Alison Downie
Alison Downie (born 17 July 1984) is an Australian sportswoman most notable for her career as a basketball player for the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Basketball League. Downie is currently an Australian rules footballer, playing for Collingwood in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. She previously played for Carlton, from 2017 to 2021. Basketball. Downie began her professional basketball career in 2000, for the Dandenong Rangers. Since then, Downie has played 326 WNBL games in 16 seasons for the Rangers. She won three WNBL championships and took home the WNBL Rookie of the Year Award  in 2002. She has been a strong, permanent member of the Rangers roster for over a decade. Downie retired from WNBL basketball at the end of 2015/16 due to time commitments, but has not retired from the sport entirely. Australian rules football. Downie began playing Australian rules football for Diamond Creek in the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) in the basketball off-seasons from 2012. After gaining particular attention as one of the league's best rucks in the 2016 season, she was drafted by Carlton for the inaugural AFL Women's competition in 2017. She made her league  debut in the club and the league's inaugural match in round 1, 2017. At the end of the season, Downie was listed in the 2017 All-Australian squad. Carlton signed Downie for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. In June 2021, Downie was delisted by Carlton and was subsequently signed by Collingwood as a delisted free agent. AFLW statistics. ! | 2017 ! | 2018 ! | 2019 ! | 2020 ! | 2021 !| Career ! 31 ! 8 ! 0 ! 111 ! 127 ! 238 ! 58 ! 55 ! 392 ! 0.3 ! 0.0 ! 3.6 ! 4.1 ! 7.7 ! 1.9 ! 1.8 ! 12.6