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Her athleticism, enthusiasm and team skills have led her to many achievements including being voted by all athletes taking part in the Academy Games as the most valuable player last year.

Cassandra was chosen to be the most valuable out of over a thousand athletes from the 11 regional academy of sports organisations in NSW.

Cassandra said that after each match the athletes vote and at the end of the games these points are tallied up to decide the MVP of the Academy Games.

“The Academy games provides athletes with a good opportunity for athletes especially from regional areas to show case their talents at a high level of competition,” she said.

Cassandra feels that the highlight of her netball career was to be selected for the Talented Athlete Program which allowed her to train with coaches at the State and National Academy of Sport.

“I worked with Rob Wright who was a really good, intense coach,” she said.

Her experience with the program advised her on strength and conditioning methods which she does at home and she emails her results to SERAS intern David Halpin.

She trains two to three times a week whilst juggling her HSC studies at Carroll College and plays for the Tuross Troopers netball team.

She has been playing netball since she was eight-years-old and would like to play for the University of Wollongong.

Cassandra aims to study for a Bachelor of Physiotherapy at the university whilst representing the uni in netball.

She also hopes to trial for a state team when she finishes school.

“I could never get sick of it,” she said.

“I love team sport and the thrill from winning and playing in a team is awesome,” she said.