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}} Joanne (Jo) Metcalfe (''née'' Moyle) (born 13 April 1969) is a former Australian women's basketball player.〔FIBA Archive. World Championship for Women. (Player Profile: Joanne Metcalfe ). Retrieved 2012-11-07.〕 ==Biography== Metcalfe played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the late 1980s and early 1990s and competed for Australia at the 1990 World Championship held in Brazil.〔FIBA Archive. 1990 World Championship for Women. (Australia ). Retrieved 2012-11-10.〕 Metcalfe was selected to play for Australia at the 1992 Olympics held in Barcelona, but the Opals failed to qualify for the tournament.〔Piazza, Brianna (September 1, 2011). (''Say hello to smokin’ Jo'' ). Our World Today. Retrieved 2012-11-12.〕 Metcalfe won a bronze medal for Australia at the 1989 Junior World Championships in Spain where she played alongside future great, Shelley Gorman.〔FIBA Archive. 1989 World Championship for Junior Women. (Australia ). Retrieved 2012-11-12.〕 That squad was the first Australian basketball team – junior or senior – to win a medal at world championships or Olympic games.〔 In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), Metcalfe played 272 games for the Australian Institute of Sport (1985 to 1987), West Adelaide (1988 & 1989), Melbourne Tigers (1990-1996 & 1999-00) and the Bulleen Boomers (1996 to 1998).〔(Players with 100 or more career games ). Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-11-12.〕〔Women's National Basketball League. (WNBL All-time playing list (page 25) ). Retrieved 2012-11-12.〕 In season 1991, Metcalfe won the WNBL Most Valuable Player award and was also named to the WNBL All Star Five.〔(All Star Five ). Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-11-12.〕〔(League Most Valuable Player ). Basketball Australia. Retrieved 2012-11-12.〕 That year, Metcalfe also led the WNBL in points scored with 479 at an average of 21.8 per game.〔Basketball Australia. (WNBL Top Shooters Award ). Retrieved 2012-12-24.〕 In 1999, Metcalfe had a major knee reconstruction, which effectively ended her playing career.〔 In 1998/99, Metcalfe was awarded Life Membership of the WNBL.〔(WNBL Life Members ). Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-11-12.〕 During the 25th year celebration of the WNBL, Metcalfe was named in the top 25 Australian players for that time.〔 Metcalfe is close friends with Opals player Kristi Harrower and in 2006 her daughter's formed part of Harrower's bridal party.〔Howell, Stephen (September 27, 2006). (Gold'', but ref didn't play ball'' ). The Age. Retrieved 2012-11-12.〕 Metcalfe lives in Warrandyte with her husband and two daughters, where she is the coach of the local domestic basketball team (Warrandyte Redbacks).〔 Metcalfe recently commenced coaching with the Melbourne Tigers girls basketball program, where one of her daughters now plays representative basketball. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joanne Metcalfe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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