Dana Hooker

Hooker played with the Coastal Titans in the West Australian Women's Football League before missing a majority of the 2016 season after giving birth to her first child.^[1] During her state league career she made representative teams on multiple occasions including for Western Australia from 2011 to 2016,^[2] which included All-Australian selection in 2013,^[3] and playing for the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne in 2014 and 2015 respectively in the exhibition series.^[4][5]

Hooker was recruited by Fremantle with their seventeenth selection and 130th overall in the inaugural AFL Women's draft.^[2] In January 2017, she was voted into Fremantle's leadership group.^[6] She made her debut in the thirty-two point loss to the Western Bulldogs at VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2017 season.^[7] Despite a disappointing season on the field for Fremantle, Hooker thrived and was named in Fremantle's best players in every match for the season^{[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]} and led the statistical counts at the club for disposals, kicks, marks and was second in inside-50s.^[15] Her performances during the season saw her win the inaugural Fremantle fairest and best award,^[16] and she was selected in the initial 40-woman squad for the 2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team.^[17]

Fremantle signed Hooker for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.^[18]

Fremantle signed Hooker for the 2019 season during the trade and signing period in May 2018.^[19]

In April 2019, Hooker signed with West Coast on a two-year contract, becoming the club's first big-name signing for its women's team.^[20] In December, she was named vice-captain, supporting inaugural captain Emma Swanson.^[21]

Leading into the 2020 season, womens.afl journalist Sarah Black named Hooker at no. 4 on her list of the top 30 players in the AFLW.^[22] She made her West Coast debut in the club's inaugural game against Collingwood at Victoria Park in round 1, kicking the team's only goal for the game^[23] and achieving selection in womens.afl's Team of the Week for that round.^[24] She was also selected in the Team of the Week in round 6,^[25] and was selected in the initial 40-woman squad for the 2020 AFL Women's All-Australian team.^[26][27][28] In August, Hooker was named the inaugural West Coast Club Champion.^[29][30]

Leading into the 2021 season, Sarah Black named Hooker at no. 12 on her annual list of the top 30 players in the AFLW.^[31] After being one of the Eagles' best players in their round 1 loss to Adelaide,^[32] Hooker was ruled out for the rest of the season when she required surgery after a household accident where a knife fell from a kitchen bench and lacerated a tendon in her foot.^[33][34][35]

Hooker was named among West Coast's best players in its losses to Gold Coast, Adelaide and Geelong in rounds 2, 3 and 5 of the 2022 season,^[36][37][38] and was best afield in West Coast's first win of the season against St Kilda a few days later;^[39] she polled eight coaches' votes for the St Kilda match^[40] and was selected in womens.afl's Team of the Week for that round.^[41] She was West Coast's best player in its loss to Collingwood in round 6^[42] and was among West Coast's best players in its loss to Richmond in round 7.^[43] Hooker suffered a shoulder injury in the second quarter of West Coast's loss to the Western Bulldogs in round 9.^[44]

Updated to the end of the 2025 season.^[45]