Cameron Wilson began his career with WOODVILLE at the end of the Spring 2002 season with the Under 12 Dingoes. Cameron made his debut in Round 9 of Spring 2002, not scoring in an 6-43 loss.
Cameron's first points of his career came in Grading 3 of the Autumn 2003 season, where he scored 2 points in a 10-8 win.
During his first full season, Cameron, who played 4 games for 0 points in Spring 2002, completed Autumn 2003 by scoring 46 points in 17 games, at an average of 2.7ppg with a game high of 8pts coming in Round 8 (31-6 win). In Spring 2003, Cameron
led the Under 12 Xplosion in scoring, throwing 63 points in 14 games at a clip of 4.5ppg.
On June 30th 2007, Cameron became the 44th player in Woodville club history to reach the 150 game milestone.March 18th, 2008 and Round 5 of the Autumn 2008 season would prove to finally be the day when Cameron played his 200th career game. Cameron would take his place as the 22nd player to reach the 200 game milestone with Woodville. Cameron would score 5pts for the U18/20 Hurricanez in what would turn out to be an amazing 46-45 win over Heathdale Hornets Toorak.
On Tuesday July 15th, 2008, Cameron and the U18/20 Hurricanez created club history by smashing the all time highest score, dropping 119 on St Peters Monarchs. The U18/20 Hurricanez finished the Autumn 2008 regular season with a resounding 119-35 victory over St Peters Monarchs. This represents the highest ever score achieved by a Woodville team, with the 84pt margin the 3rd highest in club history. Cameron scored a career high equalling 16pts in this game.
Cameron's 250th career game arrived on March 2nd, 2009. Playing for the Under 18 Hurricanez in Round 11 of the Altona Summer 2008/09 season, Cameron scored 11pts as the Hurricanez defeated the Bay City Lakers Dragons 58-33. Cameron is only the 15th player to reach the 250 game milestone for the Woodville Basketball Club.
Cameron's highest points total in a season came in the Altona Summer 2008/09 season, playing with the Hurricanez in Under 18 Division 1, Cameron scored 146 points from 14 games at an average of 10.4ppg. Over his career, Cameron has scored 1 game of 20+ points, his career high being 21pts scored in October 2008. On Saturday December 10th 2005, Cameron scored 10pts in the Spring 2005 2nd Semi Final for the U14 Hornets to bring up his 500th career point. The game was a 45-24 victory for the Hornets, on their way to the Premiership. Throughout his career, Cameron has scored 10 or more points in a game on 45 occasions.
In 28 finals games, Cameron has scored 132 points at an average of 4.71ppg. Cameron has also scored 40 points in a record equalling 9 Grand Final appearances. Cameron was an integral member, a "spiritual captain" of the Hurricanez team that completed a stunning run of 6 Grand Final appearances in 7 seasons from 2004 to 2007.
Beginning in Spring 2004, Cameron scored a team leading 14pts in the Grand Final, and contributed 24 points in the finals series as the Pumas lost an overtime classic to St Peters, 37-44. This would begin a great run that saw the Pumas as the Hornets,
return to the Grand Final in Autumn 2005, losing to St Peters. A record equalling 3rd consecutive Grand Final appearance occurred for the team in Spring 2005, with the Hornets taking the season by storm, before running out to a crushing Premiership win, a monstrous 77-33 victory in the Grand Final
over Woodville Magic. Missing out in Autumn 2006, the now Hurricanez returned to the Grand Final by completing a near perfect season in Spring 2006, defying huge odds of two games in 37 degree weather, to run away with the Spring 2006 Premiership,
by defeating St Peters 34-18 in the decider. In the Spring 2006 series, Cameron was extremely instrumental,
totally taking over the Preliminary Final and ensuring the Hurricanez would not be beaten. In the Grand Final, Cameron led the team to it's 2nd Premiership in 3 seasons by adding 10 points in an all-around display of basketball. For the Spring 2006 series, Cameron contributed 23pts in 3 games.
in Autumn 2007, the Hurricanez would return to the Grand Final, this time coming Runners Up to the Iramoo Redbacks 35-44. Cameron scored 2pts in this, his 5th Grand Final. His 6th Grand Final arrived in Spring 2007 on ....
Saturday December 15th 2007 - A Day For The Ages
A remarkable and unique day that shall never be repeated. The Under 16 Division 2 Grand Final between Corpus Christi Invaders and the Woodville Hurricanez would churn out a sequence of events the likes of which will not ever repeat. Through the game, the Hurricanez were down early, by as much as 12 at one point, yet this team just fights and fights and fights. Nearing the end of regulation time, they'd come right back to 1-2pts down, then Aaron fouls out. With just the 5 on the court to play with Ashwin is sent to the foul line. The Hurricanez are two points down, and 9 seconds are left. He makes the first, 1pt down, and then under the most extreme of pressure, swishes the second one. SCORES LEVEL and it's heading to overtime. 39-39.
