Adelaide Thunderbirds defender Shamera Sterling has been named an ambassador of World Netball.
On August 11, the international governing body announced the appointments of two of Jamaica’s best-loved netball stars – Marva Bernard OD, and Shamera Sterling - as official ambassadors.
President of Americas Netball and World Netball Board Director for Americas, Bernard will take on the role of being World Netball’s Teamwork Ambassador, while Sunshine Girls defender Sterling will become the Athlete Ambassador for the Americas region.
Commenting on the announcement, World Netball president Liz Nicholl said Sterling is a passionate, exciting, and skilful player who has set the netball world alight.
"She is a popular and inspiring role model for women and girls at all levels of the game and a brilliant advocate of our wonderful sport,” Nicholl said.
“She has made a huge impact not only for her country’s national team but also in Australia as part of the Adelaide Thunderbirds squad and I’m positive that she will be an influential force as we continue to grow our sport and inspire our community.”
Sterling said she was honoured to have been chosen as the World Netball Athlete Ambassador for the Americas.
"I’m really keen to inspire the next generation of netballers as well as grow our sport around the world, so I’m really looking forward to working with my fellow ambassadors to achieve this,” Sterling said.
World Netball will be revealing a team of ambassadors representing the organisation’s newly launched Values of Excellence, Teamwork, Heart, Integrity, Courage, Athlete and Leadership. Together, the Values reflect World Netball’s commitment to operating within an ETHICAL framework.
Both Bernard and Sterling were two of the first famous faces to appear in World Netball’s ‘Your Netball World’ virtual mosaic, which brought together netball faces and stories from all over the globe to celebrate the international netball family.
