Kate Walsh (netball)

Kate Walsh
Personal information
Full nameKate Walsh (Née: Shimmin)
Born (1992-02-13) 13 February 1992
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Spouse
Trevor Walsh
(m. 2022)
Netball career
Playing position(s): GD, GK
Years Club team(s) Apps
2011–2016 Adelaide Thunderbirds
2017 Queensland Firebirds
2018–2020 Adelaide Thunderbirds
2021–2022 Sunshine Coast Lightning
Years National team(s) Caps
2012–2017 Australia (Fast 5)
2019– England
Medal record
Representing  Australia
2014 New Zealand Team
2016 Australia Team
Updated on 2022-03-19

Kate Walsh (née Shimmin; born in 1992) is an Australian netball player, most recently in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Sunshine Coast Lightning. In August 2019, Jess Thirlby the new England Roses Coach announced Walsh would join the full time England Roses programme.

Walsh grew up in South Australia and was a part of the South Australian Institute of Sport Volleyball program before being offered a SASI Netball scholarship which she chose over volleyball. When she finished High School she moved to Canberra where she developed her skills at the Australian Institute of Sport.