Cheta Emba
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Born | July 16, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Harvard University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cheta Emba (born July 16, 1993) is an American rugby union player. She debuted for the United States in 2016. She was selected for the squad to the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[1][2][3] Emba played rugby and soccer at Harvard University where she majored in molecular cellular biology with a minor in Spanish.[4] She attended Maggie L. Walker Governor's School. She was a goalkeeper on the soccer team and a forward on the basketball team in high school.
Emba began her rugby career in her junior year at Harvard. In her senior year she was selected for the Eagles squad to the 2015 Women's Rugby Super Series in Canada.[5]
References[]
- ^ Wise, Chad (July 17, 2017). "Eagles announced for Women's Rugby World Cup 2017 in Ireland". USA Rugby. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ "Women Eagles Name World Cup Squad". www.thisisamericanrugby.com. July 17, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ "New caps in Women's Eagles World Cup squad". Americas Rugby News.com. July 20, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ "Former Maggie Walker standout Cheta Emba named alternate on US women's Olympic rugby team". Richmond Times-Dispatch. August 5, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
- ^ Smolik-Valles, Ariel (August 10, 2016). "Cheta Emba '15". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
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Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- American female rugby union players
- United States women's international rugby union players
- Harvard College alumni
- Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies alumni
- Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Rugby sevens players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of the United States
- American women's soccer players
- Soccer players from Virginia
- Women's association football goalkeepers
- Harvard Crimson women's soccer players