West Coast Fever Goal Shooter Jhaniele Fowler has re-written the club’s record books, winning a third consecutive MVP Award and the inaugural Stacey Marinkovich Medal at the 2021 vote count.
The MVP Award was renamed this year to the Stacey Marinkovich Medal to honour the former captain and coach’s legacy at the club, which included being appointed inaugural captain and coaching 104 games, including two Grand Finals.
Fowler, who has won Fever’s last two MVP awards and three consecutive Suncorp Super Netball MVP awards, won the Stacey Marinkovich Medal with 55 votes ahead of captain Courtney Bruce with 35 votes and rising star Sunday Aryang with 21 votes.
Fowler registered a maximum six votes in three games and polled in every round of the season except the Round 2 win over the Swifts when Aryang, Bruce and Jess Anstiss collected four votes each.
Fowler said she was honoured to win the award and thanked her club and teammates.
“I am very grateful for all that this team has invested in me as a person and as a player and always believing in me year in, year out,” she said.
“Since I’ve been here in 2018, I’ve only wanted to do my best by this club to perform my best.
“I’m so much more mature in my game and in my personal life since I’ve been here and I’m very grateful for that.
“This wouldn’t have been possible without my amazing teammates so I’m very thankful to them too.”
Fowler has been a dominant force in Super Netball since joining Fever in 2018, scoring 3455 goals in four seasons and has re-signed for another two years.
In 2021 she topped the league in scoring with 883 goals at 96 per cent accuracy, was second for offensive rebounds with 57 and finished first on the Nissan Net Points leader board with a total of 1611 points.
Other club awards presented at The Net Ball included the Coach’s Award to Jess Anstiss and People's Choice Award to Sunday Aryang, while Fowler also won the Player’s Player Award.
The Club Person of the Year Award was presented to all the husbands, wives and partners of the West Coast Fever players and staff, who remained at home and sacrificed their family time while the team spent more than a month in the Queensland hub.
Stacey Marinkovich Medal Leader Board
55 – Jhaniele Fowler
35 – Courtney Bruce
21 – Sunday Aryang
19 – Alice Teague-Neeld
18 – Jess Anstiss
16 – Verity Charles
2 – Stacey Francis-Bayman
2 – Sasha Glasgow
