Sasher-Gaye Henry

Sasher-Gaye Henry
Personal information
Born (1979-11-09) 9 November 1979
Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
SchoolSt Hugh's High School
Netball career
Playing position(s): WA, WD
Years Club team(s) Apps
1992–199x Police Nationals
2014–2015 St James Sharpes
Years National team(s) Caps
1996–2015 Jamaica 75
Coaching career
Years Team(s)
2017–2018 Jamaica
2024– Jamaica
Medal record
Representing  Jamaica
World Netball Championships
2007 Auckland Team
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow Team
World Netball Series
2009 Manchester Team
World Youth Netball Championships
2000 Cardiff Team

Sasher-Gaye Henry (born 9 November 1979) is a former Jamaica netball international and the current Jamaica national netball team head coach. As a player, she was a member of the Jamaica teams that were bronze medallists at the 2007 World Netball Championships and 2014 Commonwealth Games. Henry also represented Jamaica at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the 2011 World Netball Championships and the 2015 Netball World Cup. Between 2017 and 2018, during her first spell as national team head coach, Henry guided Jamaica as they won the 2018 Taini Jamison Trophy Series and finished as bronze medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In January 2024, she was reappointed national team head coach

Early life, education and employment

Henry attended St Hugh's High School.[1][2][3] Henry worked as a physical education teacher and netball coach at Mona High School and as part-time coach at the University of Technology (UTech) and St Hugh's High School.[1][2][4]

Playing career

Police Nationals

While still attending St Hugh's High School, aged 13, Henry started playing netball with the Police Nationals.[3]

St James Sharpes

In 2014 and 2015, Henry captained and played for St James Sharpes in the Berger Elite League.[5][6][7][8]

Jamaica

Between 1996 and 2015, Henry played for Jamaica. In November 1996, aged just 16, she made her senior debut for Jamaica against England. She was subsequently a member of the Jamaica teams that were bronze medallists at the 2007 World Netball Championships and 2014 Commonwealth Games. Henry also represented Jamaica at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the 2011 World Netball Championships and the 2015 Netball World Cup.[1][2]

Tournaments Place
1996 World Youth Netball Championships 5th
1997 AFNA Championship 1st
2000 World Youth Netball Championships
2007 World Netball Championships[9]
2009 World Netball Series[10][11][12] 2nd
2010 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[13] 2nd
2010 Commonwealth Games[14] 4th
2010 World Netball Series[15] 3rd
2011 World Netball Championships[16][17] 4th
2014 Commonwealth Games[18]
2015 Netball World Cup[19][20] 4th

Sources:[1][2]

Coaching career

Jamaica

Between 2017 and 2018, along with Marvette Anderson, Henry served as co-head coach of Jamaica.[21][22] Henry and Anderson were initially appointed as interim coaches after the resignation of previous coach, Jermaine Allison-McCracken. Henry had served as Allison-McCracken's assistant.[23] During her first spell as national team head coach, Henry guided Jamaica as they won the 2018 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[24][25] and finished as bronze medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[26][27][28] In January 2024, Henry was reappointed national team head coach.[21][22]

Tournaments Place
2017 Fast5 Netball World Series[29][30] 2nd
2018 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[24][25] 1st
2018 Commonwealth Games[26][27][28]

Honours

Playing career

Jamaica

Coaching career

Jamaica

References

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  25. ^ a b "Taini Jamison Trophy 2018" (PDF). silverferns.co.nz. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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  27. ^ a b "JUST AS SWEET! - Bronze again for Sunshine Girls". www.jamaicaobserver.com. 16 April 2018. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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