2024 SSN Player & Team of the Year – your picks

Latanya Wilson my MVP.

GS – Fowler
GA – Austin
WA – Horjus
C – Moloney
WD – Wilson
GD – Mannix
GK – Sterling

Player of the year MVP Wilson

GS RAG
GA Austin
Wa Horjus
C Williams
Wd Wilson
Gd Jenner
Gk Sterling

I chose RAG over JFR this season because she didn’t get rattled like Fowler did. She held her own and improved her game.

I chose Williams for C, she matched the diamonds C in attacking stats and passed JLP and Moloney in defensive stats.

Jenner is back!! Can’t wait to see her have a blinder next season. My guess is she’ll make diamonds as an invitee.

MVP – Shamera Sterling – I just had to ask myself who would be my first pick based on performance and what she brings to a team and it is Shamera!

Team of the Year based on individual performance:

GS – Jahnelle – she is still the most dominant and accurate shooter. Special mention to both Shimona and Romelda.
GA – Kiera Austin – despite a couple of inconsistent performances when she is on fire she is on fire! I couldn’t think of a GA who was even close. In terms of the Grand Final she was the best on court by a mile and still flourished when Wilson was moved onto her.
WA – Liz Watson – so dominant in her position which grew as the season progressed. Note, all of the top four teams have strong WA contenders.
C – Jamie Lee Price – it and GD is the hardest. I gave it JLP as I think she was quite dominant in a team that wasn’t performing well. She has really taken her game to a different level over the past couple of years. She is also quite consistent from year to year which is why I gave it to her. C is a strong position across all of the teams. I also thought Paige was strong on the Swifts team in what was a very challenging year – she appeared to be the glue just managing to hold it all together. I also loved watching Mi Mi in her first year!
WD – Latanya Wilson – just sublime and can shut down every WA in the competition. Chose her here as this was where she played most.
GD – I haven’t gone on stat’s but just what I observed and decided to give it to Tara Hinchcliffe. She was a an unsung hero on the Lightening team and just did her job consistently, every week. She was working with new combos at GK and just slotted in. Also working with a new C. TBH – I was super impressed with how she worked with Ash Ervine and I thought that combo was a rival to the Jamaicans in terms of effectiveness and skill – I always prefer to watch skill prevail over brute force/intimidation any day!
GK – Shamera, of course!

If I was choosing a team some of my selections might be different as then how players combine and form a cohesive team environment becomes the main focus.

@Trolly I was thinking along the same lines as you re Austin and Horjus. But my thinking was kind of reverse with yours. As in Austin spent the whole season there and had a very mediocre year (don’t come for me, I don’t know the stats😂). Yet whenever Horjus was moved there, after spending most of the game at WA, she could completely change the game and be confident to go to post. If Austin’s season was like her GF performance (bloody amazing), I would have picked her.

So for me, it came down to who had the better season between her and Liz Watson. Cause Horjus was taking one of their spots.

Player of the year: Latty Wilson

GS: RAG
GA: Austin
WA: Watson (stats over Horjus)
C: Moloney
WD: Wilson
GD: Aryang but so hard to pick
GK: Sterling-Humphries

Reserve (hehe): Horjus

MVP: I would choose Shamera, but Latty Wilson pushed the fear in teams mid court. Before it even got to Shammy. So Wilson.

GS: RAG
She stood tall when it mattered (won the premiership) and the last time Tbirds played Fever she scored more than JFN and Tbirds won.
GA: K Austin
WA: G Horjus
C: T Williams
She had a bad C game in the grand final, but she had a great season and has great defence play who works well with Wilson.
WD: L Wilson
GK: Sterling- Humphrey