is an ex-Great Britain U20 representative in basketball. (gbbasketball.com, 30 Mar 2012)
Debut
2006 for Great Britain, against Finland, Friendly Match (gbbasketball.com, 30 Mar 2012)
Injuries
Whilst playing for Polish side Gorzow Wielkopolski she picked up a career threatening degenerative tendon injury and was subsequently released by the club in 2010. However, after Team GB invested time and money into her treatment she recovered fully to rejoin the national team in May 2011. (chesterchronicle.co.uk, 26 May 2011)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
She began playing basketball at age 13. (wnbl.com.au, 11 Mar 2012)
Reason for taking up this sport
"It came to a point where I was playing both basketball and netball at club level but my parents told me to make a decision. At the time, there was more opportunities for me with basketball." (bbc.co.uk, 27 Jan 2012)
General
UK TO USA
She left for the United States at age 16 after being offered a place at Cheshire Academy High School in Connecticut to play basketball. (bbc.co.uk, 27 Jan 2012)
