Peace Proscovia Drajole Agondua (born 1 November 1989), commonly known as Peace Proscovia and nicknamed "Warid Tower", is a professional

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player for Surrey Storm and the current captain of the Uganda national team. She began her professional career with

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team Loughborough Lightning and has also played for Super Netball team Sunshine Coast Lightning. Internationally, she captained the Ugandan teams that won the 2013

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, and the 2017 African Netball Championship.

Background and education

She was born on 1 November 1989 in Arua,

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, in the Northern Region of Uganda, to a family with a total of seven children. She attended Awindiri Primary School, in Arua. She studied at Mvara Secondary School, also in Arua, for both her O-Level and A-Level studies. She was admitted to Nkumba University, where she obtained a Diploma in Development Studies, graduating in 2010. That same year, she was admitted to

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(UCU) in

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, where she obtained a

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(BBA) degree in 2013. In 2014, she received a full scholarship to study for a

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(MBA) at UCU. In 2017, she enrolled in the

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(MSc) degree program at the Loughborough University, specializing in marketing.

Career

In 2015, she tried out with professional teams in the United Kingdom and was able to secure a trial contract with Loughborough Lightning in the winter and spring of 2015. In the same year she made her World Cup debut for Uganda during the

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. In January 2016, she was signed to a full contract for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. After playing for Loughborough Lightning in 2015 and 2016, Proscovia re-signed for a further two years following changes in visa regulations. As part of her new contract she enrolled in the

degree program at the Loughborough University School of Business and Economics, with a focus on

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. Proscovia made the move to Australia to play for the Sunshine Coast Lightning in the 2019 season, an acquisition described by the club as "a massive coup". She partnered with teammates

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and

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in the attacking circle and was rewarded with a contract extension through to the end of the 2020 season. She also led the Ugandan squad at the

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. In September 2019, she was named in the Ugandan squad as the captain for the

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. Just three weeks prior to the tournament, she herself ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury which she sustained while playing at the Australian league. She has now returned to the U.K. to play for Surrey Storm in the 2022 Netball Superleague season.

Career highlights

Voted the country's top athlete of the year in 2014, she has participated in numerous sports. Her first passion is

; she was a member of the

team in Sydney, Australia. She was a member of the

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basketball team that participated in the

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championship in Cameroon. She was named Uganda's Athlete of the year in 2014.

Other considerations

Prior to turning professional in netball, she played for the netball team of the

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(NIC), where she worked as a marketing officer. She also plays basketball, although she admits she is not as good at it as she is at netball. She is a member of the women's basketball team of

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and is on Uganda's National Women's Basketball Team.

Honours

* 2009 International Cup Tanzania – Gold Medal * 2013 Africa Cup of Nations – Bronze Medal * 2013 Six Nations Cup Singapore – Gold Medal * 2014 Africa World Cup Qualifiers – Gold Medal

References

External links

Proscovia aims for better after contract extension
As of 22 October 2020. {{DEFAULTSORT:Proscovia, Peace 1989 births Living people Ugandan women's basketball players Ugandan netball players Place of birth missing (living people) African Games gold medalists for Uganda African Games medalists in netball Nkumba University alumni Uganda Christian University alumni Alumni of Loughborough University People from Arua District People from West Nile sub-region Sportspeople from Northern Region, Uganda Netball Superleague players Netball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games 2019 Netball World Cup players Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Australia Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in England Loughborough Lightning netball players Suncorp Super Netball players People educated at Mvara Secondary School Territory Storm players Australian Netball League players Commonwealth Games competitors for Uganda Sunshine Coast Lightning players 2015 Netball World Cup players Surrey Storm players Expatriate netball people in Australia Expatriate netball people in England