T&T se­nior na­tion­al women's net­ball goal shoot, Kali­fa Mc Collin has been short-list­ed among the ten nom­i­nees for the 2019 Vi­tal­i­ty Net­ball Su­per League in Eng­land, "Play­er of the Sea­son" award.

Three years, fel­low T&T in­ter­na­tion­al, Saman­tha Wal­lace, now of the New South Wales Swifts in the Aus­tralian Sun­corp Net­ball Su­per League copped the top award in Eng­land as a mem­ber of the Sara­cens Mav­er­icks.

And three years, Mc Collin, who re­turn to T&T yes­ter­day to link up with the na­tion­al team in train­ing for the Vi­tal­i­ty Net­ball World Cup card­ed for Liv­er­pool, Eng­land, is hop­ing to be­come the sec­ond T&T play­er to lift the pres­ti­gious ac­co­lade.

Ear­li­er this month, vice-cap­tain Mc Collin, who shot 91 per cent ac­cu­ra­cy on the sea­son was vot­ed as the Celtic Drag­ons “Play­er of the Year” awardee at their end-of-sea­son awards func­tion which was held at Cameo Club, Pont­can­na, Cardiff, Wales on May 5.

This af­ter she helped the club to a record num­ber of wins in a sea­son, 6 from 18 match­es, four more than the pre­vi­ous two cam­paigns which both end­ed (2-16), and sev­enth on the ten-team ta­ble, their best placed fin­ished since mak­ing the Grand Fi­nal of the com­pe­ti­tion back in 2013.

Over­all, Mc Collin play­ing her sec­ond sea­son with the club af­ter lin­ing up for Sara­cens Mav­er­icks last year end­ed with 429 goals from 472 at­tempts, eighth best on the sea­son.

In three sea­sons in the Vi­tal­i­ty Net­ball Su­per League, two with Drag­ons, and one with Mav­er­icks, she has amassed 1180 goals from 1304 at­tempts.

The oth­er Play­er of the Year can­di­dates in­clude Chiara Sem­ple (Lon­don Pulse), Em­ma Bar­rie (Strath­clyde Sirens), Francesca Williams (Wasps Net­ball), Geor­gia Rowe (Sev­ern Stars), Joyce Mvu­la (Man­ches­ter Thun­der), Na­tal­ie Pana­gar­ry (Lough­bor­ough Light­ning), Razia Quashie (Sara­cens Mav­er­icks), Si­gi Burg­er (Sur­rey Storm), So­phie Drake­ford-Lewis (Team Bath).

The 2019 sea­son will con­clude on May 18, when two-time cham­pi­ons Wasps Net­ball comes up against for­mer win­ners Man­ches­ter Thun­der.

This af­ter Wasps net­ball stung Lough­bor­ough Light­ning 74-54 in their semi­fi­nal and Thun­der held off Team Bath 57-54 last week­end at the Cop­per Box Are­na, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Celtic Drag­ons end-of-sea­son awards:

Play­ers’ Play­er of the Year: Dee Bo­lako­ro

Play­ers’ Per­son­al­i­ty of the Year: El­lie Nawele

Most Im­proved of the Year: Ab­by Tyrrell

Coach­es’ Play­er of the Year: Kyra Jones

Most Valu­able Play­er: Kali­fa Mc Collin