Cheta Emba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | July 16, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Harvard University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Emba attended Maggie L. Walker Governor's School, she was a goalkeeper on the soccer team and a forward on the basketball team. She played soccer and began her rugby career in her junior year at Harvard University where she majored in molecular cellular biology with a minor in Spanish. [1]
In her senior year she was selected for the Eagles squad to the 2015 Women's Rugby Super Series in Canada. [2] She debuted for the United States in 2016 and was selected for the squad to the 2017 Rugby World Cup in Ireland. [3] [4] [5]
Emba was selected to represent the United States at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [6] [7]
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