Kate Evers ''(Née McMeeken-Ruscoe)'' (born 19 December 1979 in
Christchurch
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, New Zealand) is a basketball player for New Zealand. At the
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...
she won a silver medal as part of the
Tall Ferns
The New Zealand's elite women's basketball team is affectionately known to their home fans as the Tall Ferns. The team has been coached by Guy Molloy since 2018. The assistant coaches are Aik Ho and Jody Cameron. The Tall Ferns have a FIBA worl ...
New Zealand women's basketball team.
She has two children, Knox (and Kaven.
Kate is married to her wife, Kyla Evers and they got married in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
She currently plays for the
Townsville Fire
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women's basketball team.
She played college basketball in the United States at the
University at Buffalo
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.
Hawai'i and Buffalo statistics
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1979 births
Living people
New Zealand women's basketball players
Basketball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Christchurch
Olympic basketball players for New Zealand
Commonwealth Games medallists in basketball
Buffalo Bulls women's basketball players
Netball players from Christchurch
Territory Storm players
Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games