Jose was born in a
Syro-Malabar CatholicNasrani family that had little history of basketball playing. She was educated at Kottayam's Mount Carmel
English Medium School, and at Assumption College,
Changanacherry. Her brother Tom Jose is also a basketball player who represented the State of Kerala.[3] Jose married Rahul Koshy on 8 January 2014. They have a son and a daughter.[4]
Career
As a child, Jose played volleyball, first playing basketball with the Kerala Junior Basketball Association. While playing in a championship match for Kerala, she was spotted by the Southern Railway basketball team; she joined Southern Railway in 2003.[1]
Jose, who is 6ft 2in tall (188cm)[5] played in the 2006 to 2008 Australian
Big V seasons for the
Ringwood Hawks, being the first Indian woman basketball player to play for an Australia club as a professional.[6] In the 2008/9 season she was invited to play for
Dandenong in the Australian
Women's National Basketball League, but didn't take up the offer.[citation needed] In April 2011
WNBA teams,
Chicago Sky,
Los Angeles Sparks, and
San Antonio Silver Stars invited her for tryouts.[7]
In June 2012, Jose scored 11 points in the finals of the third Asian Beach Games at Haiyang, helping India to achieve a 17–14 victory over China.[8]
2005: played in the Invitation Tournament at Phuket, with awards for MVP, best player, top scorer, top rebounder and also the Most Popular Player Award
2006: The Most Valuable Player Award and top scorer, rebounder and best shot-blocker prizes in the
Melbourne (Australia)
Commonwealth Games[1]
2006: played in a friendly-match series at
Auckland, New Zealand
2006: professional league player for the Australian Ringwood Hawks Club, Melbourne, Australia, receiving the Player of the month Award for July
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