Cheta Emba (born July 16, 1993) is an American

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player.

Biography

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

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where she majored in molecular cellular biology with a minor in Spanish. In her senior year she was selected for the Eagles squad to the 2015 Women's Rugby Super Series in Canada. She debuted for the in 2016 and was selected for the squad to the 2017 Rugby World Cup in

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. Emba was selected to represent the United States at the

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References

External links

Cheta Emba Harvard soccer profile

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Emba, Cheta 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 American female rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2019 Pan American Games Rugby sevens players at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rugby sevens Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in rugby sevens Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for the United States American women's soccer players Soccer players from Richmond, Virginia Women's association football goalkeepers Harvard Crimson women's soccer players Harvard Crimson rugby players African-American sportswomen African-American rugby union players 21st-century African-American sportspeople Rugby union fullbacks United States international rugby sevens players Rugby union players from Virginia