Shimona Nelson (formerly Jok; 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. She was selected by the Adelaide Thunderbirds as a replacement player for the injured Cat Tuivaiti in the 2018 season, and played the 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. She then joined the Melbourne Mavericks in 2024 as the new team took the license of the defunct Magpies.
Super Netball statistics Statistics are correct to the end of the 2018 season.
|- style="background-color: #eaeaea" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2018 |style="text-align:center;"|Thunderbirds | 418/474 || 4 || 27 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 7 || 48 || 73 || 14
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019 |style="text-align:center;"|Magpies | 0/0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=2| Career ! 418/474 ! 4 ! 27 ! 0 ! 6 ! 1 ! 7 ! 48 ! 73 ! 14
Personal life Nelson studied a Bachelor of Psychological Science at Deakin University. She elected to pursue netball instead of playing college basketball in the United States.
Nelson became known as Shimona Jok ahead of the 2024 SSN season after her marriage to Australian professional basketballer Buay Jok in November 2023. She reverted to her maiden name ahead of the 2026 SSN season.
References
External links Magpies Netball profile Super Netball profile Netball Draft Central profile