She debuted for the Tall Ferns (New Zealand women's basketball team) in 2005 at the William Jones Cup in Taiwan.

[1] At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal as part of the Tall Ferns.

“My fondest memory of my time with the Tall Ferns will always be competing at the Beijing Olympics.

For me that was a childhood dream come true and an opportunity to compete at the highest level against the very best players in the world at the time.”[3] In 2010 she played for the Albury Wodonga Bandits in the SEABL (South East Australian Basketball League) in the ABA.

Wallbutton, still a prominent player in the Western Australian State League with the Perth Redbacks.