Sharon Finnan-White OAM—Netball

Abstract

‘My ultimate goal is to see more Indigenous girls coming through the elite pathway into the Australian team because the more Indigenous girls we see at that level, the more role models we will have to continue to inspire the next generation.’ Sharon Finnan-White is an Anaiwan and Biripi woman. She represented Australia in netball, winning a Commonwealth Games Medal alongside two World Championships. Sharon is an Advanced level netball coach who has coached the Trinidad and Tobago, and South African national netball teams, and worked as National Netball Development Manager for the National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy. Sharon was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to sport and has been inducted into the Randwick City Council Hall of Fame, Netball NSW Hall of Fame, Sport Australia Hall of Fame, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Hall of Fame.