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| Born | (1986-05-23)23 May 1986 (age 39) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Student | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leah Shoard (born 23 May 1986) is an Australiannetball player in theANZ Championship, playing for theSouthern Steel in New Zealand.[1]
She played for theNew South Wales Swifts in the 2008 season, having previously been signed for theSydney Swifts andAIS Canberra Darters in theCommonwealth Bank Trophy.[2] While she was not signed up for the Swifts for the 2009 season, in December 2008, theSouthern Steel andNetball New Zealand announced that Shoard was allowed to join the New Zealand franchise in 2009, due to star shootDonna Wilkins being unavailable for the first two rounds after the birth of her first child.[3] Despite the eligibility rules for New Zealand franchises, the Steel fought to include Shoard over a New Zealand player, saying they needed a relatively experienced player to take the goal attack positions in the opening games.
In 2010, Shoard was playing for theWest Coast Fever in hopes to gain more court time after playing for one quarter for the Swifts in 2008 and two quarters for the Steel in 2009. In 2009, she only had one attempt and missed, giving her the lowest shooting percentage score of 0% (0/1).[citation needed]