Rhonda John-Davis

Rhonda John-Davis
Personal information
Full nameRhonda Shervonne John-Davis[1][2]
Born (1978-11-28) 28 November 1978[3]
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago[4]
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[5]
UniversityLincoln University
University of Trinidad and Tobago
Netball career
Playing positions: GA, WA, C
Years Club team Apps
19xx–19xx Recreation United
199x–199x Marvelites
199x–2009 Defence Force
2010–2017 Police Service
2018–2019 Police Youth Club
Years National team Caps
1999–2019 Trinidad and Tobago 150+
Coaching career
Years Team
2016–2017 Trinidad and Tobago U21

Rhonda Shervonne John-Davis (born 28 November 1978) is a former Trinidad and Tobago netball international. Between 1999 and 2019 she represented Trinidad and Tobago at six Netball World Cups. She captained Trinidad and Tobago at the 2007 and 2019 tournaments. In 2019 she became the first netball player to play at six Netball World Cups. She also represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games. She also played for the Trinidad and Tobago women's national basketball team.

Early years, education and employment

John-Davis was born in Port of Spain. Her home town is Sangre Grande. She attended Lincoln University in Missouri and graduated with a bachelor's degree in health and wellness. She later studied a masters degree in sports management at the University of Trinidad and Tobago.[4][6][7] John-Davis served as a police officer with the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service. In 2017 she was a WPC attached to the Homicide Bureau of Investigation.[8]

Netball

Playing career

Early years

John-Davis started playing netball, aged 9, while still attending primary school in Sangre Grande. She later graduated to club level, playing with Recreation United in the Mayaro Netball League. She also played in the Arima Netball League and for Marvelites in the Port of Spain Netball League.[4]

All Sectors Netball League

In the All Sectors Netball League, John-Davis played for the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service and Police Youth Club teams.[4][6] In 2009, while playing for the Defence Force she was the ASNL MVP.[9] In 2010, after switching to the Police Service, she was again named MVP.[10][11] She continued playing for the Police Service until 2017.[12][13][14][15][16][17] In 2017, she was named MVP for a third time.[18][17][19] In 2018 and 2019, she played for the Police Youth Club.[6][20][21]

Trinidad and Tobago

John-Davis made over 150 senior appearances for Trinidad and Tobago.[22] She made her senior debut, aged 21, at the 1999 World Netball Championships.[6] Between 1999 and 2019 she represented Trinidad and Tobago at six Netball World Cups.[22] She captained Trinidad and Tobago at the 2007 and 2019 tournaments.[23][24] In 2019, aged 40, she became the first netball player to play at six Netball World Cups.[24][25][26][27][28] Together with Latonia Blackman, Jade Clarke and Geva Mentor, she is one of only four players to feature in six Netball World Cups.[22][28][29] She also represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2010[30] and 2014 Commonwealth Games[3][31]

Tournaments Place
1999 World Netball Championships[6][32]8th
2003 World Netball Championships[33][34]10th
2006 AFNA Championships[35][36]1st
2007 Netball Singapore Nations Cup[37]2nd
2007 World Netball Championships[38][23]11th
2008 AFNA Championships[39]2nd
2010 AFNA World Netball Championship qualifiers[40]1st
2010 Commonwealth Games[30]8th
2011 World Netball Championships[41][42]7th
2012 AFNA Championships[43]3rd
2014 Commonwealth Games[3][31]10th
2015 Netball Europe Open Championships[44]5th
2015 Netball World Cup[45][46][47][48]9th
2018 AFNA Championships[21][49][50][51][52]1st
2019 Netball World Cup[5][6][24][25][26][27][53][54]9th

Coaching career

In August 2016, John-Davis served as head coach of the Trinidad and Tobago U21s as they qualified for the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup.[55][56] She also served as head coach at the tournament itself.[8]

Basketball

John-Davis also played for the Trinidad and Tobago women's national basketball team, most notably at the 2010 Centrobasket Women tournament[1][2] and at the 2014 CBC Championships for Women.[57] While attending Lincoln University in Missouri, she played basketball for Lincoln Blue Tigers.[4][7] In Trinidad and Tobago, like in netball, she played for the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force and the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service teams.[58][59][60][61][62] In January 2021, John-Davis was mistakenly listed as being a member of the 2021–22 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team. The squad featured a similarly named player, R. J. Davis.[63][64]

Honours

Trinidad and Tobago
Individual Awards
Year Award
2009[9]ASNL MVP
2010[11]ASNL MVP
2017[18][17]ASNL MVP

Sources:[4][19]

References

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