Jodie Kenny

Jodie Kenny (née Schulz; born 18 August 1987) is an Australian field hockey player.[1]

Jodie Kenny
Personal information
Full name Jodie Kenny
Born (1987-08-18) 18 August 1987
Wamuran, Queensland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Queensland Scorchers
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2020 Australia 235 (111)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Australia
World Cup
2014 The Hague
Commonwealth Games
2014 GlasgowTeam
2018 Gold CoastTeam
FIH Pro League
2019 Amstelveen
Champions Trophy
2014 Mendoza
2018 Changzhou
Oceania Cup
2013 Stratford
2015 Stratford
2011 Hobart
2019 Rockhampton

Kenny was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team that were defeated by the Netherlands women's national field hockey team in the final of the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup.[2] She was a member of the Australian team that defeated England in the women's field hockey final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, scoring a goal in the last minute of regular time that took the match into a penalty shoot-out.[3] She plays for the Queensland Scorchers in the Australian Hockey League.[4]

Personal

Schulz was born in Redcliffe,[5] and is from Queensland.[6] As of 2012, she lives in Perth, Western Australia.[5] She attended Wamuran State Primary School before going to St Columbans College. She started working on a Bachelor Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Sunshine Coast in 2007 and was still enrolled in 2012.[5] She was named the Sunshine Coast Sport Star of the Year senior monthly winner for April 2012.[7]

Jodie married Shane Kenny, a fellow hockey player, in December 2013, changing her surname from Schulz to Kenny.

Field hockey

Schulz has held field hockey scholarships with the Australian Institute of Sport and the Queensland Academy of Sport.[8]

She plays for the Queensland Scorchers in the Australian Hockey League, making her debut in 2009.[9][10]

National team

When the Hockeyroos got new coach Adam Commens in January 2011, Schulz was one of four players identified for to aide in developing the national side.[11] In 2011, she made her senior national team debut at the Four Nations Tournament in Argentina, scoring two goals in her first game.[12] Later in the year, in October, she was the national team captain during two games against China.[12] In June 2012, she played in the Investec London Cup.[13][14][15] In the 4–1 win against Ireland in the lead up London, she scored the team's third goal.[16][17][18][19] As of June 2012, she had 43 caps with the Hockeyroos.[11]

Schulz was named to the Australia women's national field hockey squad that will compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[6][20][21][22][23] where she made her debut as a 24-year-old, one year after making her senior national team debut.[12]

Jodie was a key part of the Hockeyroos' success in 2014, winning the Hockeyroos World Cup Player of the Year award, as well as the top scorer award with 29 goals. To date Jodie has scored 88 goals from 144 caps, while playing as a defender.[24] Her pump up songs before matches are Daryl Braithwaite's The Horses and Tom Petty's I Won't Back Down.[25]

She was the Hockeyroos's top scorer in 2014 and 2015, winning Hockeyroos player of the year in 2015.[1]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she scored her 100th goal for Australia.[10]

