Grace Nweke

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Grace Nweke
Personal information
Born (2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 23)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
School Avondale College, ACG Sunderland
University University of Auckland
Netball career
Playing position(s): GS
Years Club team(s) Apps
2019–present Northern Mystics
2025–present New South Wales Swifts
Years National team(s) Caps
2021–present New Zealand 31
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's netball
Netball at the Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Team

Grace Nweke (born February 7, 2002) is a New Zealand netball international. She first competed for New Zealand in September 2021.

Early life

Grace Nweke was born in Auckland on 7 February 2002, to parents who emigrated to New Zealand from Nigeria. She has a twin brother and four other siblings. Her parents initially left Nigeria to go to South Korea, before settling in Auckland in the 1990s.[1] She attended ACG Sunderland from years 9 to 10 then transferred to Avondale College. At Avondale College she competed in high jump events as well as netball. Nweke is studying for a Bachelor of Commerce degree in information systems and marketing at the University of Auckland.[2][3]

Playing career

Northern Mystics

Nweke joined the Northern Mystics for the 2019 ANZ Premiership season, while she was still at school. Initially recruited to be a training partner she was rapidly promoted to being a full-time member of the Mystics squad. In 2021 she set a new ANZ Premiership scoring record, scoring 852 goals from 951 attempts and scoring 50 or more goals in 12 of the Mystics' 16 games. Her performances inevitably brought her to the attention of the national selectors, who selected her initially for the Under-21 side and then for the full 2021-22 New Zealand squad. Nweke missed four matches of the

2024 ANZ Premiership season with a knee injury.[5]

New Zealand

Despite her 2019 performance in the ANZ Premiership, Nweke was not selected for the 2019 Netball World Cup by Noeline Taurua, who cited fitness issues and her age.[6] Nweke made her national debut on 22 September 2021 against England in a 2021 Taini Jamison Trophy Series match but this ended in disappointment as the team lost 55-45.[7][8][9] In 2021 she was nominated at the Halberg Awards for the Emerging Talent Award but lost out to swimmer Erika Fairweather.[10] Nweke was selected for the

Australian Diamonds.[12]
Nweke was selected for the
Silver Ferns winning the last two games of the series.[19]

NSW Swifts

After the 2024

Silver Ferns 2024 season but not the 2025.[20]

Honours

New Zealand

Northern Mystics

Personal Honours

At the 2022 Netball awards Nweke was awarded the

Silver Ferns Player of the Year
. [21]

References

  1. RNZ
    . 21 September 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Grace Nweke could go from five weeks in lockdown to Silver Ferns debut". Stuff. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Grace NWEKE". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Mystics goal shoot Grace Nweke fit to play in ANZ Premiership eli mination final". 7 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Stuff".
  6. ^ "'It's so precious to me': Silver Ferns' star Grace Nweke eager to visit Nigeria for first time". January 2023.
  7. ^ "Grace Nweke". ANZ Premiership. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Grace Nweke". Silver Ferns. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Silver Ferns v England: Grace Nweke's dream debut turns to disappointment". Newshub. 22 September 2021. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Halberg Awards | Sportzhub". 24 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Grace Nweke shines as Silver Ferns snare Commonwealth Games bronze". 7 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Perfect Grace Nweke drives Silver Ferns past Diamonds". 16 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Silver Ferns fade in second half to lose Quad Series decider to Australia". 26 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Australia retain Quad Series title and SA miss out on bronze".
  15. ^ Delahunty, Erin (26 January 2023). "Pressure on Diamonds for World Cup as New Zealand discover a gem in Grace Nweke". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Silver Ferns announce squad for World Cup title defence". 23 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Injured Nweke ruled out of Netball World Cup". silverferns.co.nz. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  18. ^ Egan, Brendon (31 July 2023). "Silver Ferns' star Grace Nweke to miss rest of World Cup with knee injury". stuff.co.nz. Stuff Limited. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  19. ^ "The Post".
  20. ^ "Stuff".
  21. ^ "Winners • New Zealand Netball Awards 2021".
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