11 Facts About Donna Wilkins

Donna Wilkins is a New Zealand representative in netball and basketball.

Donna Wilkins married Southland farmer Mike Wilkins on 16 March 2007.

Donna Wilkins has represented the New Zealand Silver Ferns 56 times, making her 50th cap against Barbados in Auckland, New Zealand.

Donna Wilkins carried on playing for the province until called into the Silver Ferns in 1996.

Donna Wilkins shot the southerners into fourth place overall in the championships, a much improved performance of 10th the year before.

Donna Wilkins continued to play in the South for the Southern Sting till 2006, when she was called into the Suns basketball team in the American WNBA basketball competition.

Donna Wilkins did not play in the first season due to pregnancy, but continued with the Southern Steel as an assistant coach.

Donna Wilkins returned to the playing lineup for the 2009 season, where the Steel improved on their 2008 standing to reach the finals stage; the Steel were eventually defeated by the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the semi-finals.

Later that month, Donna Wilkins announced that she would not be returning to the Steel in 2010.

Donna Wilkins turned out for the Canterbury Tactix in 2011, and for the next season returned to Southern Steel which she did with family help.

Donna Wilkins formerly played for Canterbury in the NZ Women's Basketball League.