Ellie Carpenter has been a vital part of Australia's outstanding women's football team, the Matildas.

Alicia Quirk, an inaugural Minerva Star, is an Olympic Gold medallist in Rugby Sevens, and a team member of both a Sevens World Series Title, and a Touch World Cup.

Rachael continues to flourish on the cricket field successfully leading the team as Australian captain.

Alyssa is a wicket-keeper/batter and has enjoyed an astonishing amount of success in her career thus far.

Kezie Apps is an Australian Rugby League player, Dally M Medal winner, who currently plays for Helensburgh Tiger Lillies. Apps is a Dragons Ambassador and works part-time with the Dragons and NRL in community and development.

Jada Whyman, a young Indigenous Australian with ancestors from the Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta peoples.

Emma grew up in Wollongong in NSW, playing many sports but found her niche with touch football. She started playing at the age of 6 and found a love for ‘footy’.

Dominique is a current member of the Australian Women Rugby Sevens team competing on the World Sevens Series.

Charlotte Caslick, a new addition to the Minerva Network is an outstanding player in the world of Women's Rugby Sevens.

Elana Withnall (Lani) is a former Australian Athletics Team Captain and Flag Bearer. One of Australia’s most dynamic athletes, Elana was the IAAF Oceania Heptathlon Champion in 2013/14 and remains an internationally ranked Heptathlete.

Already boasting 60 caps for her country at 23, Caitlin Foord is one of Australian football’s brightest talents. Caitlin shot to fame in 2011 when she represented The Matildas at the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup aged just 16.

Sophie Garbin is a Western Australian-born netballer who made her National Netball League debut with the NSW Swifts in 2018.

Sydney born and bred, Hannah Buckling debuted for the Aussie Stingers in 2011. In the same year Buckling was named Water Polo Australia's Junior Female Player of the Year signalling that she was a future name to watch.

Maddy Proud is a current member of the NSW Swifts netball team competing in the Suncorp Super Netball competition.

A proud product of the Netball NSW player pathways, Sam Poolman started as a junior netballer at West Leagues Netball Club in Newcastle.

Nicola has been a part of the GWS Giants AFLW team over the last three years, and was selected as the number one draft pick in the inaugural 2016 AFLW draft.

Ellia Green OAM is a professional rugby union player and represents Australia in Rugby Sevens. She is an Olympic Gold Medallist as a member of Australia’s victorious Rugby Sevens team at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

In 2018 Jacqui Bell at 23 years of age became The Youngest Female in The World to complete Racing Planets 4 Desert Grand Slam.

Philipa Seth plays in the AFLW for the Fremantle Dockers. She was drafted at pick 28 as a mature aged recruit at the age of 25.

Queensland born and bred, Ashleigh grew up in Rockhampton playing sports like Hockey, Cricket and Swimming.

Beijing bronze medallist Emma Moffatt made Australian Olympic history by becoming the first triathlete to compete at three Olympic Games.

Lucy is currently the highest ranked female climber in Oceanic lead sport climbing competitions. She has been competing in sport climbing since 2007, and is part of the Australian Open Climbing team.

A Penrith District Netball Association junior, Paige signed with the NSW Swifts for the 2013 Trans-Tasman Netball League (TTNL).

Georgie Rowe grew up on Sydney's Northern Beaches where she competed in surf boat rowing for her local surf club, Collaroy.

Triple Olympian, Bronwen Knox first debuted for the Aussie Stingers (Women’s Water Polo team) on the Olympic stage at Beijing 2008 where she scored 12 goals to be the tournament’s third highest goal scorer.

Rowie Webster is a dual Olympian collecting a Bronze at the London Olympics and then proved herself a natural leader at the Rio Olympics four years later.

Ella Connolly is a young lady on the move - and doing it quickly! Ella is an extremely talented young Australian athlete.

Holly Ferling made her debut for the Australian women’s cricket team at age 17 while she was still in high school and based in the rural town of Kingaroy.

Jess Wuetschner plays for Brisbane Lions in the AFLW competition, having been recruited in the inaugural draft at pick 34.

Kalindi Commerford is member of the Australian Hockey team, having made her debut for the Hockeyroos in November 2016.

Born and breed in Kiama, NSW, Abbie Taddeo is an Australian 100m hurdler and sprinter. Abbie has represented Australia on seven different occasions from junior to senior level since 2011.

Cate Campbell is a three time Olympian, and 5 time Olympic medallist. The eldest of five children and born in the small African country, Malawi, Cate and her family moved to Australia in 2001 when she was nine.

Madison de Rozario is one of the most promising young athletes in international wheelchair racing, last year winning a string of gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and the London Marathon.

Hockeyroo, dual Commonwealth Games gold medallist, and World Cup silver medallist, Rachael Lynch has played in over 220 games for Australia.

