The Allansford veteran, who secured the Warrnambool and District league's Wilma Wallace Medal in 2016, added to her burgeoning trophy collection on Thursday with an A Reserve best and fairest.

Mills, the sister of Panmure star Jess Rohan and Geelong footballer Gary Rohan, held off Timboon Demons' Bethany Hallyburton to clinch a one-vote triumph.

"Netball is sort of my out," she told The Standard.

"It's my time on a Saturday away from the kids. As a coach, I'm pretty old-school so if I can teach the younger ones coming up through, or even the more experienced players something to bring to their game, I feel like I'm helping in some way."

Mills said she was as shocked as she was upon clinching the Wilma Wallace Medal five years prior.

The mother-of-three said she was thinking it was "time to step down and become a netball mum" but her side's fourth place finish and the fact it didn't have the chance to play due to COVID-19 restrictions meant she was reconsidering.

"It's sort of those mixed emotions of making it but not getting the chance to play finals," Mills said.

"If we can go around again (that'd be good). One of my biggest goals is playing enough so I can get my life membership at the club.

"That's pretty much my biggest goal but a flag would be really nice. I've got seven games to go until I get my milestone to get the life membership."

She praised her side - which was made up mostly of experienced players - for their efforts in 2021.

"It was a good season, we did well. We finished fourth and with it interrupted the hardest thing was just staying motivated," Mills said.

"I was pretty lucky because my girls are a very nice, close group and we were just talking all the time through Facebook messenger and stuff."

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