Jennifer Screen

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| name = Jennifer Screen

| image = Jennifer Screen.jpg

| caption = In a game for the Adelaide Lightning against Canberra

| position = Guard

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| weight_kg = 67

| team = Adelaide Lightning

| league = WNBL

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| nationality = Australian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|2|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Newcastle, New South Wales

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Jennifer (Jennie) Screen (born 26 February 1983) is an Australian basketball player. She has played for the Australian Institute of Sport, the Adelaide Fellas and the Adelaide Lightning in Australia's WNBL, and has spent time playing professionally for Parma in Italy. As a member of the Australia women's national basketball team, she has won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal

Screen was born on 26 February 1983{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.net.au/ba_player/jennifer-screen/ |title=Basketball Australia: Jennifer Screen |publisher=Basketball Australia |accessdate=19 February 2016}} in Newcastle, New South Wales,{{cite web |last=Kerry |first=Craig |url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/114737/suzy-batkovic-wins-wnbl-gong/ |title=Suzy Batkovic wins WNBL gong — Local News — Sport — Basketball — Newcastle Herald |publisher=Theherald.com.au |date=27 March 2012 |access-date=2012-05-08 |archive-date=10 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410014743/http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/sport/basketball/suzy-batkovic-wins-wnbl-gong/2501574.aspx |url-status=live }} She is {{convert|180|cm}} tall.{{cite web |url=http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/2012-australian-opals-squad-named |title=London 2012 - 2012 Australian Opals squad named |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |date=16 February 2012 |accessdate=2012-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424214515/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/2012-australian-opals-squad-named |archive-date=24 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}

At Christmas time in 2006, she became engaged.{{cite web|url=http://corporate.olympics.com.au/33D77B5E-5056-B031-6A03E819190C89D0 |title=Australian Olympic Committee: Star-studded ceremony |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |date=8 July 2007 |accessdate=2012-05-11}} On 30 June 2007, she married Neil Mottram, a basketball player. The ceremony took place in Adelaide. In 2007, she was living in Italy. In 2010, if you googled her on Italian Google, one of the first search results for her showed off her basketball skills.

Basketball

Screen is a guard. She has been described as a basketball sniper.{{cite web|url=http://www.vesport.it/newsvisualizza.asp?ID=14966 |title=Ufficiale: la guerriera Jennifer Screen alla Reyer |publisher=Vesport.it |date=14 July 2010 |access-date=2012-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223203/http://www.vesport.it/newsvisualizza.asp?ID=14966 |archive-date= 3 March 2016 }} She played junior basketball in Toowoomba, Queensland.

=Europe=

Screen has played professional basketball in Italy, starting in 2006/2007 when she played for Parma. In her first season with the team, she averaged 11 points per game during the regular season. In 2007/2008, she averaged 9.9 points per game and 6.0 rebounds per game with Parma, where she played guard.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/breaking-news/three-olympic-dreams-likely-over/story-e6frf33c-1111116230162 |title=Three Olympic dreams likely over | Sports News |work=Fox Sports |date=2 May 2008 |accessdate=2012-05-08}} In the 2008/2009 season with Parma, she played 23 games, averaging 9.4 points per game and 6 rebounds per game.

=WNBL=

In 1999 and 2000, Screen had a scholarship with and played for the Australian Institute of Sport{{cite book|page=61|title=AIS Basketball 2011|publisher=Australian Sports Commission|author1=Australian Institute of Sport|author-link=Australian Institute of Sport|year=2011|author2=Basketball Australia|author2-link=Basketball Australia|location=Canberra}} during the 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 seasons. She played for the Adelaide Lightning in 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004 and 2004/2005. In February 2005, she was awarded the WNBL's Good Hands award.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/act/news/200502/s1293797.htm |title=Capitals take consolation in WNBL awards ť ABC Canberra ť Local News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=1 February 2005 |accessdate=2012-05-11}} She played for the Adelaide Fellas in 2005/2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/basketball/warhorse-jackson-heads-team-for-world-champs/2006/08/08/1154802861419.html |title='Warhorse' Jackson heads team for world champs — Basketball — Sport |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=8 August 2006 |accessdate=2012-05-11}}{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/basketball/warhorse-jackson-heads-team-for-world-champs/2006/08/08/1154802861419.html?page=2 |title='Warhorse' Jackson heads team for world champs — Basketball — Sport |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=8 August 2006 |accessdate=2012-05-11}} She played for the Adelaide Lightning in 2011/2012.{{cite web|author=Travis King |url=http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/sport/basketball/kristi-eyes-fourth-games/2458474.aspx?storypage=0 |title=Kristi eyes fourth Games — Local News — Sport — Basketball |work=Bendigo Advertiser |date=17 February 2012 |accessdate=2012-05-07}}

