Cara Koenen

Cara Koenen (born 27 February 1996) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning, which she also serves as the club's Australian Netball Players’ Association delegate.^[2]

Cara Koenen

Personal information
Born	(1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 29)[1] Magnetic Island, Queensland,[1] Australia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
School	Cathedral School, Townsville
Relatives	sister: Breanna (AFLW Brisbane Lions Captain), brother: Dirk (AFL Gold Coast Academy)
Netball career
Playing position(s): GS, GA
Years	Club team(s)	Apps
2017–	Sunshine Coast Lightning
Years	National team(s)	Caps
2021-	Australian Diamonds
Medal record Representing  Australia Netball World Cup 2023 Cape Town Team Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team

Koenan was a foundation player at the Lightning ahead of the club's inaugural season in 2017.^[1] She has remained at the club since that time and was most recently re-signed for the 2020 season.^[3][4] She is the only netballer in the league to have originated from Magnetic Island, which is off the coast of Townsville in northern Queensland.^[5]

On 10 July 2021, Koenen played her 50th national league game, all for the Lightning.^[6]

Koenen came off the bench to play goal shooter in the gold medal match at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, scoring 15 goals from 15 shots to help Australia win against Jamaica 55–51.^[7][8]