Sabrina Frederick
Sabrina Frederick-Traub | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 14 November 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Redhill, Surrey, England | ||
Original team(s) | Peel Thunderbirds (WAWFL) | ||
Draft | Pre-draft (marquee) selection, 2016 | ||
Debut | Round 1, 2017, Template:AFLW Bri vs. Template:AFLW Mel, at Casey Fields | ||
Height / weight | 182 centimetres (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward / Ruck | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Template:AFLW Bri | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2017– | Template:AFLW Bri | 5 (4) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 5, 2017. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Source: AustralianFootball.com |
Sabrina Frederick-Traub (born 14 November 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's competition. She is one of the club's two marquee players for the 2017 season, alongside Tayla Harris.
Junior and state-league football
Frederick-Traub played in mixed-gender teams until the age of thirteen, when she began playing for the Peel Thunderbirds (an all-female team). She eventually progressed to the club's senior team in the West Australian Women's Football League (WAWFL).[1] In 2013, Frederick-Traub captained an Australian youth girls team on a tour of New Zealand.[2] She switched to Template:WAFL SF for the 2014 WAWFL season, and in 2015 and 2016 played in exhibition matches for Template:AFLW Mel against the Template:AFLW WB. She kicked three goals in the latter game.[3]
AFL Women's career
In July 2016, Frederick-Traub was selected by Template:AFLW Bri as one of the club's inaugural marquee players.[4] She made her senior debut for Brisbane in round one of the 2017 season, against Template:AFLW Mel at Casey Fields.[5] She was responsible for kicking the team's first goal of the competition.[6] Frederick-Traub recorded 13 disposals, six marks, and a goal against Template:AFLW GWS in round four, for which she was nominated for the 2017 Rising Star award.[7]
Personal life
Frederick-Traub was living in Brighton, England, before she moved to Pinjarra, Western Australia, at the age of seven. Her father is of Antiguan and Jamaican descent.[3] As of 2016[update], Frederick-Traub was studying psychology at Murdoch University, and was part of the university's Elite Athlete Program.[8] Sabrina currently works at AFL Queensland as the Participation Programs Coordinator for Game Development.
External links
- Sabrina Frederick at AustralianFootball.com
References
- ^ "Sabrina Frederick-Traub leading the growth of women's football", Mandurah Mail, 12 September 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "WA Girl First International Captain", West Australian Football Commission, 17 October 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Sabrina doing what she loves", The West Australian, 16 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Brisbane signs Tayla Harris and Sabrina Frederick-Traub as marquee players for national women’s league", The Courier-Mail, 27 July 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ Sabrina Frederick-Traub – Player Stats by Season, AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Lions take the points in AFLW wild weather clash", AFL.com.au, 5 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Frederick-Traub nominated for Rising Star award", Brisbane Lions, 28 February 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Murdoch students amongst AFL elite", Murdoch University, 28 July 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Australian people of Antigua and Barbuda descent
- Australian people of Jamaican descent
- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
- British emigrants to Australia
- British people of Antigua and Barbuda descent
- British people of Jamaican descent
- Brisbane Lions (AFLW) players
- People from Pinjarra, Western Australia
- Sportswomen from Western Australia