Aliyah Dunn (born 19 October 1999) is a New Zealand netball international. Dunn was a prominent member of the

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teams that won the

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and 2022 ANZ Premiership titles. She was also a fringe member of the 2017 Southern Steel team that won the inaugural ANZ Premiership title. Dunn was also a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup and the

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. Between 2015 and 2017, Dunn also represented the

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at under-17 and under-19 (Junior Tall Ferns) levels. In 2022 she played for Tokomanawa Queens in the new Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa league.

Early life, family and education

Dunn was born and raised in

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. She is of

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and Samoan descent. She is a distant cousin of Te Amo Amaru-Tibble. They had never met before becoming 2021 Central Pulse team mates. However, they found out they are related through Dunn's Southland-based grandmother, who was originally a Tibble with

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family connections. Dunn also has

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, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui affiliations. Both of Dunn's parents played representative

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for Southland. Her father, Terrence, also played for Southland Sharks. Aliyah's four siblings have all played basketball at a representative level. In her youth, Dunn played both representative netball and basketball. She attended Te Wharekura o Arowhenua and Verdon College.

Netball

Playing career

Southern Steel

Dunn was a fringe member of the 2017 Southern Steel team, making two appearances as Steel won the inaugural

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title. She began the season playing for Netball South, Southern Steel's reserve team, in the Beko Netball League. On 30 April she made her

debut for Steel in a 66–46 win against

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. Dunn replaced

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with two minutes left in the fourth quarter. On 14 June, after four Steel players were injured in a road traffic accident, Dunn was one of four Netball South players called up to the Steel team for a 51–46 win against Mainland Tactix.

Central Pulse

Ahead of the

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season, Dunn signed for

. Dunn was subsequently a prominent member of the Pulse teams that won the

and 2022 ANZ Premiership titles. In 2018 she landed 524 goals from 577 attempts with a 91% accuracy. Only Lenize Potgieter was more accurate. Dunn finished the 2019, 2020 and 2021 seasons as the most accurate New Zealand shooter in the league with 92%, 91% and 90% returns, respectively. In 2022 Dunn was the ANZ Premiership's leading goal-scorer, landing 618 out of 664 with 93% accuracy. Between 2018 and 2022, Dunn played and scored in four grand finals for Pulse. At the end of the 2022 season, Dunn announced she was leaving Pulse.

Mainland Tactix

Ahead of the

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season, Dunn signed for Mainland Tactix.

New Zealand

Dunn was a member of the

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team that won the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup. She made her senior debut for New Zealand on 18 September 2018 against

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during the September 2018 Netball Quad Series. In October 2018 she featured for New Zealand in the 2018 Constellation Cup and was a member of the Fast5 Ferns team that won the

. Despite her impressive scoring stats with

and been called up for training squads, Dunn was not included in the

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squads.

Statistics

Grand finals

ANZ Premiership statistics

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Basketball

Playing career

New Zealand

Between 2015 and 2017, Dunn represented

at under-17 and under-19 (Junior Tall Ferns) levels. She was selected to play for the under-17s aged just 15 while attending Verdon College. She subsequently played for New Zealand teams that toured

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Club level

In 2019, Dunn was a member of the Capital Swish team that won Women's Basketball Championship Division 2 title. After missing out on selection for the

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for the

, Dunn switched codes and signed for Tokomanawa Queens in the new Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa league.

Honours

Netball

;

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**''Winners'':

* Netball World Youth Cup **''Winners'':

;

**''Winners'':

**''Runners up'':

**''Minor premiers'':

* Netball New Zealand Super Club **''Winners'':

; Southern Steel *

**''Winners'':

**''Minor premiers'':

Basketball

;Tokomanawa Queens * Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa **''Winners'': 2022

References

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