 She played netball and basketball with able @-@ bodied competitors , having first participated at the elite level in both sports as she started to lose her vision . In netball , she was a goal keeper and goal attack , represented Victoria several times and was named as an emergency for the Australian U16 team . In the Victorian league 's Championship Division , she represented both <unk> and Altona Lightning . In basketball , she represented the Geelong Cats for five years and also represented Victoria Country . At that time , her goal was to become a professional netball or basketball player . As well , she played netball in the Geelong Football / Netball League , representing South Barwon and Leopold . Despite her low vision and missing one third of the games due to her Paralympic training program , she won the A grade Best and Fairest Award in 2007 , representing Leopold . 
