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Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard

Jamaican netball player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ16232574 ↗
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Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard (née Fowler; born 21 July 1989) is a professional Jamaican netball player who plays for the West Coast Fever in Super Netball. Fowler-Nembhard is a 5-time Super Netball Player of the Year Award winner and was named Netball Scoop World's Best Netballer in 2021.

Domestic career

Fowler-Nembhard played domestic netball in Jamaica for the Waulgrovians club.

In 2011, Fowler-Nembhard was signed to play in the Australasian ANZ Championship with Australian team, the Adelaide Thunderbirds, on a two-year contract. Her contract was contingent on the Thunderbirds' current import, fellow Jamaican shooter Carla Borrego, on gaining Australian citizenship, and allowing the team's import spot for Fowler. However, Borrego was unable to gain citizenship in time for the 2012 season, and Fowler-Nembhard did not play with the Thunderbirds. She was later approached by New Zealand–based team, the Southern Steel, who signed her on a one-year contract for the 2013 season. At a height of 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in), Fowler-Nembhard was the second-tallest player in the Australasian league, after 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Megan Craig (who debuted for the Mystics in 2016).

Fowler-Nembhard returned to the Australian domestic scene in 2018, where she plays for West Coast Fever. She has been the leading goalscorer in the Suncorp Super Netball League every year since 2018 and holds the record for the most goals scored in a season.

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Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1989, 2021, 2011, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1989-07-21. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Jhaniele, Fowler-Nembhard and Jamaican.
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