Donnell Wallam

Donnell Wallam (born 23 January 1994) is an Australian netball player for the Northern Mystics in the ANZ Premiership. In October 2022, Wallam became the third Indigenous netballer to represent the Australian Diamonds following Marcia Ella and Sharon Finnan.

Wallam, a Noongar woman, grew up Korijekup (Harvey), a small rural town two hours south of Perth. She played basketball before moving to netball. She travelled to Waroona to play netball and was encouraged by netball coach Daniel Cools to try out for the Western Australia Netball League (WANL) in December 2018. These performances led to Wallam being named in the Australian Diamonds Squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games and went to Birmingham as one of three travelling reserves. This resulted in meetings between Netball Australia, Diamonds players and Hancock Prospecting and led to extensive media coverage. Hancock Prospecting then withdrew its sponsorship to Netball Australia.

Against this backdrop, Wallam played her first game for the Australian Diamonds on 26 October 2022 against the England Roses in Newcastle. Wallam came into the game with ten minutes to the final whistle and shot eight out of eight including the winning goal with seconds to play.

In 2025, Wallam returned to Australian shores after signing with the Sunshine Coast Lightning for the 2026 Suncorp Super Netball season.

Recognition 2022 - Australian Institute of Sport Emerging Athlete of the Year