Liz Ellis

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name = Liz Ellis


caption = Liz Ellis, Celebrity Grand Prix Day, 11th March 2008.
fullname = Elizabeth Ellis
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|01|17|df=yes
placeofbirth = Windsor, Australia
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height = height|m=1.83
position = GK
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domesticyears = 1993–2007
domesticteams = Sydney Swifts
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nationalyears = 1992–2007
nationalteams = Australia
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Elizabeth (Liz) Ellis (born 17 January 1973) is a retired Australian netball player, a member of the national team from 1992 until 2007 and captain for the last four of those years. She is the most capped international player for Australian netball.

Early life and education

She was born in Windsor, New South Wales on 17 January 1973 [ [http://www.reachout.com.au/default.asp?ti=404 Reach Out! - Liz Ellis ] ] . 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. [Safe, Mike: [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22613540-5012694,00.html Places in the heart] , "The Australian", 20 October 2007.]

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.

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.

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.

Career outside netball

Ellis is a fully-qualified solicitor Fact|date=June 2008, but gave up legal work up to concentrate on playing professional netball and media work. She has been a regular panellist [ [http://www.theroar.com.au/2007/11/19/liz-ellis-the-winner-australian-athlete-of-the-year/ Liz Ellis the winner: Australian athlete of the year] ] 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", "The Back Page" on FoxSportsNews (Australia) http://www.foxsports.com.au/shows/backpage and the Triple M show "The Cage" [ [http://www.who.com/who/magazine/article/0,19636,7401061231-1569164,00.html Liz Ellis: My 2006 - WHO.com ] ] . Ellis has also commentated on televised netball matches. Her business activities include running junior coaching clinics. Fact|date=October 2008

She currently lives in the Northern Beaches of Sydney with her husband, former New South Wales Waratahs player, Matthew Stocks. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22953833-5012694,00.html] [http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/allenby-shows-what-makes-our-golfers-grate/2007/11/23/1195753308078.html]

External links

* [http://www.lizellis.com.au/ Liz Ellis's personal site]
* [http://www.famous-information.com.au/LizEllis-profile.html Liz Ellis profile]

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