Margaret Corbett OAM was named the 2020 Woman of the Year for the state electorate of Cronulla in the lead up to International Women's Day on Sunday.
Mrs Corbett has been involved in netball for more than 40 years in different roles, including NSW selector, convenor, coaching director, state coach and Institute of Sport head coach.
In 2006 Mrs Corbett became the seventh inductee into the Netball NSW Hall of Fame. The State League Coach of the Year Award was named in her honour.
In 2013 Mrs Corbett was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to netball.
The NSW Women of the Year Awards program recognises remarkable women across the state who have achieved inspiring things in their careers, in business or in their communities.
Nominations for the NSW Woman of the Year are made by all state electorates.
This year's NSW Woman of the Year, who was announced at a ceremony on March 5, is nationally and internationally acclaimed cancer researcher, Professor Maria Kavallaris.
