Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe
Kate Evers is a basketball player for New Zealand. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal as part of the Tall Ferns New Zealand women's basketball team.
She has two sons, Knox and Kaven.
Kate is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community. She is married to her wife, Kyla Evers, and they celebrated their wedding on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, United States.
She currently plays for the Townsville Fire women's basketball team.
She played college basketball in the United States at the University at Buffalo.
Hawai'i and Buffalo statistics
Source| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 1998-99 | Hawai'i | 22 | 21 | 21.4% | 0.1% | - | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | - | 1.0 |
| 2001-02 | Buffalo | 28 | 342 | 37.6% | 30.2% | 73.3% | 4.5 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 12.2 |
| 2002-03 | Buffalo | 29 | 449 | 48.1% | 36.9% | 83.1% | 4.3 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 15.5 |
| Career | 79 | 812 | 41.9% | 67.2% | 253.5% | 94.6 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 10.3 |