Kelly Wilson

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Kelly Wilson
Personal information
Born (1984-01-01) 1 January 1984 (age 40) [lower-alpha 1]
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Listed height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Career information
Playing career2001–present
Position Guard
Career history
2001–2002 Nunawading Spectres
2002–2003 Australian Institute of Sport
2003Sydney Comets
2003–2005 Sydney Uni Flames
2004Sutherland Sharks
2005 Bendigo Braves
2005–2008 Townsville Fire
2006Townsville Flames
2008Mackay Meteorettes
2008–2016 Bendigo Spirit
2009–2011Bendigo Braves
2012–2014 Knox Raiders
2015–2019Bendigo Braves
2016–2018Townsville Fire
2018–2019 Canberra Capitals
2019–2020Bendigo Spirit
2021–2024Bendigo Braves
2021–2022Canberra Capitals
2022–2024Bendigo Spirit
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Basketball
FIBA Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Australia / New Zealand Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Australia / New Zealand Team
World University Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Bangkok Team

Kelly Louise Wilson (born 1 January 1984 [lower-alpha 1] ) is an Australian professional basketball player.

Contents

Early life

Wilson was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and grew up in the Victorian country town of Leongatha. [5] She played her junior basketball for Leongatha Basketball Association. [4]

Career

WNBL

Wilson made her WNBL debut with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in 2002 and won the WNBL Rookie of the Year. [4] She played for the Sydney Uni Flames between 2003 and 2005, and the Townsville Fire between 2005 and 2008. [4] She played the next eight seasons for the Bendigo Spirit, winning championships in 2013 and 2014. [4] She returned to the Fire in 2016 and played two seasons, winning a third championship in 2018. For the 2018–19 season, she played for the Canberra Capitals and won her fourth championship. For the 2019–20 season, she returned to the Spirit. [6] [7] In January 2020, Wilson broke the WNBL's all-time games played record, when she took to the court in her 395th game, beating the previous record-holder, Jessica Bibby. [8]

After sitting out the 2020 hub season due to the birth of her first child, Wilson returned to the Canberra Capitals for the 2021–22 season. [9] In January 2022, she played her 400th WNBL game. [10] [11] [12] She returned to the Bendigo Spirit for the 2022–23 WNBL season. [13]

In February 2024, Wilson became the first WNBL player to reach 450 WNBL games. [14]

State Leagues

Wilson debuted in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) in 2001 for the Nunawading Spectres. [15] She played a second season for the Spectres in 2002. [16] She played in the Waratah League over the next two years, first with the Sydney Comets in 2003 [17] and then with the Sutherland Sharks in 2004. [18] [19] She returned to the SEABL in 2005 to play for the Bendigo Braves. [20]

In 2006, Wilson played for the Townsville Flames in the Queensland Basketball League (QBL) and was named the Sunstate Division U23 Youth Player of the Year. [21] She returned to QBL in 2008 with the Mackay Meteorettes and was named league MVP. [22] [23]

Wilson returned to the SEABL in 2009 and won the league MVP with the Bendigo Braves. After being cut by the Braves following three seasons, [24] she joined the Knox Raiders in 2012, going on to win the SEABL championship and her second league MVP in 2013. After three seasons with Knox, she returned to Bendigo in 2015 and in 2018 won her second SEABL championship. [5] She played for the Braves in the inaugural NBL1 season in 2019, winning the league MVP. [25] She had a short stint with the Braves during the 2021 NBL1 South season. [3] She continued with the Braves in 2022 and 2023. [13] She was named NBL1 South All-Star Five in 2023 [26] and led the Braves to the NBL1 South championship [27] and the NBL1 National championship. [28] [29] With the Braves in 2024, she earned the NBL1 South Golden Hands Award. [30] The Braves missed the 2024 NBL1 South playoffs but returned to the 2024 NBL1 National Finals as defending champions, where they reached the championship game [31] and Wilson earned All-Star Five honours. [32]

National team

Wilson made her international debut for Australia in 2003. [4] In 2007, she was part of the historic Emerging Opals team that claimed the gold medal at the World University Games in Bangkok, Thailand. [4] She earned a national team call-up in 2013 to help Australia win the FIBA Oceania Championships. [4]

Personal life

Wilson's sister Andrea also plays in the WNBL. [5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Some sources list her as being born on 1 January 1984, [1] [2] [3] while others state she was born on 1 January 1985. [4] [5]

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