Tegan Philip
{{Short description|Australian netball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
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|fullname = Tegan Philip
|maidenname = Caldwell
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|09|03|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Geelong, Victoria
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|school = Christian College, Geelong
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|positions = GA, GS
|height = {{height|m=1.75}}
|clubyears1 = 2008–09
|clubteam1 = Victoria Fury
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|clubyears2 = 2010–2020
|clubteam2 = Melbourne Vixens
|clubapps2 = 99
|club-update = 4 March 2012
|nationalyears1 = 2009
|nationalteam1 = Australia U21
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|nationalyears2 = 2010
|nationalteam2 = Australia (fastnet)
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|nationalyears3 = 2014, 2017
|nationalteam3 = Australian Netball Diamonds
|nationalcaps3 = 12
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|national-update = 4 March 2012
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Tegan Alyce Philip (née Caldwell; born 3 September 1988) is a retired Australian Netball player, who for her entire professional career played for the Melbourne Vixens in the ANZ Championship and Suncorp Super Netball competitions.[http://www.stridesports.com.au/tegan-caldwell Tegan Caldwell] stridesports.com.au {{dead link|date=January 2024}}
Netball career
During the early stages of her career, Philip was described as the new Sharelle McMahon (the former Diamonds captain) because of her agility in the circle, vertical leap, and accurate eye. Her career began in the seaside town of Anglesea in Victoria for the Bellarine Netball Association when she was coached by her mother and father. She was regularly chosen for most representative teams for the area.
However, it wasn't until she was playing senior netball that she started to get noticed in netball circles. Netball had all but consumed Tegan, playing locally on Saturday and then long trips for extremely late Wednesday night state league, with training in between, there wasn't room for too much else. During her time at the then Hume City Falcons under coach Marg Lind and playing alongside former Australian Netballer, Nicole Richardson is where she made her mark. Pick-up by Victoria, she made an impact at the national competition earning her a position in the Australia U/21 for the 2009 World Youth Championships. An unfortunate injury to the teams starting GA, Tegan was provided with an opportunity. Holding her nerves she was able to help lead Australia to victory against New Zealand in the Cook Islands. A stellar performance in the Grand Final netted her a chance to train with the Melbourne Vixens. Through her hard work dedication, she made her dream a reality.
More recently she was part of the successful Commonwealth Games squad that brought home the gold medal from Glasgow 2014.{{cite news |title=Surf to Perth for Rookie Netballer |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/netball/surf-to-perth-for-rookie-netballer/story-e6frfgl6-1111115976695 |work=The Herald Sun |date=2 February 2011 }}{{cite news |title=Netballer Tegan Caldwell earns a call into Vixens den |url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2009/10/06/109431_geelong_sports.html |work=The Geelong Advertiser |date=2 February 2011 }}{{cite news |title=Tegan Caldwell makes Australian U/21 netball squad |url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2009/04/30/66901_geelong_sports.html |work=The Geelong Advertiser |date= 2 February 2011 }}{{cite news |title=Swifts close in on clean sweep |url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/swifts-close-in-on-clean-sweep-20100612-y4dr.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=12 June 2010 |accessdate=14 July 2010 }} She was selected in the Australian Diamonds squad for the 2018/19 international season.{{cite web|url=https://netball.com.au/17-strong-diamonds-squad-announced-for-international-test-series/|title=17-strong Australian Diamonds named for International Test Series|date=15 July 2018|work=Netball Australia}} She ended her professional netball career in October 2020, as the most-capped Vixen (131 games), all-time leading goalscorer (2,729 goals) and a participant of the Melbourne Vixens team that won their third premiership.{{cite web|url=https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=GAWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geelongadvertiser.com.au%2Fsport%2Ftegan-philip-ends-11season-career-with-super-netball-grand-final-victory%2Fnews-story%2Fdeb5e04ab0d85a93b5a7f57c7091a9b2&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&nk=3a89a7c93f3b8537d6fcfbec8f847326-1603862068|title=PHILIP HEADS INTO RETIREMENT WITH SUPER NETBALL PREMIERSHIP|work=Geelong Advertiser|date=18 October 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Vixens pair to call it a career at season's end |url=https://supernetball.com.au/news/vixens-pair-call-it-career-seasons-end |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=Suncorp Super Netball |language=en}}
Personal life
A devout Christian, she has stated that her faith is crucial to her approach to life.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} She has been married to Joshi Philip since 22 February 2015.{{Cite web |url=http://www.anz-championship.com/News/Latest-News/goalscoring-record-beckons-for-vixen |title=Goalscoring record beckons for Vixen |access-date=26 February 2015 |archive-date=26 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226223430/http://www.anz-championship.com/News/Latest-News/goalscoring-record-beckons-for-vixen |url-status=dead }}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Diamonds Commonwealth Games Team 2014}}
{{2014 Melbourne Vixens squad}}
{{2020 Melbourne Vixens squad}}
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Category:ANZ Championship players
Category:Melbourne Vixens players
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Category:Netball players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games netball players for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in netball
Category:Australia international netball players
Category:Suncorp Super Netball players
Category:Victorian Netball League players
Category:Netball players from Victoria (state)
Category:Australia international Fast5 players
Category:Victorian Fury players
Category:Australian Netball League players
Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen
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