# Kate Sheahan
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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Kate Sheahan
| image = Kate Sheahan 07.02.20.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Sheahan as Richmond administrator in February 2020
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|01|9|df=y}}
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| originalteam =
| draftpick = Rookie signing [2016](/source/2016_AFL_Women's_draft): {{AFLW|Col}}
| debutdate = Round 4, 2017
| debutteam = {{AFLW|Col}}
| debutopponent = {{AFLW|WB}}
| debutstadium = [VU Whitten Oval](/source/Whitten_Oval)
| height = 165 cm
| position = [Utility](/source/Australian_rules_football_positions)
| currentclub =
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| years1 = 2017
| club1 = {{AFLW|Col}}
| games_goals1 = 1 (0)
| statsend = 2017
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'''Kate Sheahan''' (born 9 January 1982) is the {{AFL Ric}} AFLW (Australian Football League Women) football operations manager,[{{Cite web|url=https://au.linkedin.com/in/kate-sheahan-9b941037|website=Linkedin|title=Kate Sheahan - Head of Women's Football}}] a professional tennis coach noted for helping [Daria Gavrilova](/source/Daria_Gavrilova) return from a knee injury,[{{cite news|last1=Gullan|first1=Scott|title=Hamish skates around the ban|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/tennis/the-score-seven-host-hamish-mclachlan-forced-to-skate-around-security-ban/news-story/3e8c43b862d2354cf2b6961bdcd7437a|accessdate=29 May 2017|work=Courier Mail|agency=Herald Sun|date=20 January 2015}}] and a former [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football) player who played for {{AFLW|Col}} in the [2017 AFL Women's season](/source/2017_AFL_Women's_season). She is the daughter of sports journalist [Mike Sheahan](/source/Mike_Sheahan).[{{cite web|last1=Harrington|first1=Anna|title=New Magpie Kate Sheahan says she still can’t believe she’ll be a part of the 2017 AFL women’s competition|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/new-magpie-kate-sheahan-says-she-still-cant-believe-shell-be-a-part-of-the-2017-afl-womens-competition/news-story/017b115659c7597eb28375b55e8e2d6f|website=Fox Sports|accessdate=29 May 2017|date=8 September 2016}}]
==Biography==
Sheahan played [Australian football](/source/Australian_rules_football) until she was fourteen as the only girl in a boys' league.[{{cite news|last1=Sewell|first1=Eliza|title=AFL boss recruits Sheahan to NWL|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/kate-sheahan-was-convinced-to-play-in-the-national-womens-league-by-gillon-mclachlan/news-story/ef64a4ae4fbc8b675e4ab9541b0a88f4|accessdate=29 May 2017|work=Herald Sun|publisher=News Corp|date=6 September 2016}}] She returned to football in 2005, but again ceased playing to concentrate on her tennis career after breaking her wrist while playing for [Melbourne University Mugars](/source/Melbourne_University_Mugars) in the [Victorian Women's Football League](/source/Victorian_Women's_Football_League).[ However, she was approached by [Australian Football League](/source/Australian_Football_League) CEO [Gillon McLachlan](/source/Gillon_McLachlan) to consider playing in the inaugural season of [AFL Women's](/source/AFL_Women's) (AFLW), and was a rookie signing by Collingwood prior to the [2016 AFL Women's draft](/source/2016_AFL_Women's_draft).][
Sheahan was [on the bench](/source/interchange_(Australian_rules_football)) for most of the first half against {{AFL WB}} in round four of the 2017 AFLW season. Within a minute of interchanging into the [forward line](/source/Australian_rules_football_positions), she received a season-ending knee injury.][{{cite news|last1=Cherny|first1=Daniel|title=Kate Sheahan happy to make dad Mike proud despite knee injury in AFLW debut for Collingwood|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/womens-afl/kate-sheahan-happy-to-make-dad-mike-proud-despite-knee-injury-in-aflw-debut-for-collingwood-20170226-gulgg0.html|accessdate=29 May 2017|work=The Age|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=26 February 2017}}] The injury may have ended her football career, but Sheahan stated she would play again if offered the opportunity.[{{cite web|title=I'd do it again, says shattered AFLW debutant Kate Sheahan|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-27/id-do-it-again-says-shattered-aflw-debutant-kate-sheahan/8306588|website=ABC News|accessdate=29 May 2017|language=en-AU|date=27 February 2017}}]
The Richmond Football Club announced in May 2017 that they had hired Sheahan as full-time AFLW football operations manager in their push to obtain a licence for an expansion team in the 2019 season.[{{cite news|last1=Wood|first1=Lauren|title=Ex-Pie Kate Sheahan joins Richmond as AFLW football operations manager|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/expie-kate-sheahan-joins-richmond-as-afl-football-operations-manager/news-story/503353e453199466fe82e7ceecd81f2f|accessdate=29 May 2017|work=Herald Sun|publisher=News Corp|date=27 May 2017}}]
==References==
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== External links ==
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Category:1982 births
Category:Living people
Category:Richmond Football Club administrators
Category:Collingwood Football Club (AFLW) players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Melbourne University Football Club (VFLW) players
Category:Australian tennis coaches
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