Jade Gresham

Jade Gresham
Personal information
Full name	Jade Gresham
Nickname(s)	Gresh
Date of birth	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997
Original team(s)	South Morang Football Netball Club, Northern Knights (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 18, 2015 National draft
Height / weight	177 cm / 74 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder-Forward
Club information
Current club	St Kilda
Number	4
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2016–	St Kilda	18 (11)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star nominee: 2016

Jade Gresham (born 24 August 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted as pick 18 in the 2015 AFL draft.

AFL career

He made his debut in round 1 of the 2016 AFL season against Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval.^[1]

Gresham played 18 games in the 2016 AFL premiership season, finishing with 11 goals and an average of 15 disposals per game. He was nominated for the 2016 AFL Rising Star for his efforts in the Saints' comeback victory over Geelong in Round 14, which included kicking a contender for Goal of the Year late in the match.^[2]

References

↑ Gabelich, Josh (28 March 2016). "The tale of two Knights". St Kilda.
↑ Guthrie, Ben (27 June 2016). "Saints hero picks up Rising Star nomination". Australian Football League. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

External links

Jade Gresham's profile on the official website of the St Kilda Football Club
Jade Gresham's statistics from AFL Tables

St Kilda Football Club – current squad

1 Hickey
2 Carlisle
3 Steven
4 Gresham
5 Savage
6 Ross
7 Dunstan
8 Acres
9 Steele
10 Freeman
11 Montagna
12 Riewoldt
13 Lonie
14 Geary
15 Billings
16 Newnes
17 Roberton
18 Longer
19 Gilbert
20 Armitage
21 Long
22 Brown
23 Goddard
24 Dempster
25 Stevens
26 Battle
27 Bruce
28 Membrey
29 Webster
30 Phillips
31 White
32 McCartin
33 O'Kearney*
34 Wright
35 Sinclair
36 McKenzie
37 Rice
38 Coughlan*
39 Joyce*
40 Connellan*
41 Minchington
42 Pierce
43 Marshall*
44 Weller
45 Holmes

Coach: Richardson

* denotes rookie listed players

2016 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Oliver Rd 2: Parish Rd 3: Weitering Rd 4: Daniel Rd 5: Papley Rd 6: Acres Rd 7: Harmes Rd 8: Hopper Rd 9: Petracca Rd 10: Byrne-Jones Rd 11: Blakely Rd 12: Weller Rd 13: Sicily Rd 14: Gresham Rd 15: Wright Rd 16: Mills Rd 17: Fantasia Rd 18: Clarke Rd 19: Moore Rd 20: Dunkley Rd 21: McDonald Rd 22: Rioli Rd 23: Barrass

Italics denote winner

2015 AFL national draft

First round	1. Jacob Weitering 2. Josh Schache 3. Callum Mills (Academy selection) 4. Clayton Oliver 5. Darcy Parish 6. Aaron Francis 7. Jacob Hopper (Academy selection) 8. Callum Ah Chee 9. Sam Weideman 10. Harry McKay 11. Wayne Milera 12. Charlie Curnow 13. Matthew Kennedy (Academy selection) 14. Eric Hipwood (Academy selection) 15. Daniel Rioli 16. Harrison Himmelberg (Academy selection) 17. Tom Doedee 18. Jade Gresham 19. Ryan Burton 20. Brayden Fiorini 21. Ben McKay 22. Kieran Lovell 23. David Cuningham

Second round	24. Ben Keays (Academy selection) 25. Josh Dunkley 26. Kieran Collins 27. Darcy Tucker 28. Luke Partington 29. Alex Morgan 30. Mason Redman 31. Ryan Clarke 32. Brayden Sier 33. Mitchell Hibberd 34. Josh Schoenfeld 35. Marcus Adams 36. Tom Cole 37. Riley Bonner 38. Harley Balic

Third round	39. Rhys Mathieson 40. Brandon White 41. Matthew Flynn (Academy selection) 42. Mitch King 43. Corey Wagner 44. Blake Hardwick 45. Aidyn Johnson 46. Liam Hulett 47. Sam Skinner 48. Bailey Williams 49. Bailey Rice (F/S) 50. Oleg Markov 51. Tyrone Leonardis 52. Mackenzie Willis 53. Jack Silvagni (F/S) 54. Mitch Brown

Fourth round	55. Sam Collins 56. Jordan Dawson 57. Kurt Mutimer 58. Tom Phillips 59. Ryan Gardner 60. Declan Mountford 61. Shane Yarran 62. Matthew Allen

Fifth round	63. Rupert Wills 64. Yestin Eades 65. Ben Crocker 66. Sam Menegola 67. Nathan Broad

Sixth round	68. Michael Hartley 69. Wylie Buzza

Seventh round	70. Matthew Hayball

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