Caitlyn Nevins (born 1 June 1987), also known as Caitlyn Strachan, is a former Australia netball international. Between

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and 2016, she was a member of three successive

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winning teams. She won her first title with the 2014 Melbourne Vixens before winning the

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and 2016 titles with Queensland Firebirds. She was a member of the Victorian Fury teams that won

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titles in 2009, 2013 and 2014.

Early life, family and education

Strachan is the daughter of Lyn and Rob Strachan. She is originally from Victoria, born in

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and raised in

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. Between 1999 and 2004 she attended Echuca High School and between 2005 and 2008 she attended

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where she gained a Bachelor of Podiatry. Throughout her netball career, Strachan continued to work as a podiatrist. In November 2014, Strachan married Sam Nevins, an osteopath.

Playing career

Early career

In her youth, Strachan played both basketball and netball. She played basketball with Echuca Pirates and netball with the Echuca and District Netball Association and Echuca United Football Netball Club. She trialed for state teams in both netball and basketball. At 17 she decided to focus solely on netball.

Victorian Netball League

Between 2006 and 2014, Strachan played for both Southern Saints and Yarra Valley Grammar Ariels in the Victorian Netball League, winning club

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awards with both teams. After six seasons with Saints, in 2012 Strachan switched to Ariels. In 2012 she shared the league's MVP award, the Margaret Caldow Trophy, with Helen Barclay and

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. In 2013 she again shared the award, this time with Brooke Thompson.

Australian Netball League

;Victorian Fury Strachan had two spells playing for Victorian Fury in the

. She initially played for Fury during the 2009 season. She again played for Fury between 2012 and 2014. She was a member of the Fury teams that won ANL titles in 2009, 2013 and 2014. She was vice captain of the 2013 and 2014 teams. ;Canberra Darters During the 2011 season, Strachan played for Canberra Darters in the

. She played in 31 of 32 quarters for Darters. She was named the team's

player for the season and was subsequently inducted into the Netball ACT Hall of Fame.

Melbourne Vixens

Strachan was a member of the

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team that won the 2014 ANZ Championship. However she sat on the bench for most of the season, kept out of the starting seven by the form of Madi Robinson.

Queensland Firebirds

Between

and

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, Strachan, now known as Caitlyn Nevins, played for Queensland Firebirds, initially in the

and later in

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. She was a prominent member of the Firebirds teams that won the

and 2016 ANZ Championships. In

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she was appointed Firebirds vice-captain. In August 2019, Nevins announced her retirement from netball, effective at the end of the season.

Australia

After representing Australia at the 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series, Nevins made her senior debut during the first 2017 Netball Quad Series. On 28 January 2017 in the opening match against

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, Nevins replaced

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for the final quarter, helping Australia secure a 57–50 win. At 29, she became the oldest debutante for Australia in forty two years. On 31 January 2017, she made her first start for Australia in a 62–46 win against

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Honours

; Australia *

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**''Winners'': 2017 (January/February) * Fast5 Netball World Series **''Runners Up'': 2016 ; Queensland Firebirds *

**''Winners'':

, 2016 ;

**''Winners'':

; Victorian Fury *

**''Winners'': 2009, 2013, 2014 ;Individual Awards

References

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