=National team=

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Screen played 19 games for the Australian junior team and 11 games for the Young Australian team. She has also represented Australia on the university team. In 2001, she was a member of the Australian Junior Women's Team that won a gold medal at the World Championships in the Czech Republic.{{cite book|page=50|title=AIS Basketball 2011|publisher=Australian Sports Commission|author1=Australian Institute of Sport|author-link=Australian Institute of Sport|year=2011|author2=Basketball Australia|author2-link=Basketball Australia|location=Canberra}} In 2002, she was a member of the Australian Junior Women's Team that won a gold medal in the World Qualification Series.{{cite book|page=49|title=AIS Basketball 2011|publisher=Australian Sports Commission|author1=Australian Institute of Sport|author-link=Australian Institute of Sport|year=2011|author2=Basketball Australia|author2-link=Basketball Australia|location=Canberra}} She was a member of the Australian team at the 2005 University Games, and took home a bronze.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FiAfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s6cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2020,728570&dq=jennifer-screen+basketball&hl=en |title=U.S. women win basketball gold; men reach final |publisher=The Tuscaloosa News |date=20 August 2005 |accessdate=2012-06-08}} In the bronze medal match against Russia, she scored 30 points in Australia 81–72 victory.

Screen was named to the Australian Opals for the first time in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/stories/030905aax.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012095243/http://www.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/stories/030905aax.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 October 2013 |title=Jessica Foley Selected To 'Price Attack' Opals Team For 2005 :: Foley has set a school record with 66 three-pointers this season |publisher=Cstv.com |date=9 March 2005 |accessdate=2012-05-08}} In 2006, she was a member of the Australian women's senior team that won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.{{cite book|page=48|title=AIS Basketball 2011|publisher=Australian Sports Commission|author1=Australian Institute of Sport|author-link=Australian Institute of Sport|year=2011|author2=Basketball Australia|author2-link=Basketball Australia|location=Canberra}} In 2006, she was a member of the Australian women's senior team that won a gold medal at the World Championships in Brazil. This was her first major call up to the national team.

In March 2007, Screen was named to the national team what would prepare for the 2008 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/phillips-keeps-opals-place/story-e6frect3-1111113147190 |title=Phillips keeps Opals place |work=The Advertiser|date=12 March 2007 |accessdate=2012-05-08}} She played in a three-game test series Taiwan in May 2008. She was a member of the 2008 Summer Olympics Australian women's team that won a silver medal at the Olympics.{{cite book|page=46|title=AIS Basketball 2011|publisher=Australian Sports Commission|author1=Australian Institute of Sport|author-link=Australian Institute of Sport|year=2011|author2=Basketball Australia|author2-link=Basketball Australia|location=Canberra}}

In mid-2010, Screen participated in a tour of China, USA and Hungary.{{cite web|url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1078556 |title=Opals hit road for world title lead-up |publisher=Nine MSN |access-date=2012-05-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722045230/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1078556 |archive-date=22 July 2015 }} In 2010, she was trying to make the team to play at the World Championships in the Czech Republic. She was named to the 2012 Australia women's national basketball team.{{cite web |url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=651 |title=Basketball Australia : 2012 Squad |publisher=Basketball Australia |year=2012 |accessdate=1 May 2012 |archive-date=7 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507205800/http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=651 |url-status=dead }} She was scheduled to participate in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport.{{cite web|url=http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/51254/arti.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104010851/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/51254/arti.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2013 |title=AUS — Opals announce training camp squad |publisher=FIBA |accessdate=6 May 2012}}