Geethu Anna Jose
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Geethu Ann Jose Kottayam
, Kerala
, is an India
n basketball
player who has been the captain of the Indian women's national basketball team
.
Jose was born to a Catholic
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.
, 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. She was part of a team that beat Delhi in a 2005 tournament final, where she scored 34 points in a 95-50 point victory.
Jose 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
. 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. In April 2011 WNBA teams, Chicago Sky
, Los Angeles Sparks
, and San Antonio Silver Stars
invited her for tryouts.
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Kottayam
Kottayam is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative capital of the Kottayam district. Kottayam Kottayam (Malayalam: കോട്ടയം) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative...
, Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player who has been the captain of the Indian women's national basketball team
India national basketball team
The India men's national basketball team represents India in international men's basketball. It is controlled by Basketball Federation of India....
.
Jose was born to a Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
family that had little history of basketball playing. She was educated at Kottayam's Mount Carmel English Medium School
English Medium School
The English Language School, formerly known as English Medium School, is a school located in the Karama area of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The school offers a British education system such as GCE A Level and O Level . It has approximately 100 teachers with British and Pakistani qualifications...
, and at Assumption College, Changanacherry. Her brother Tom Jose is also a basketball player.
Career
As a child, Jose played volleyballVolleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, 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. She was part of a team that beat Delhi in a 2005 tournament final, where she scored 34 points in a 95-50 point victory.
Jose played in the 2006 to 2008 Australian Big V
Big V
The Big V is the senior basketball league in Victoria, Australia comprising 102 semi-professional teams in 10 competitions.These competitions comprise both genders, and incorporate four levels of senior competition , three levels for women and youth leagues...
seasons for the Ringwood Hawks, being the first Indian woman basketball player to play for an Australia club as a professional
Professional
A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...
. In the 2008/9 season she was invited to play for Dandenong in the Australian Women's National Basketball League
Women's National Basketball League
The Women's National Basketball League is the pre-eminent women's professional basketball league in Australia. It currently is composed of ten teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the women's counterpart to the National Basketball League...
, but didn't take up the offer. In April 2011 WNBA teams, Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...
, Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
, and San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...
invited her for tryouts.
International
- 2002: Junior ABC in Chinese TaipeiChinese TaipeiChinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
; - 2004: Senior ABC, Japan;
- 2004: Invitation Tournament in Malaysia;
- 2004-8: represented Indian Railways basketball team, winning 5 Senior Nationals
- 2005: silver medal in 20th Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Senior Women, Sendai, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
; - 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 MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
(AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
) Commonwealth GamesCommonwealth GamesThe Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
. - 2006: played in a friendly-match series at AucklandAucklandThe Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. - 2006: professional league player for the Australian Ringwood Hawks Club, Melbourne, Australia, receiving tha Player of the month Award for July.
- 2006: gold medal in the First PhuketPhuket ProvincePhuket , formerly known as Thalang and, in Western sources, Junk Ceylon , is one of the southern provinces of Thailand...
International Invitational Basketball Championship, ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
; awards for MVP, best player, top scorer, top rebounder, and most popular player. - 2007: Australian League July Player of the Month Award
- 2007: winner in Pool-B at FIBA Asia Championship for Women, IncheonIncheonThe Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City...
, South KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
; - 2008: selected for the WNBL;
- 2008: Australian Most Valuable player of the Year
- 2009: Silver Medal for 3-on-3 basketball contest; Asian Indoor Games, Vietnam.
- 2009: captain of the Indian Team at the FIBA Asian Basketball Championship for Senior women at Chennai;
- 2009: top scorer for ABC, Chennai;
Indian
- 2000 Youth championship at M.P (Kerala team);
- 2001: Junior nationals (GoaGoaGoa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
); - 2003: Junior nationals (Punjab);
- 2003: Senior Nationals (Hydrabad);
- 2004/5: represented the Indian Railways winning team in the 55th Senior Nationals competition (Ludhiana);
- 2005/6: represented the Indian Railways winning team in the 56th Senior Nationals competition (PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
); - 2006/7: represented the Indian Railways winning team in the 57th Senior Nationals competition (JaipurJaipurJaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
); - 2007: represented the Indian Railways winning team in the 58th Senior Nationals competition (Pondicherry);
- 2008/9: represented the Indian Railways team in the 59th Senior Nationals competition (SuratSuratSurat , also known as Suryapur, is the commercial capital city of the Indian state of Gujarat. Surat is India's Eighth most populous city and Ninth-most populous urban agglomeration. It is also administrative capital of Surat district and one of the fastest growing cities in India. The city proper...
); - 2009/10: represented the Indian Railways winning team in the 60th Senior Nationals competition (Ludhiana);
- 2003: represented Inter Railways team in the 27th All India Railway Basketball championship (VaranasiVaranasi-Etymology:The name Varanasi has its origin possibly from the names of the two rivers Varuna and Assi, for the old city lies in the north shores of the Ganga bounded by its two tributaries, the Varuna and the Asi, with the Ganges being to its south...
); - 2004: represented Inter Railways winning team in the 28th All India Railway Basketball championship (LucknowLucknowLucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
); - 2005: represented Inter Railways team in the 29th All India Railway Basketball championship (GorakhpurGorakhpurGorakhpur is a city in the eastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, near the border with Nepal. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur District and Gorakhpur Division. Gorakhpur is one of the proposed capitals of the Purvanchal state which is yet to be formed...
); - 2006: represented Inter Railways winning team in the 30th All India Railway Basketball championship (Guwahati);
- 2007: represented Inter Railways winning team in the 31st All India Railway Basketball championship (ChennaiChennaiChennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
); - 2008: represented Inter Railways team in the 32nd All India Railway Basketball championship (GuwahatiGuwahatiGuwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...
); - 2009: represented Inter Railways winning team in the 33rd All India Railway Basketball championship (Jabalpur);
- 2005 represented the winning Southern Railway team in the 21st Federation Cup (BhavnagarBhavnagar-Topography:Bhavnagar is a coastal city in the eastern coast of Saurashtra, also known as Kathiawar, located at . It has an average elevation of 24 metres . It occupies area of 53.30 km². General slope dips in the northeasterly direction at the apex of Gulf of Khambhat...
); - 2007: represented the Southern Railway team in the 23rd Federation Cup (RourkelaRourkelaRourkela is located in the northwestern tip of the Indian state of Orissa at the heart of a rich mineral belt. It is situated about north of state capital Bhubaneswar.It is surrounded by a range of hills and encircled by rivers. One of the largest steel plants of the Steel Authority of India...
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10. http://www.dandenongbasketball.com.au/show_news_item.asp?news=73