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Maddy Proud
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Maddy Proud (born 4 December 1993), also known as Madeleine Proud, is an Australian netball player. Between 2011 and 2016, Proud played for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017, she has played for New South Wales Swifts in Suncorp Super Netball. She captained the Swifts team that won the 2019 Suncorp Super Netball title. She has also represented Australia at under-21 and Fast5 level and debuted for the Diamonds in 2022.
Key Information
Early life and education
[edit]Proud was born and raised in Adelaide.[1][3] Between 2009 and 2011, she attended Sacred Heart College.[4][5][6] Between 2012 and 2016 she attended the University of South Australia where she gained a Bachelor of Management in Marketing. Between 2018 and 2020, she attended Macquarie University where she completed a Masters of Creative Writing.[3][4]
Playing career
[edit]Early years
[edit]In her youth, Proud played for Contax and the South Australian Sports Institute. She also represented South Australia at under-17 level.[7][8][9]
Adelaide Thunderbirds
[edit]Between 2011 and 2016, Proud played for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship.[10][11][12][13][14] She was 16 when she joined Thunderbirds.[3][15] During the 2012 season, Proud also played for Southern Force in the Australian Netball League. She was a member of the Force team that finished as ANL Champions.[11] During the 2013 season, she played with the Australian Institute of Sport.[16][17]
New South Wales Swifts
[edit]Since 2017, Proud has played for New South Wales Swifts in Suncorp Super Netball.[3][15][18][19] In 2017 Proud was named both QBE NSW Swifts MVP and the NSW Swifts Members' Player of the Year.[20] Proud captained the New South Wales Institute of Sport team that finished third in the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament.[20][21][22] In February 2019 Proud was appointed captain of Swifts.[23] She captained the Swifts team that won the 2019 Suncorp Super Netball title, but missed the second half of the season because of injury.[24][25][26] She was re-appointed Swifts' captain for both the 2020 and 2021 seasons.[27][28]
Australia
[edit]Proud has represented Australia at under-21 and Fast5 level.[2][11][29][30][31][32] In 2012 she was named the Australian Under-21 Team Player of the Year.[33] She captained Australia at the 2013 Netball World Youth Cup[3][16][34] She was included in the senior Australia squad for 2020–21.[35]
| Tournaments | Place |
|---|---|
| 2013 Netball World Youth Cup[3][16] | 
|
| 2018 Fast5 Netball World Series[31][32] | 
|
Children's writer
[edit]In January 2018, Proud became a published children's author after she released Grace on the Court, a book chronicling the life of a 13-year-old netball player in her first year at high school.[3][36][37][38][39][40]
Honours
[edit]- Suncorp Super Netball
- Winners: 2019
- Australian Netball League
- Winners: 2012
- Individual
- QBE NSW Swifts MVP
- Winner: 2017
- NSW Swifts Members' Player of the Year
- Winner: 2017
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Maddy Proud". supernetball.com.au. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Maddy Proud". diamonds.netball.com.au. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "About Maddy Proud". www.maddyproud.com. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Maddy Proud". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Maddy Proud wins Adelaide Thunderbirds club champion award". www.adelaidenow.com.au. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Blue & Blue – April 2018" (PDF). www.shc.sa.edu.au. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Annual Report 2010 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Club holds all the aces". The Advertiser. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Club History – 2010 onwards". www.contax.net.au. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Annual Report 2011 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ a b c "Annual Report 2012 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Annual Report 2014 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "2015 Annual Report – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "2016 Annual Report – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Perception versus reality". www.athletesvoice.com.au. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "AIS Netball Program". Clearinghouse for Sport. Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ "2013 AIS Netball Program". Clearinghouse for Sport. Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "Maddy Proud". nswswifts.com.au. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Netball NSW – 2018 Annual Report" (PDF). Netball NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Netball NSW – 2017 Annual Report" (PDF). Netball NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "NSW Institute of Sport netball captain Maddy Proud hoping to break Southern Steel's unbeaten streak". www.stuff.co.nz. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "NSWIS to play for third in Super Club netball". www.nswis.com.au. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Proud Named Swifts Captain Ahead Of 2019 Season". supernetball.com.au. 28 February 2019. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "Suspected season-ending injury to Proud sours Swifts' big win". www.smh.com.au. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Proud Swifts need no excuses in 2019's Super Netball race". www.theguardian.com. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Netball New South Wales – 2019 Annual Report" (PDF). nsw.netball.com.au. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Proud puts injury heartache behind to lead Swifts' title charge". www.smh.com.au. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Swifts leaders Proud and Hadley go again in 2021". supernetball.com.au. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Australian 21/U team named for NZ tour in June". www.netballnz.co.nz. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "2011 Annual Report – Netball Australia" (PDF). netball.com.au. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Australia confident they can win Fast5 Netball title despite NZ loss". www.smh.com.au. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Australia fall one game short of a clean sweep first day". netball.com.au. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "Netball Australia Annual Report 2012" (PDF). netball.com.au. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Annual Report 2013 – Netball SA" (PDF). sa.netball.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "2020-21 Australian Diamonds squad announced". supernetball.com.au. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Maddy Proud". www.maddyproud.com. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "This netball star achieves balance with her unexpectedly creative side hustle". coach.nine.com.au. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Meet the Author: Maddy Proud". www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Maddy Proud author: NSW Swift enters season as a published writer". www.smh.com.au. 13 January 2018.
- ^ Proud, Maddy (2018). Grace on the Court. Australia: Black Inc. ISBN 9781760640330.
