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]
AFL Women's career
Hooker during a pre-season practice match for Fremantle in 2019
Fremantle (2017–2019)
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]
West Coast (2020–present)
Hooker (centre) during a pre-season practice match for West Coast in 2020
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 captainEmma 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]
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