Jessie Edwards re-signs for 2024

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NBL1 West star Jessie Edwards is running it back with the Cockburn Cougars for the 2024 NBL1 season.

Coming off the first women’s state championship in club history, Edwards played a key role in raising the banner in August. 

In the Grand Final against the Willetton Tigers, Edwards scored 10 points and pulled down an impressive 17 rebounds to cement the title. 

For the season, Edwards averaged 14.4 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks for the Cougars as their dominant presence inside the paint, as head coach Tyrone Thwaites described. 

"A great way to describe Jessie is as an anchor of our team," Thwaites told the Cockburn Cougars.

"It will be her fourth year at the club and we have no doubt in her mind she wants to be a Cougar for the rest of her career. So we're really excited to have her back and for her to have an even bigger impact in the second year of this offence we're running."

Edwards said despite her successful season she plans to come back even better in 2024 to attempt the converted back-to-back title run for the Cougars. 

"It's really special because Tyrone kept saying to us that there's only one first championship team and there's only one chance for anyone to do that first,” she said.

“Being part of the club history is so special and it just feels amazing to have been part of that historic achievement.

"So there was a lot of emotions not just for ourselves but for our teammates and all the community at Cockburn as well who have been with us on this journey."

Read the full story via the Cockburn Cougars here.

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