Karyn Howarth

Background

Bailey was born in Melbourne and moved to Northern Territory as a three-year-old.

Career

She earned a scholarship to the Northern Territory Institute of Sport at 15 years of age. She considers Northern Territory her "home". Bailey"s career commenced as a player for the Northern Territory state netball team

In 2005 she played in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy for the Queensland Firebirds, in 2006 for the AIS Canberra Darters and in 2007 for the Hunter Jaegers.

She also played for Victorian Fury in the Australian Netball League 2009-2011, including premiership teams in 2009 and 2010. She has played for the Melbourne Vixens in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 seasons, where she was utilised in GS and Georgia player positions.

Regardless, her performances saw her named in the Australian Netball Diamonds extended squad for the first time. In April 2014, Bailey was named in the Australian Diamonds squad.

Achievements

• Melbourne Vixens Most Valuable Player (2015) Steve Abala Role Model (Administrator"s Medal) 2015 Victorian Fury Most Valuable Player (2011) Monash Central Coaches Award (2011) ANL Most Valuable Player (2011) Monash Central Most Valuable Player (2010) Hunter Jaegers Rising Star Award (2007) VNL All Stars Teams (2009-2011) Australian squad U/21 (2005-2006) TID U19 (2004-2005), U21 (2005-2006) VNL Premiers (2011) VNL Runners up (2010) Vic Fury Premiership (2009, 2010) Vic Fury Runner Up (2011) Melbourne Vixens (2011-2014) Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Championship Runners Up – Melbourne Vixens (2012) Australian Fast5 Diamonds (2012) Australian Diamonds Squad (2012, 2013, 2014) Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Championship Winners - Melbourne Vixens (2014) Australian Fast5 Flyers (2014).

Membership

Bailey was a dominant goal scorer in the Victorian Netball League and was a member of the 2012 Victorian Netball League Championship All Stars Team. In June 2014 Bailey was a member of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Championship winning Melbourne Vixens and November 2014 Bailey represented Australia in the Fast5 netball series in Auckland.