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Dana Hooker
Hooker during a pre-season practice match for West Coast in 2020
Personal information
Full name Dana Hooker
Date of birth (1991-01-23)23 January 1991(age 33)
Original team(s) Coastal Titans(WAWFL)
Draft No. 130,2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2017,Fremantlevs.Western Bulldogs,atVU Whitten Oval
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club West Coast
Number 17
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2019 Fremantle 220(6)
2020– West Coast 360(6)
Total 58 (12)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2017 The Allies 1 (0)
1Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season.
2State and international statistics correct as of 2017.
Career highlights
Source:AustralianFootball

Dana Hooker(born 23 January 1991) is anAustralian rules footballerplaying for theWest Coast Eaglesin theAFL Women's(AFLW). She previously played for theFremantle Football Clubfrom 2017 to 2019. Hooker is a dualAFL Women's All-Australian,and was the inauguralFremantle fairest and bestwinner in 2017 and inauguralWest Coast Club Championin 2020.

State league career

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Hooker played with theCoastal Titansin theWest Australian Women's Football Leaguebefore missing a majority of the 2016 season after giving birth to her first child.[1]During her state league career she made representative teams on multiple occasions including for Western Australia from 2011 to 2016,[2]which included All-Australian selection in 2013,[3]and playing for theWestern BulldogsandMelbournein 2014 and 2015 respectively in theexhibition series.[4][5]

AFL Women's career

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Hooker during a pre-season practice match for Fremantle in 2019

Fremantle (2017–2019)

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Hooker was recruited byFremantlewith their seventeenth selection and 130th overall in theinaugural AFL Women's draft.[2]In January 2017, she was voted into Fremantle's leadership group.[6]She made her debut in the thirty-two point loss to theWestern BulldogsatVU Whitten Ovalin the opening round of the2017 season.[7]Despite a disappointing season on the field for Fremantle, Hooker thrived and was named in Fremantle's best players in every match for the season[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]and led the statistical counts at the club for disposals, kicks, marks and was second in inside-50s.[15]Her performances during the season saw her win the inauguralFremantle fairest and bestaward,[16]and she was selected in the initial 40-woman squad for the2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team.[17]

Fremantle signed Hooker for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[18]

Fremantle signed Hooker for the 2019 season during the trade and signing period in May 2018.[19]

West Coast (2020–present)

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Hooker (centre) during a pre-season practice match for West Coast in 2020

In April 2019, Hooker signed withWest Coaston a two-year contract, becoming the club's first big-name signing for its women's team.[20]In December, she was named vice-captain, supporting inauguralcaptainEmma Swanson.[21]

Leading into the 2020 season,womens.afljournalist Sarah Black named Hooker at no. 4 on her list of the top 30 players in the AFLW.[22]She made her West Coast debut in the club's inaugural game againstCollingwoodatVictoria Parkin round 1, kicking the team's only goal for the game[23]and achieving selection inwomens.afl's Team of the Week for that round.[24]She was also selected in the Team of the Week in round 6,[25]and was selected in the initial 40-woman squad for the2020 AFL Women's All-Australian team.[26][27][28]In August, Hooker was named the inauguralWest Coast Club Champion.[29][30]

Leading into the 2021 season, Sarah Black named Hooker at no. 12 on her annual list of the top 30 players in the AFLW.[31]After being one of the Eagles' best players in their round 1 loss toAdelaide,[32]Hooker was ruled out for the rest of the season when she required surgery after a household accident where a knife fell from a kitchen bench and lacerated a tendon in her foot.[33][34][35]

Hooker was named among West Coast's best players in its losses toGold Coast,AdelaideandGeelongin rounds 2, 3 and 5 of the 2022 season,[36][37][38]and was best afield in West Coast's first win of the season againstSt Kildaa few days later;[39]she polled eight coaches' votes for the St Kilda match[40]and was selected inwomens.afl's Team of the Week for that round.[41]She was West Coast's best player in its loss to Collingwood in round 6[42]and was among West Coast's best players in its loss to Richmond in round 7.[43]Hooker suffered a shoulder injury in the second quarter of West Coast's loss to the Western Bulldogs in round 9.[44]

Statistics

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Updated to the end of the 2023 season.[45]

Legend
G
 Goals
K
 Kicks
D
 Disposals
T
 Tackles
B
 Behinds
H
 Handballs
M
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2017 Fremantle 17 7 0 1 87 34 121 19 23 0.0 0.1 12.4 4.9 17.3 2.7 3.3 1
2018 Fremantle 17 7 5 1 86 37 123 11 33 0.7 0.1 12.3 5.3 17.6 1.6 4.7 9
2019 Fremantle 17 8 1 1 90 43 133 9 58 0.1 0.1 11.3 5.4 16.6 1.1 7.3 11
2020 West Coast 17 6 1 0 85 33 118 16 41 0.2 0.0 14.2 5.5 19.7 2.7 6.9 6
2021 West Coast 17 1 0 0 14 5 19 2 2 0.0 0.0 14.0 5.0 19.0 2.0 2.0 0
2022 (S6) West Coast 17 9 2 1 99 47 146 18 30 0.2 0.1 11.0 5.2 16.2 2.0 3.3 3
2022 (S7) West Coast 17 10 1 1 87 30 117 25 38 0.1 0.1 8.7 3.0 11.7 2.5 3.8 0
2023 West Coast 17 10 2 5 85 45 130 23 73 0.2 0.5 8.5 4.5 13.0 2.3 7.3 0
Career 58 12 10 633 274 907 123 298 0.2 0.2 10.9 4.7 15.6 2.1 5.1 30

Honours and achievements

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References

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