Liz Ellis

Full name	Elizabeth Ellis
Date of birth	January 17, 1973 (1973-01-17) (age 35)
Place of birth	Windsor, Australia
Previous Teams	Sydney Swifts (1993–2007) Australia (1992–2007)
Years as Player	1992–2007
Championships as Player	1995, 1999, 2007
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Medal record
Competitor for  Australia
Women's Netball
Commonwealth Games
Gold	1998 Kuala Lumpur
Gold	2002 Manchester

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Early life and education

She was born in Windsor, New South Wales on 17 January 1973 ^[1]. After finishing high school, Ellis attended the Australian Institute of Sport on a netball scholarship. She also completed a law degree at Macquarie University while she worked her way up the ranks of Australian netball.^[2] Windsor is a town in New South Wales, Australia. ... NSW redirects here. ... is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) headquarters is sited in Canberra, the Capital city of Australia. ... LLB redirects here. ... Macquarie University is an Australian university located in Sydney. ...

Netball Career

Domestic

Ellis became the captain of the Sydney Swifts in 2000. She was the captain for their 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2007 Commonwealth Bank Trophy premierships. The Sydney Swifts are an Australian netball team, playing in the national Commonwealth Bank Trophy. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... The Commonwealth Bank Trophy is the elite national competitition in Australian netball. ...

In 2006, she displayed champion qualities by rebounding from a career-threatening knee reconstruction (see below) to play one of her best ever netball seasons, leading the Sydney Swifts through an undefeated season, and culminating with her being named best-on-court in the 2006 Commonwealth Bank Trophy Grand Final against the Adelaide Thunderbirds. The Adelaide Thunderbirds are an Australian netball team, which played in the national Commonwealth Bank Trophy, and from 2008 will play in the trans-tasman ANZ Championship. ...

She has won Netball Australia's Most Valued Player Award, the most prized individual award in Australian netball, four times, in 1996, 1998, 2002 and 2006. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Career outside netball

Ellis is a fully-qualified solicitor, but gave up legal work up to concentrate on playing professional netball and media work. She has been a regular panellist ^[3]on a number of sports panel shows such as The Fat. For five years she presented a weekly sports segment on the ABC's national youth radio network, Triple J. She has also appeared several times on The Glass House and the Triple M show The Cage ^[4]. Her business activities include running junior coaching clinics amongst a number of other activities and endorsements. A solicitor is a type of lawyer in many common law jurisdictions, such as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and in a few regions of the United States. ... The Fat was a sports based talk show featured on the ABC in the late 90s. ... The ABC or Australian Broadcasting Corporation is the national, Australia. ... Double J redirects here. ... The Glass House was a half-hour Australian comedy talk show which screened on the ABC from 2001 to 2006. ... This article is about the radio station network. ... The Cage is the name of two different breakfast shows on Australian radio network Triple M, broadcasting in Melbourne and Brisbane. ... In sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of an athletic team or of individual athletes. ...

She currently lives in the Northern Beaches of Sydney with her husband, Matthew Stocks. She is also known to be one of the sexiest athletes in Australia with her trademark long legs.^[5] Categories: Australia-related stubs ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ...

External links

• Liz Ellis's personal site
• Liz Ellis profile

References

1. ^ Reach Out! - Liz Ellis
2. ^ Safe, Mike: Places in the heart, The Australian, 20 October 2007.
3. ^ Liz Ellis the winner: Australian athlete of the year
4. ^ Liz Ellis: My 2006 - WHO.com
5. ^ Interview with Liz on WHO.com