May 9, 2014
by Marcus Priaulx
Traevonnah Fisher would walk past the Cherbourg basketball courts and hardly give them a thought.
Then she played a bit of the sport at her Murgon State School in the first term this year.
Basketball coach Sue Rewald spotted Traevonnah mucking around with mates and saw the young girl had talent.
She suggested the sporting all-rounder try out for the South Burnett U12s team.
The 10-year-old took the chance and made it as an off-guard.
Traevonnah then made the Possibles-Probables match at the end of the Wide Bay trials in Bundaberg on April 23-24.
Sadly, she didn’t make the final cut but she has decided to play club basketball in Kingaroy next term.
It’s a fair hike at a 45-minute drive each way but mum, Tessa, is keen.
“We support her in all her sporting abilities and keep encouraging her,” Tessa said.
It’s not easy to keep up with the young dynamo.
A week after her basketball trials, Traevonnah made the South Burnett U11 mixed boys-girls rugby league team and will try out for the Wide Bay side on May 18–19.
She plays for the Hornets U12s as a playmaking five-eighth and loves anything with a bat or ball.
Traevonnah has no idea what she wants to do when she grows up but Tessa is happy for her daughter to be involved in a lot of things.
“It gives her focus, a purpose and she loves her sport,” Tessa said.
“That’s why I encourage her even more and take her to footy matches and wherever she wants to go.”