Born and raised in Melbourne, Gronya has always been a proud Australian. At a young age Gronya learned her late father was a descendant of the famous Chinese Revolutionist, Kang You Wei; Gronya also takes extreme pride in her Chinese heritage.

It was clear that Kim Green had a bright future when she was selected in the NSW Swifts team as a 15 year old. In 2008 the ANZ Championship Kim secured herself a regular starting role with the newly formed NSW Swifts.

Growing up in Sydney and attending school at SCEGGS Darlinghurst, Emily played many sports during her youth and only began to discover her passion and ability in Rugby when she was studying at The University of Sydney.

Lizzie Welborn is a 20 year old professional Surf Ironwoman from Sydney, Australia. She is one of the most accomplished young athletes that surf sport has seen in recent times.

Jemma Smith is a Nutri-Grain Ironwoman, Kayaker and Ocean Ski Paddler who has enjoyed a variety of successes across all three sports. Debuting in the Nutri-Grain Ironwoman Series at the age of 17, Smith has raced in the Series for the past 4 years placing on the podium numerous times.

Sera Naiqama is an Australian-Born Fijian. In 2012, Sera started playing rugby 7’s in school and since then has been an active playing member of Sydney University Football Club, the NSW Waratahs and in 2019 earnt inclusion in the Australian Wallaroos squad.

Lily Brazel is a member of the Australian Women’s Hockey Team, the Hockeyroos, and is also the founder of Stature Australia, the conscious performance apparel brand.

Kaylia Stanton is an Australian Super Netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball Competition, playing for the West Coast Fever.

Raised in Sydney, Amy is one of the younger members of the Australian women’s water polo team (the ‘Aussie Stingers’). Her involvement in the Australian youth team and talent programs meant it was a natural progression for Ridge into the senior team where she debuted in 2017 at the FINA World League Intercontinental Tournament in Sacramento, where the Stingers won gold.

Jess Anstiss is a young star on the rise in Australian Netball. The local WA product was born and raised in the WA netball world, her mum being a regular state and national representative. Jess grew up playing in Kalamunda and the Southern regions of WA Netball, supported by her school – the Darling Range Sports College.

Growing up in Albury, southern NSW, Jocelyn had an affinity for numerous sports in her youth, however her passion for hockey saw her pursue it in an elite capacity. In 2016 Jocelyn was awarded an AIS Scholarship, moving over to Perth to train with the Olympic squad in the preparation for Rio 2016.

Alyce Wood is an Australian Sprint Kayaker who made her Olympic debut at the 2016 Games. Having grown up on the Sunshine Coast, becoming involved in a water sport was a natural progression for Wood.

Originally from Bunbury in the South West of Western Australia, Chloe Piparo is captain of the WA Women's Cricket Team and plays for the Perth Scorchers.

A Melbourne native training with Scott Talbot at Nunawading Swimming Club, Hansen made her Australian Dolphins debut at the 2016 World Short Course Championships in Windsor, winning a bronze in the 4x100m medley relay.

Grace Hamilton is an Australian Rugby union player and Captain of the Australian Women's team the Wallaroos currently playing for the NSW Waratahs and The University of Sydney.

Catriona is Australia's fastest ever women's 800m athlete. She is the 2019 Australian, Oceanian and World Universiade champion.

Ellie Brush is currently an AFLW player for the GWS Giants and a W-League player for Sydney FC. With a long career playing at the highest level in football (soccer), she has two caps for the Australian national team, the Matildas.

A Sydney native, Alexandra began her tennis journey at age 12. A late start to the game did not deter her from succeeding so far in her career.

Jo Brigden-Jones is an elite athlete in the sport of sprint kayaking. Since 2004, Jo has respresented Australia every year in international competitions all around the world.

In 2009 Shannon took up a scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport. That same year the 18 year old she was selected to represent Australia at the World Youth Cup winning a gold medal.

Lisa has over 30-years of building brands and marketing strategies with a firm grounding in business development and unflinching commitment to clients and staff.

Glenn has been instrumental in structuring a Career Development framework for our Minerva Stars and Minerva Mentors to work with as our athletes focus on their broader ambitions beyond the field of play.

Annette is a Minerva Champion with a passion for sport and advancing opportunities for young women.

Arthur Stanley is one of Sydney's most experienced media professionals, having spent over 40 years in mainstream media and corporate communications roles.

Kate Argent has a passion for driving positive community change through sport. She has built a successful career in sports strategy and management and is now the Acting COO for Minerva.

Caroline is a young journalist from Melbourne completing a Master of Journalism degree at Monash University.

Kerry O’Sullivan is motivated by giving back to the community and using sport as a mechanism for social change. She has built a successful career in developing and delivering strategy in the sport and not-for-profit sectors and is particularly driven by a desire for achieving gender equity in sport and business.