In 2016 after the Rio Olympics, she announced she was taking a break from the sport.[10]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 February 2011Mendoza, Argentina Argentina2–23–22011 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament
2.3–2
3.20 February 2011Rosario, Argentina Germany1–12–12011 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament
4.2 April 2011Canberra, Australia Argentina1–32–3Test Match
5.28 June 2011Amstelveen, Netherlands Germany1–01–02011 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
6.30 June 2011 China2–02–2
7.9 October 2011Hobart, Australia New Zealand1–12–42011 Women's Oceania Cup
8.26 October 2011Busselton, Australia China1–03–1Test Match
9.2–1
10.27 October 2017 China1–01–0
11.2 November 2011Perth, Australia China1–08–1
12.4–0
13.6–0
14.8–0
15.22 January 2012Buenos Aires, Argentina Netherlands3–14–1
16.9 March 2012Perth, Australia South Korea2–05–0
17.5–0
18.10 March 2012 South Korea3–13–1
19.12 April 2012North Shore, New Zealand United States1–04–02012 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament
20.13 April 2012 New Zealand2–13–1
21.16 April 2012 New Zealand2–32–3
22.18 April 2012Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand2–13–32012 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament
23.19 April 2012 India1–05–2
24.3–1
25.21 April 2012 United States1–05–1
26.2 June 2012London, United Kingdom Great Britain1–03–1Test Match
27.10 August 2012 China1–02–02012 Summer Olympics
28.29 September 2012Dublin, Ireland Belgium1–04–12012 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I
29.30 September 2012 India3–18–1
30.8–1
31.6 October 2012 Scotland1–02–0
32.7 October 2012 United States5–16–1
33.6–1
34.7 February 2013Cape Town, South Africa England2–03–12013 Women's Hockey Investec Cup
35.23 June 2013London, United Kingdom England1–11–12012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
36.27 June 2013 United States4–14–1
37.24 October 2013Perth, Australia Canada3–03–0Test Match
38.31 October 2013Stratford, New Zealand Samoa8–023–02013 Women's Oceania Cup
39.2 November 2013 Papua New Guinea21–026–0
40.25–0
41.1 December 2013San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina China5–15–12012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final
42.3 December 2013 New Zealand4–15–1
43.7 December 2013 England1–03–0
44.22 January 2014Stellenbosch, South Africa South Africa2–13–3Test Match
45.25 January 2014 South Africa1–04–1
46.22 March 2014Kalgoorlie, Australia Japan2–03–1
47.3–0
48.25 March 2014Perth, Australia Japan1–05–2
49.28 March 2014 Japan2–05–2
50.10 April 2014Hastings, New Zealand South Korea2–15–22014 Hawke's Bay Cup
51.15 May 2014Bremen, Germany England4–24–22014 Women's Four Nations Cup
52.17 May 2014 Japan2–06–1
53.6–1
54.5 June 2014The Hague, Netherlands Belgium2–13–22014 Women's Hockey World Cup
55.3–2
56.24 July 2014Glasgow, Scotland Malaysia1–04–02014 Commonwealth Games
57.25 July 2014 Wales1–09–0
58.3–0
59.5–0
60.27 July 2014 Scotland1–09–0
61.3–0
62.4–0
63.28 July 2014 England1–03–0
64.3–0
65.2 August 2014 England1–11–1 (3–1 p)
66.18 November 2014Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand1–23–3Test Match
67.29 November 2014Mendoza, Argentina England1–02–12014 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
68.2–1
69.2 December 2014 Germany2–03–1
70.4 December 2014 Japan2–04–1
71.3–1
72.5 April 2015Sydney, Australia China2–23–2Test Match
73.3–2
74.12 April 2015Hastings, New Zealand China2–12–22015 Hawke's Bay Cup
75.18 April 2015 China2–13–2
76.19 April 2015 New Zealand3–23–2
77.21 June 2015Antwerp, Belgium Poland1–09–02014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
78.3–0
79.5–0
80.7–0
81.24 June 2015 Belgium1–02–0
82.27 June 2015 India1–04–2
83.2–1
84.3–2
85.4–2
86.30 June 2015 Italy1–02–0
87.22 October 2015Stratford, New Zealand Samoa1–025–02015 Women's Oceania Cup
88.8–0
89.12–0
90.24 November 2015 New Zealand2–22–2
91.6 December 2015Rosario, Argentina Argentina1–12–12014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final
92.5 April 2016Hastings, New Zealand Canada2–04–02016 Hawke's Bay Cup
93.10 April 2016 China3–03–1
94.31 May 2016Darwin, Australia Japan1–03–12016 Women's International Hockey Open
95.19 June 2016London, United Kingdom New Zealand2–13–12016 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
96.25 June 2016 Great Britain4–14–1
97.10 August 2016Rio de Janeiro, Brazil India5–06–12016 Summer Olympics
98.6–0

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