Geelong Grammar’s best sportspeople since 2000 revealed

Geelong Grammar has produced three no. 1 AFL and AFLW draft picks since the turn of the century, plus an NBA player. Discover the best to come from the school here.

Emily Mannix, Easton Wood and Jock Landale are among Geelong Grammar’s best sportspeople since 2000.

Geelong Grammar has produced three no. 1 AFL and AFLW draft picks since the turn of the century, as well as an NBA player.

Discover the best sportspeople to have come from the school since 2000 below.

Jye Caldwell (AFL)

Caldwell is approaching the 100-game mark after he was selected by GWS with pick 11 in the 2018 national draft. Caldwell played 11 games for the Giants across his first two years in the AFL before he was traded to the Bombers ahead of 2021, where he has now established himself as a top midfielder at the club.

Jye Caldwell of the Bombers is tackled by Hugh McCluggage. (Photo by Chris Hyde/AFL Photos/via Getty Images)

Tayla Honey (Netball)

Honey was part of the Melbourne Vixens’ squad for the 2020 premiership alongside Mannix. She had signed for the club the year prior in 2019 – but missed the entirety of the season after suffering an Achilles tendon tear in pre-season. Honey represented the London Pulse in UK’s Netball Super League in 2022.

Tayla Honey playing for the Casey Demons. Photo: Grant Treeby/NV.

Sam Lalor (AFL)

Lalor is still in the infancy of his AFL career with Richmond but has a bright future ahead after he was picked up by the rebuilding Tigers with pick 1 in last year’s national draft despite an injury interrupted season. He spent the final two years of his school at Geelong Grammar.

Richmond’s Sam Lalor. Picture: Michael Klein.

Jock Landale (Basketball)

Landale’s basketball resume is bursting at the seams. An Olympic bronze medallist with the Boomers, he was also an NBL champion and NBL grand final MVP with Melbourne United in 2021. After that success he landed in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs, and has now notched 220 games in the league with the Spurs, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets.

Jock Landale of the Houston Rockets. Picture: Alex Slitz/Getty Images/AFP.

Emily Mannix (Netball)

Mannix has spent the past decade at the Melbourne Vixens and the defender has established herself as one of the club’s leaders. She’s played over 100 games and played in the 2020 premiership.

Emily Mannix of the Vixens celebrates. (Photo by Kelly Defina/Getty Images)

Paddy McCartin (AFL)

McCartin attended Geelong Grammar for his final two years of schooling and was taken with pick no. 1 in the 2014 national draft. Unfortunately, McCartin’s career was plagued by a string of concussions and he managed 63 AFL games across St Kilda and Sydney before retiring from the game in 2023.

Paddy McCartin of the Swans celebrates. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Nina Morrison (AFLW)

Geelong local Nina Morrison has established herself as one of the AFLW’s premier talents and is Geelong’s reigning best and fairest winner. She’s played 39 games for the Cats at AFLW level to date and was taken with pick 1 in the 2018 national draft. Morrison went on to win the AFLW Rising Star Award in her first season.

Nina Morrison of the Cats. (Photo by Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Caleb Serong (AFL)

The Fremantle Docker is entering his AFL prime and has established himself as one of the competition’s premier midfielders, having been selected in the past two All Australian teams. He is also the Dockers’ reigning best and fairest, having won the past two Doig Medals. Serong has played 117 games to date since the he was selected with pick 8 in the 2019 national draft.

Caleb Serong of the Dockers. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Devon Smith (AFL)

Smith managed 182 AFL games across his career with Essendon and GWS. He won the Bombers best and fairest in 2018 – his first season at the club after he was traded from GWS.

Devon Smith of the Bombers. (Photo by Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Easton Wood (AFL)

Wood enjoyed an esteemed AFL career and was the Western Bulldogs’ 2016 premiership captain. He also won the club’s best and fairest the year prior in 2015, a season in which he was also recognised as an All Australian. The serviceable intercept defender played 188 AFL games across his career after the Dogs selected him with pick 43 in the 2007 national draft.

Easton Wood of the Bulldogs celebrates. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Originally published as Geelong Grammar’s best sportspeople since 2000 revealed