Alex Wilson
- Date of birth21/03/1994
Debut: Commonwealth Games 2022 Height: 175cm Major Tournaments: Commonwealth Games 2022, FIBA 2024 3x3 Asia Cup,FIBA 2024 3x3 Olympic Qualifiers Current team: Bendigo Spirit, WNBL Junior club: Eastern Mavericks, South Australia Origin: Murray Bridge, South Australia
By the age of 16, Alex Wilson had already made her Women's National Basketball League (WBNL) debut with the Adelaide Lightning.
The proud Ngarrindjeri woman from Murray Bridge in South Australia, was introduced to basketball through her father who also played professionally.
After playing one season with the Lightning, Alex joined the NBL1's Eastern Mavericks until 2013 before returning to the WBNL with the Townsville Fire.
In both seasons with the Fire, Alex won accolades, the WBNL rookie of the year in 2013-14 and the WNBL Championship in 2014-15.
After leaving the Fire, Alex moved south to join the Sydney Uni Flames, playing five seasons before moving back to the Lightning briefly for the 2020 Hub season.
She won a championship with them in the 2016-17 season and also won All-South East Australian Basketball League Team honours twice during her short stints with the Launceston Tornadoes.
After the 2016-17 season, Alex won gold at the World University Games and in 2021 she joined the Bendigo Spirit.
Her first invitation to try out for the Australian 3x3 squad came in 2021, but she didn't take up the offer until 2022.
Once she did it there was an instant spark, as Alex made her Commonwealth Games debut in Birmingham for the Australian women's 3x3 team, becoming the first Indigenous Australian to compete for Australia in basketball at a Commonwealth Games. After winning four out of their five games, Australia finished third with bronze.
The following year saw Alex win another bronze medal, this time at the FIBA 3x3 World Cup in Austria. A gold medal winner at the 2024 FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup, Alex now plays for the Bendigo Braves in the NBL1.
Alex and her Paris 2024 teammates Anneli Maley, Marena Whittle and Lauren Mansfield were part of the first Gangurrus team to win a FIBA 3x3 Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
