Hayley Crofts (born 23 September 1988 in Invercargill New Zealand) is a New Zealand netball player. In 2008 she was signed to play for the Central Pulse in the ANZ Championship. Much of the team was replaced after a winless 2008 season with Crofts not being re-signed for the 2009 season. The following year she signed with the Canterbury Tactix for the 2010 season. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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