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The Diamonds defender topped the awards list for the Swifts as they honoured the efforts of their players across a testing Super Netball season.
The Swifts fell from second to fourth place on the ladder before the season ended and face the West Coast Fever on Sunday in a do-or-die match.
Questions linger over the Swifts'title credentials after a late collapse in their final game of the regular season.
The Giants have crashed out of the finals race but the Swifts'title hopes remain alive after beating the Thunderbirds.
The injury could not have come at a worse time for the Swifts,who are battling to hold onto their finals spot.
Previously joint ladder leaders,the Swifts could slip to fourth by the end of the round if other results go against them.
The Melbourne Vixens have solidified their place on the top of the Super Netball ladder,beating the second-placed Swifts 55-62.
NSW spurned a chance to make ground on ladder leaders Melbourne Vixens,suffering a 13-point defeat to the Firebirds.
Swifts coach Briony Akle says some players are starting to feel homesick,but the team is more determined than ever to take out the premiership once again.
Centurion-in-waiting Jamie Lee Price says her Super Netball side have decided to take a step back from the polarising two-point super shot.