and Australian Diamonds test matches. She moved to the Nine Network when it picked up the rights to the Suncorp Super Netball league, and became a regular panellist on the network's weekly Sports Sunday program. In January 2018 Ellis became an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "distinguished service to netball as an elite player and coach, through support and advocacy for young women, as a contributor to the broadcast and print media industries, and to the community". In recognition of her outstanding career, since 2008 the highest individual accolade awarded to an Australian netball athlete has been the annual Liz Ellis Diamond. In 2019, she was inducted into Hall of Fame at Australian Women's Health Sport Awards. Personal life On 31 March 2011, Ellis announced that she was pregnant. On 28 September 2011, she gave birth to her first child, Evelyn Audrey Stocks, at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. On 21 October 2015, Ellis announced on "The Project" that after several rounds of IVF and three miscarriages, she was pregnant with her second child. Austin Ralph Stocks was born 4 April 2016. Liz Ellis wrote a book in 2018 on her experiences with her troubles having children, the book is called "If at First You Don't Conceive" throughout it she talks about her troubles having children and how it worked out for her family. The book launched on 24 April 2018. References External links Liz Elliz profile at Netball Australia website Liz Ellis collection at the National Museum of Australia 1973 births Australian Institute of Sport netball players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in netball Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Living people Netball players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Netball players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Netball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Officers of the Order of Australia Sydney Swifts players Australia international netball players Netball players at the 1993 World Games Netball players from New South Wales Australian netball commentators Esso/Mobil Superleague players Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees 1995 World Netball Championships players 1999 World Netball Championships players 2003 World Netball Championships players 2007 World Netball Championships players Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games