Quick Facts International Basketball Player Arjuna Awardee Only Indian Female To Ever Get Selected For WNBA USA Tryouts &(Southern Railway Team), Position ...
Geethu Anna Jose
International Basketball Player Arjuna Awardee Only Indian Female To Ever Get Selected For WNBA USA Tryouts &(Southern Railway Team)
Jose was born in a Syro-Malabar CatholicNasrani family that had little history of basketball playing. She was educated at Kottayam's Mount Carmel English Medium School, and at Assumption College, Changanacherry. Her brother Tom Jose is also a basketball player who represented the State of Kerala.[3] Jose married Rahul Koshy on 8 January 2014. They have a son and a daughter.[4]
As a child, Jose played volleyball, first playing basketball with the Kerala Junior Basketball Association. While playing in a championship match for Kerala, she was spotted by the Southern Railway basketball team; she joined Southern Railway in 2003.[1]
Jose, who is 6ft 2in tall (188cm)[5] played in the 2006 to 2008 Australian Big V seasons for the Ringwood Hawks, being the first Indian woman basketball player to play for an Australia club as a professional.[6] In the 2008/9 season she was invited to play for Dandenong in the Australian Women's National Basketball League, but didn't take up the offer.[citation needed] In April 2011 WNBA teams, Chicago Sky, Los Angeles Sparks, and San Antonio Silver Stars invited her for tryouts.[7]
In June 2012, Jose scored 11 points in the finals of the third Asian Beach Games at Haiyang, helping India to achieve a 17–14 victory over China.[8]
2005: played in the Invitation Tournament at Phuket, with awards for MVP, best player, top scorer, top rebounder and also the Most Popular Player Award
2006: The Most Valuable Player Award and top scorer, rebounder and best shot-blocker prizes in the Melbourne (Australia) Commonwealth Games[1]
2006: played in a friendly-match series at Auckland, New Zealand
2006: professional league player for the Australian Ringwood Hawks Club, Melbourne, Australia, receiving the Player of the month Award for July
2006: gold medal in the First Phuket International Invitational Basketball Championship, Thailand;[1] awards for MVP, best player, top scorer, top rebounder, and most popular player.
2007: Australian League July Player of the Month Award
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