Erin Hoare


Erin Hoare is an Australian netballer. At 194 cm, Hoare is primarily a goal shooter, but can also play goal attack. Hoare is a member of the NSW Swifts and plays in the ANZ Championship.

Netball career

Beginning her career with the Melbourne Vixens in 2013, Hoare was primarily a bench player, earning two ANZ Championship caps during her time at the club. In 2014, Hoare with the Melbourne Vixens won the ANZ Championship premiership.
At the end of the 2014 ANZ Championship season, it was announced that Hoare would be leaving the Melbourne Vixens to join the NSW Swifts for the 2015 ANZ Championship season. Hoare joins Caitlin Thwaites, Susan Pratley and Stephanie Wood as the shooters for the NSW Swifts. At 194 cm, Hoare is the tallest of the NSW Swifts shooters and one of the tallest players in the ANZ Championship.

Accolades

Hoare first played football in 2017 with in the VFL Women's competition. Later that year she signed a rookie contract with to play in the AFL Women's competition in 2018.
In May 2018 Hoare accepted an offer from expansion club to play with the club in the 2019 AFLW season.
Hoare announced her retirement from the AFLW following the 2019 season.

Academic career

Hoare completed her PhD in Public Health/Psychology at Deakin University in 2016, and has worked as Australian Rotary Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention at Deakin University and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, in Victoria, Australia. She has published a number of papers on epidemiology of lifestyle factors for physical and mental health outcomes using large datasets, especially relating to adolescents, depression and obesity in Australia.