Jessica McCormack

Jessica McCormack (born 8 September 1989 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is a women's basketball and netball player. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal as part of the Tall Ferns New Zealand women's basketball team.[1] McCormack represented New Zealand in basketball again at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Jessica McCormack
Personal information
Born8 September 1989 (1989-09-08) (age 31)
Hamilton, New Zealand

McCormack played college basketball in the United States for the University of Washington and the University of Connecticut.[2] In 2009, she returned to New Zealand in 2009 for surgery on an Achilles tendon injury.[3] That year, McCormack was also signed for the Netball New Zealand Accelerant Group, a development squad for potential players in the New Zealand netball team, the Silver Ferns.[3] She later signed with the Canberra Capitals in the Australian WNBL.[4]

References

  1. Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
  2. UConn Huskies: 2008–09 Women's Basketball Roster
  3. Sewell, Jane (24 April 2009). "McCormack goes through the hoops". The Press. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
  4. "J-Mac is back". Basketball New Zealand. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2010.


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