Michaela Sokolich-Beatson
New Zealand netball player
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Michaela Sokolich-Beatson (born 2 October 1996 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand netball player. She plays for the Northern Mystics in the ANZ Premiership, having debuted in 2016.[1][2]
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| Born | 2 October 1996 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Whangaparāoa College | ||||||||||||||||
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| Updated on 18 July 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Early life
Sokolich-Beatson grew up on the Hibiscus Coast and started playing netball as a Year 6 at Whangaparāoa Primary on a team coached by her mother.[2] She attended high school at Whangaparāoa College.[2] She was initially a shooter, before switching to defence in Year 12.[2] In 2014, Sokolich-Beatson was named in the New Zealand Secondary Schools' Netball Team.[3][4]
Playing career
Northern Mystics
Sokolich-Beatson started playing for Northern Mystics in 2016. In 2019, she captained Mystics for the first time when then-captain Phoenix Karaka was ruled out of a match with an injury.[5]Sokolich-Beatson missed the 2020 and 2021 ANZ Premiership seasons due to injury.[6] Since 2024 she has been captain of Mystics.[7][8] Sokolich-Beatson played her 100th match for Mystics in the 2024 Elimination final against the Mainland Tactix, which Mystics won 68 – 64.[9][10] Sokolich-Beatson won premierships with the Mystics in 2023 and 2024.[11][12]
International
New Zealand Under-21
In 2018, she captained the New Zealand under-21 side to the Youth World Cup title in Botswana, where they beat Australia in the final.[2]
Fast5 Ferns
Sokolich-Beatson first played for the Fast5 Ferns at the 2023 Fast5 Netball World Series, where New Zealand finished second. Sokolich-Beatson was also the captain.[13] Sokolich-Beatson once-again captained the Fast5 Ferns at the 2024 Fast5 Netball World Series where New Zealand lost to Australia in the final for the second year in a row.[14][15]
Silver Ferns
In 2018 was selected for the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, to compete in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where New Zealand finished fourth.[16][17] She played 11 games for New Zealand in 2018[6] She was also selected in the Silver Ferns travelling squad for the 2019 Netball World Cup as a potential injury replacement for defender Katrina Rore.[18]In January 2020, Sokolich-Beatson snapped her right achilles at a New Zealand training camp, and later that year snapped her left achilles at another training camp.[19] In 2023, Sokolich-Beatson was recalled into the national team for the 2024 Netball Nations Cup, where she played in her first Silver Ferns match since October 2018 in a match against Uganda.[6][20] As of July 2025 she has played 14 matches for the Silver Ferns.[21]