Tasmanian Way - Wild Academy

The Wild Academy is Netball Tasmania's elite development program, supported by the Tasmanian Institute of Sport (TIS). The Academy is aimed to provide a high performance training environment for Tasmanian athletes who have been identified as having potential to progress through the pathway.

2025 Wild Academy Athletes

Paige O'Neill
19&U State Team 
Age: 17
Playing Positions: WD, GD
Home region: North
Club Team: Cavaliers Netball Club 
U/17 Aus Squad 2022, 2023, U/19 Aus Squad 2024, TNL MVP runners up 2024
Sophie Brewer
19&U State Team 
Age: 17
Playing Positions: GA/GS
Home region: North
Club Team: F45 Cavaliers
2022 15&U State Team, 2023-2024 17&U State Team, 2024 17&U Australian Pathway Camp, 2024 Tasmanian First Nations Team, 2024-2025 Wild Academy Scholarship, 2025 19&U State, Black Swans ANC Pacific Netball Series
Sophie Blackberry
19&U State Team 
Age: 18
Playing Positions: GA/GS/WA
Home region: North
Club Team: F45 Cavaliers
Cavaliers Opens team (2024-2025), WILD Academy (2023-2025), State 19s (2024-2025), State 17s (2022-2023)
Lily Case
19&U State Team 
Age: 18
Playing Positions: GK, GD
Home region: North
Club Team: F45 Cavaliers
2022 & 2023 HIIT Launceston Northern Hawks U19s, 2024 & 2025 F45 Cavaliers Opens, u17 State Training Partner 2023, u17 State Team 2024, u19 State Team 2025
Abbey Geappen
19&U State Team 
Age: 18
Playing Positions: C/WA
Home region: South 
Club Team: Cripps Waratah 
State 15s (2022) , State 17s (2023) and state 19s (2024,2025), first nations (2024) TNL Cripps waratah 19s (2023, 2024), TNL Cripps waratah opens (2025)
Aimee Bean
19&U State Team 
Age: 17
Playing Positions: GS GA
Home region: South 
Club Team: South East Suns TNL
State team Training partner U15 2022, State team 2023 and 2024, State League U19 2023 and 2024 Karana, State League 2025 Open Suns, State team U19 2025, Rep Team Blue and Gold for STNA since u11
Milana (MIlly) Harnett
17&U State Team 
Age: 16
Playing Positions: GD, WD
Home region: North-West 
Club Team: Devon
BNA development teams, devon u/19 team, state u/17 team, 19/u all star team 2024
Olivia Bender
17&U State Team 
Age: 16
Positions: C, WA
Home Region: North 
Club Team: Northern Hawks 2024/25
U15 state 2023, U17 state 2024, TNL All Star Team, U17state 2025
Sophie Sherriff
17&U State Team 
Age: 16
Positions: GA, GS
Region: North 
Club Team: Hiit Launceston Northern Hawks
15U state team and 15U Tas MVP 2023, 17U state training partner 2024, Hawks 19s B&F 2024, TNL 19s best first year player 2024, all star team 19s 2024. 17U state team 2025. 
Amy Safe award 2023 – 15&U SSA Champs
Isabella Sherriff
17&U State Team 
Age: 16
Positions: C,WA,WD
Home Region: North 
Club Team: Hiit Launceston Northern Hawks
15U Training Partner 2023, 2024 17 state team and 17u Aus squad. , 2024 Hawks b&f runner up. , 2024 TNL 19u b&f runner up and all star team 19s, 2025 17s state team (and wild!).
Grace Ebbelaar
17&U State Team 
Age: 16 
Playing Positions: GD, GK 
Home region: North 
Club Team: Cavaliers Netball Club 
2025 Cavs open team, 2024 and 2025 Tas 17u state team, 2024 19u premiership with Cavs, Named in the 19u all-star team 2024 state league season, Victorian wild camp, Emerging Talent Program since 2022
Ruby Duggan
15&U State Team (2024) 
Age: 14
Playing Positions: GA, WA
Home region: South 
Club Team: Kingston Blues
MVP State under 15’s, Amy Safe Award winner for Tasmania, State under 15’s, MVP Kingston Blues under 15’s Div 1, KNA rep side 2021 - 2024
Courtney Brown
19&U State Team 
Age:15
Playing position: WD, C, GD
Home region: North-West
Club team: SENA Suns 
Captained u15s state team, Burnie development since u11s, u19s state team, u19s suns, debut in opens for suns, 2023/4 Futures Program, 2025 Wild Academy
Sadie Hardcastle
15&U State Team (2024) 
Age: 15
Playing Positions: GK, GD
Home region: South 
Club Team: Kingston Blues 
KNA rep team: u11, u12, u13 and u14, Under 13 Stingas team (2022 and 2023), Under 15 TAS state team 2024, Futures program, Emerging talent program, TNL under 19 training partner
Molly Wilcox
15&U State Team (2024) 
Age:  15
Playing Positions: GD / C
Home Region: South 
Club Team:  Harcourts Kingston Blues 
State U15 Team 2024, KNA representative teams: 2021-2024