Michaela Sokolich-Beatson

Michaela Sokolich-Beatson (born 2 October 1996 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand netball player. She plays for the Northern Mystics in the ANZ Premiership, having debuted in 2016.^[1][2]

Michaela Sokolich-Beatson

Personal information
Born	(1996-10-02) 2 October 1996 (age 28) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
School	Whangaparāoa College
Netball career
Playing position(s): GD, WD
Years	Club team(s)	Apps
2016–present	Northern Mystics	111
Years	National team(s)	Caps
2018, 2024–present	New Zealand	14
Last updated: 18 July 2025

Early life

Sokolich-Beatson grew up on the Hibiscus Coast and started playing netball as a Year 6 at Whangaparāoa Primary on a team coached by her mother.^[2] She attended high school at Whangaparāoa College.^[2] She was initially a shooter, before switching to defence in Year 12.^[2] In 2014, Sokolich-Beatson was named in the New Zealand Secondary Schools' Netball Team.^[3][4]

Playing Career

Northern Mystics

Sokolich-Beatson started playing for Northern Mystics in 2016. In 2019, she captained Mystics for the first time when then-captain Phoenix Karaka was ruled out of a match with an injury.^[5]Sokolich-Beatson missed the 2020 and 2021 ANZ Premiership seasons due to injury.^[6] Since 2024 she has been captain of Mystics. ^[7][8] Sokolich-Beatson played her 100th match for Mystics in the 2024 Elimination final against the Mainland Tactix, which Mystics won 68 – 64.^[9][10] Sokolich-Beatson won premierships with the Mystics in 2023 and 2024.^[11][12]

International

New Zealand Under-21

In 2018, she captained the New Zealand under-21 side to the Youth World Cup title in Botswana, where they beat Australia in the final.^[2]

Fast5 Ferns

Sokolich-Beatson first played for the Fast5 Ferns at the 2023 Fast5 Netball World Series, where New Zealand finished second. Sokolich-Beatson was also the captain.^[13] Sokolich-Beatson once-again captained the Fast5 Ferns at the 2024 Fast5 Netball World Series where New Zealand lost to Australia in the final for the second year in a row.^[14][15]

Silver Ferns

In 2018 was selected for the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, to compete in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where New Zealand finished fourth.^[16][17] She played 11 games for New Zealand in 2018^[6] She was also selected in the Silver Ferns travelling squad for the 2019 Netball World Cup as a potential injury replacement for defender Katrina Rore.^[18]In January 2020, Sokolich-Beatson snapped her right achilles at a New Zealand training camp, and later that year snapped her left achilles at another training camp.^[19] In 2023, Sokolich-Beatson was recalled into the national team for the 2024 Netball Nations Cup, where she played in her first Silver Ferns match since October 2018 in a match against Uganda.^[6][20] As of July 2025 she has played 14 matches for the Silver Ferns.^[21]