Shimona Nelson

Shimona Nelson (born 1 December 1998) is a Jamaican netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Melbourne Mavericks.

Career
Nelson broke into the senior Jamaica national netball team in early 2017 in a test series against Barbados and has also represented Jamaica at Under-21 and Fast5 level. Nelson was selected by the Adelaide Thunderbirds as a replacement player for the injured Cat Tuivaiti in the 2018 season, and played most games in a winless season for the Thunderbirds. Nelson moved to Melbourne-based Super Netball team the Collingwood Magpies at end of the season, joining the Magpies squad for two years.

Super Netball statistics

 * Statistics are correct to the end of the 2018 season.

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2018 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019 ! colspan=2| Career ! 418/474 ! 4 ! 27 ! 0 ! 6 ! 1 ! 7 ! 48 ! 73 ! 14
 * - style="background-color: #eaeaea"
 * style="text-align:center;"|Thunderbirds
 * 418/474 || 4 || 27 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 7 || 48 || 73 || 14
 * style="text-align:center;"|Magpies
 * 0/0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
 * - class="sortbottom"
 * }

Personal life
Nelson currently studies a Bachelor of Psychological Science at Deakin University.

Nelson elected to pursue netball instead of playing college basketball in the United States.