There was a distinct game shift. Hurricanez are confident, Corpus Christi had lost an opportunity, and the throat was perhaps tightening. Enter the first over-time, 5 minutes in duration, Ashwin then fouls out, so the Hurricanez are down to 4 players. Almost indescribably, this team of just supreme fighters not only kept level one player down, but got in front! Then, with less than a minute in the first overtime, Mohamed fouls out, so they are now down to three players. A MASSIVE, MASSIVE challenge now.
Again, somehow, someway, totally inexplicable, with seconds left in the first overtime, the Hurricanez get the steal and tear to the basket, and Damian ices two foul shots. The 3 Hurricanez have tied it all up again, and go into a second Overtime, 49-49. This is with 3 players left on the court!
Of the three left, Cameron was on 1 foul, Damian on 4, and Andrew on 4. Enter the second over time, and by this point, the game was running well late, and everyone had just converged on this court to watch this extraordinary team dare the impossible. The second overtime begins, and within a minute Andrew fouls out. The Hurricanez are now down to 2 players, and still equal at 49-49.
By this stage, the result didnt matter. This was a display of courage, heart and total determination that no Premiership trophy could ever, ever symbolise. With Damian and Cameron on the court, and playing 2 on 5, A shot went up, Damian grabbed the defensive rebound and just ran at the Hurricanez basket. He burned the lot of them, put up a running lay-up with about 3 guys crashing on him, and he scored. With two players, the Hurricanez are up 51-49. With still 2:30 odd to play it was a long shot to pull out a win.
Corpus Christi came down the court and scored, 51-51, and then Damian fouled. His 5th foul, and as basketball rules state you cant play with 1 player, the game ended there and then. The Hurricanez, in their record 6th Grand Final in 7 seasons, came Runner Up, but the scoreline will read 51-51 with an * next to it. Cameron and the entire team were literally swamped by everyone, spectators, their team, their coaches, their supporters, total bystanders. Just everyone that had witnessed that wanted to get to that team and congratulate them.
Over the weekend of October 1st - October 2nd 2005, Cameron Wilson was a member of the Woodville Hornets Under 14 Club C Grade Championship winning team at the 2005 Great Western Tournament. This tournament victory was the second tournament success for a Woodville team. Cameron finished the tournament with 32 points in 6 games, an average of 5.3ppg.
On July 6th 2008, at the 2008 Melbourne Tigers Tournament, Cameron scored a huge 3pt-er to open the Hurricanez score in the Semi Final to reach the 1000 point milestone. Although the Hurricanez would be defeated by Wantirna Jet-Backs, 32-47, Cameron's 1000th point was one of many highlights accrued throughout the tournament. Cameron reached the 1000 points in 216 career games.
In October 2008, Cameron played for the Under 18 Hurricanez at the 2008 Great Western Tournament. The Hurricanez were again, beaten semi finalists, just losing by 4pts to Port Fairy Pacers (28-32) in a rematch of the 2007 Final. Cameron scored 15pts throughout the 5 games he played.
In October 2009, Cameron and the Under 18 Hurricanez played off in the 2009 Great Western Tournament out of Altona and Keilor. Through 6 games, the Hurricanez went 4-2 to go on and win the Tournament with a resounding 55-33 Grand Final win over Falcon Rebels.
Cameron would score 50 points from 6 games in this tournament including two half court buzzer beaters, one being a fraction of a second late at half time and the other, icing the Grand Final win at the final siren.
On Tuesday, October 5th, 2010, in Round 1 of the Summer 2010/11 season, Cameron Wilson would become the 10th player in Woodville history to reach the 300 Game Milestone. In his first game with the Woodville Magic, Cameron turned in a team leading 14pt performance as the Magic recorded a 58-52 win over Iramoo Redbacks to salute Cameron's 300th Game.
Over Cameron's career, which is still currently active with the Under 18/20 Magic, a career now spanning 9 years, Cameron has played for 8 WOODVILLE teams. He has played for the DINGOES, XPLOSION, PUMAS, HORNETS, RIMROCKERS, WARRIORS, HURRICANEZ and MAGIC, ranging in age groups from under 12's through to under 18/20's. Cameron has played in nine grand finals, those coming in Spring 2004, Autumn 2005, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2007, Spring 2007, Summer 2008/09 Altona, Winter 2009 Altona and Summer 2010/11. Cameron has played in 2 Premierships, those coming with a 77-33 win in Spring 2005 (Cameron scoring 4pts), a 34-18 win in Spring 2006 (Cameron scoring 10pts).
In the Spring 2005 Grand Final, Cameron was a participant in only the second ever ALL-WOODVILLE Grand Final, where the Woodville Hornets played off against the Woodville Magic for the Spring 2005 Under 14 Division 2 Premiership, with the Hornets running away with a 77-33 victory. In his 26 seasons, Cameron has scored more than 100 points in a season on 6 occasions, recording season scores above 80 on another 3 occasions. A very unheralded player, but very consistent and very productive.