Laura Geitz

Drawn to netball by her older sister's purple netball shoes, she stands an imposing 1.9m and is an extraordinary mix of athleticism and aura, competitiveness and charisma, grit and glamor. And she is one of Australia's all-time greats. 

From the small town of Allora on the Darling Downs, Laura Geitz was the face of Australian netball for a decade. She played 71 times for the Australian Diamonds and 169 times for the Queensland Firebirds from 2008-18 and captained both to glorious success. 

Twice a world champtionship winner - the second in 2015 as captain - she won the treasured Liz Ellis Diamond as the team's best in 2011. She claimed three domestic titles with the Firebirds - two as captain - and was twice domestic player of the year. And three times she stood on the medal dais at the Commonwealth Games - silver in Delhi 2010, gold as captain in Glasgow 2014 and silver on the Gold Coast 2018 after 12 months out of the game to become a mother. 

Honoured with a life-size bronze statue at the Brisbane Entertaiment Centre in 2017, she was a goal-keeper who protected her team's goal like she did the good of the game. An isnpiration to so many and now a member of the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame...Laura Geitz