[2] In June 2008, she played for the Launceston Tornadoes[4][5] in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) where she was the team's star player.

The incident occurred in a match between Somerset and Devonport in the North West Basketball Union (NWBU).

[4] Her teammates who came from outside the region to play debated boycotting practice in order to support her and express their unhappiness at the length of her ban.

Lou Cox, the league's president, urged them not to: "I think that would be a very short sighted and poor response.

This allowed Hurst to continue playing with the SEABL Tornadoes without interruption, and to return to Somerset after one week.

[6] In 2009, she played for the Gladstone Port City Power in the Queensland Basketball League with Capitals teammate Jessica Bibby.

[2] In the preliminary final against the Sydney Uni Flames for the 2009/2010 campaign, she scored 18 points with 15 of them coming from five three-pointers.

[23] On 2 September 2009, she played in the Canberra hosted return game against New Zealand in the Oceania Championship.

[25] She missed the first training camp in March 2012 for the 2012 Summer Olympics campaign because she was playing club basketball in Europe.

[26] She was scheduled to participate in the national team training camp held from 14 to 18 May 2012 at the Australian Institute of Sport.

[28] She was elevated to head coach in May 2022[28] and served in the position until parting ways with the Lightning in December 2024.