Althea Byfield

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title: "Althea Byfield" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["jamaican-netball-players", "jamaican-women's-basketball-players", "commonwealth-games-competitors-for-jamaica", "netball-players-at-the-2010-commonwealth-games", "commonwealth-games-netball-players-for-jamaica", "northern-mystics-players", "central-pulse-players", "east-texas-a&m-university-alumni", "basketball-players-from-kingston,-jamaica", "1982-births", "living-people", "jamaican-twins", "anz-championship-players", "basketball-players-at-the-2018-commonwealth-games", "jamaican-expatriate-netball-people-in-new-zealand", "2003-world-netball-championships-players", "2007-world-netball-championships-players", "2011-world-netball-championships-players", "jamaican-expatriate-basketball-people-in-the-united-states", "jamaica-international-fast5-players", "jamaica-international-netball-players", "netball-jamaica-elite-league-players"] description: "Jamaican international basketball and netball player" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_Byfield" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Althea Lee formerly Althea Byfield
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fullname	Althea Latoya Lee
birth_date
birth_place	Kingston, Jamaica
height
country	Jamaica
sport	Basketball, Netball
club	Basketball: Metrobelles; East Texas A&M Lions (2003–06)
Netball: Jamaica
team	Basketball:
Netball:
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| name = Althea Lee formerly Althea Byfield | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Althea Latoya Lee | nickname = | nationality = | birth_date = | birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | country = Jamaica | sport = Basketball, Netball | event = | club = Basketball: Metrobelles; East Texas A&M Lions (2003–06) Netball: Jamaica | team = Basketball:
Netball: | turnedpro = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = Althea Latoya Lee (born 28 November 1982 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican international basketball and netball player. Lee is currently retired in both sports internationally and now resides in the United States.

Early life

Althea Byfield was born in Kingston on 28 November 1984, the daughter of Tony Byfield and Jean Rumble. She also has a twin brother, Ian. Byfield attended high school at The Queen's School in Jamaica, and subsequently traveled to the United States to attend Midland Junior College in Texas.

Basketball career

Byfield played basketball at Midland in the 2001–02 Western Junior College Athletic Conference season. In 2002, she transferred to Texas A&M University–Commerce, majoring in kinesiology, but did not play basketball until the 2003–04 season. The 2005–06 season saw her playing time reduced, somewhat due to a larger playing bench.

Byfield was also part of the Jamaican national women's basketball team selected to compete in the Caribbean Basketball Championships in 2006, As of October 2008, she was playing for the Metrobelles in the Jamaican National Basketball League.

Netball career

As a member of the Jamaican U21 squad, Byfield won a silver medal at the 2000 Netball World Youth Championships in Cardiff. Later, she was a member of the national squads that participated in the 2003 and 2007 Netball World Championships, with Jamaica winning bronze medals in both tournaments. In 2010, she featured in Jamaica's Commonwealth Games campaign in India and won bronze at the 2010 World Netball Series in England.

In domestic netball, Byfield plays for Jamalco in the Jamaican Netball Association Open League competition, having previously played for Waulgrovians and Blades United. In 2008, Byfield was signed with the Central Pulse in New Zealand for the 2009 ANZ Championship season. She became one of the team's standout players, although the Pulse finished their season in 10th place. Byfield transferred to the Northern Mystics in 2010 as their starting goalkeeper. She was not signed for the 2011 season.

References

References

1. "2010 Commonwealth Games athlete profile: Althea Byfield (JAM)".
2. Woodcock, Fred. (11 November 2008). "New Pulse import takes turmoil in her stride". The Dominion Post (New Zealand).
3. [http://jamaicanetball.org.jm/seniors.html Jamaican national netball team: Senior squad] {{Webarchive. link. (22 July 2011 . Retrieved 16 February 2009.)
4. "Player Bio: Althea Byfield". Texas A&M University–Commerce: Women's basketball.
5. Mugisa, Kwesi. (1 June 2006). "CARIBBEAN NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS SET TO TIP OFF SOON – Byfield looking to shine for Jamaica". Jamaica Gleaner.
6. (27 January 2006). "One on One: Althea Byfield". Texas A&M University–Commerce: Women's basketball.
7. (2007). "FIBA competition history: Althea Byfield".
8. Burrowes, Paul. (25 October 2008). "Affair of honour at Stadium Courts tonight". The Jamaica Observer.
9. "2009 Central Pulse team profile".
10. Woodcock, Fred. (1 October 2008). "Internationals to boost Pulse". The Dominion Post (New Zealand).
11. Bogle, Dania. (5 June 2011). "JAMALCO rally, cop Super League title". [[Jamaica Observer]].
12. Bailey, Robert. (31 January 2009). "Tivoli looking to score heavily". Jamaica Gleaner.
13. (24 December 2008). "Byfield confirmed for ANZ Champs". The Jamaica Star.
14. Miles, Penny. (23 October 2009). "Mystics win bidding war for Byfield". The Dominion Post (New Zealand).
15. Napier, Liam. (17 September 2010). "Dehn in, Byfield out". [[Sportal]].co.nz.

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