Jodie Kenny
FullnameJodie Kenny
Birth date18 August 1987 (age 39)
Birth placeWamuran, Queensland
Height1.83 m
Weight74 kg
PositionDefender
CurrentclubQueensland Scorchers
Nationalyears 12011–2020
Nationalteam 1Australia
Nationalcaps 1235
Nationalgoals 1111
Show-medalsno

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

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, Argentina2–23–22011 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament
2.3–2
3.20 February 2011Rosario, Argentina1–12–12011 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament
4.2 April 2011Canberra, Australia1–32–3Test Match
5.28 June 2011Amstelveen, Netherlands1–01–02011 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
6.30 June 20112–02–2
7.9 October 2011Hobart, Australia1–12–42011 Women's Oceania Cup
8.26 October 2011Busselton, Australia1–03–1Test Match
9.2–1
10.27 October 20171–01–0
11.2 November 2011Perth, Australia1–08–1
12.4–0
13.6–0
14.8–0
15.22 January 2012Buenos Aires, Argentina3–14–1
16.9 March 2012Perth, Australia2–05–0
17.5–0
18.10 March 20123–13–1
19.12 April 2012North Shore, New Zealand1–04–02012 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament
20.13 April 20122–13–1
21.16 April 20122–32–3
22.18 April 2012Auckland, New Zealand2–13–32012 Women's Four Nations Hockey Tournament
23.19 April 20121–05–2
24.3–1
25.21 April 20121–05–1
26.2 June 2012London, United Kingdom1–03–1Test Match
27.10 August 20121–02–02012 Summer Olympics
28.29 September 2012Dublin, Ireland1–04–12012 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I
29.30 September 20123–18–1
30.8–1
31.6 October 20121–02–0
32.7 October 20125–16–1
33.6–1
34.7 February 2013Cape Town, South Africa2–03–12013 Women's Hockey Investec Cup
35.23 June 2013London, United Kingdom1–11–12012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
36.27 June 20134–14–1
37.24 October 2013Perth, Australia3–03–0Test Match
38.31 October 2013Stratford, New Zealand8–023–02013 Women's Oceania Cup
39.2 November 201321–026–0
40.25–0
41.1 December 2013San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina5–15–12012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final
42.3 December 20134–15–1
43.7 December 20131–03–0
44.22 January 2014Stellenbosch, South Africa2–13–3Test Match
45.25 January 20141–04–1
46.22 March 2014Kalgoorlie, Australia2–03–1
47.3–0
48.25 March 2014Perth, Australia1–05–2
49.28 March 20142–05–2
50.10 April 2014Hastings, New Zealand2–15–22014 Hawke's Bay Cup
51.15 May 2014Bremen, Germany4–24–22014 Women's Four Nations Cup
52.17 May 20142–06–1
53.6–1
54.5 June 2014The Hague, Netherlands2–13–22014 Women's Hockey World Cup
55.3–2
56.24 July 2014Glasgow, Scotland1–04–02014 Commonwealth Games
57.25 July 20141–09–0
58.3–0
59.5–0
60.27 July 20141–09–0
61.3–0
62.4–0
63.28 July 20141–03–0
64.3–0
65.2 August 20141–11–1 (3–1 p)
66.18 November 2014Wellington, New Zealand1–23–3Test Match
67.29 November 2014Mendoza, Argentina1–02–12014 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
68.2–1
69.2 December 20142–03–1
70.4 December 20142–04–1
71.3–1
72.5 April 2015Sydney, Australia2–23–2Test Match
73.3–2
74.12 April 2015Hastings, New Zealand2–12–22015 Hawke's Bay Cup
75.18 April 20152–13–2
76.19 April 20153–23–2
77.21 June 2015Antwerp, Belgium1–09–02014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals
78.3–0
79.5–0
80.7–0
81.24 June 20151–02–0
82.27 June 20151–04–2
83.2–1
84.3–2
85.4–2
86.30 June 20151–02–0
87.22 October 2015Stratford, New Zealand1–025–02015 Women's Oceania Cup
88.8–0
89.12–0
90.24 November 20152–22–2
91.6 December 2015Rosario, Argentina1–12–12014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final
92.5 April 2016Hastings, New Zealand2–04–02016 Hawke's Bay Cup
93.10 April 20163–03–1
94.31 May 2016Darwin, Australia1–03–12016 Women's International Hockey Open
95.19 June 2016London, United Kingdom2–13–12016 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
96.25 June 20164–14–1
97.10 August 2016Rio de Janeiro, Brazil5–06–12016 Summer Olympics
98.6–0

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