The Central Highlands teenager is one of Cricket Australia’s two female Indigenous scholarship recipients for 2015.

The scholarship aims to help her accelerate her progress in the sport, based on her potential to develop into an elite cricketer.

Goodger-Chandler said it was a huge thrill.

“It means so much. It’s going to up opportunities for me,” she told The Courier. 

Central Highlands regional manager Campbell Waring said this was a great achievement.

Goodger-Chandler, who lives in Clunes, has played all her junior cricket with East Ballarat, as well as playing some senior games with Napoleons-Sebastopol in the Victorian Women’s Cricket Association.

Waring said she had first come under his notice playing in the School Sport Victoria under-12 program.

She has progressed in the junior ranks, representing Central Highlands through the various pathway competitions.

Waring said Goodger-Chandler had a standout season as a bottom-age under-18 player with Central Highlands last summer, earning the distinction as the team’s best performed in the state carnival. She also played in a Victorian development team in the national under-18 championships in Ballarat.

In her latest achievements, Goodger-Chandler was Vic-

toria’s leading run-scorer in this year’s Imparja Cup and the third-highest in the women’s competition with 114 runs in five matches. Her top score was an unbeaten 56.

As part of the scholarship, she will attend the Australian under-18 talent camp at the National Cricket Centre on September 24-27.