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Cheta Emba
Born	(1993-07-16) July 16, 1993 (age 31)
Alma mater	Harvard University
Rugby player
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full back (XV), Wing (XV), Prop (7s), Wing (7s) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2015 United States 7 (15) National sevens team Years Team Comps 2016 United States
Medal record Women's rugby sevens Representing  United States Pan American Games 2019 Lima Team competition
Association football career Position(s) Goalkeeper Youth career 2007–2011 Governor's Green Dragons College career Years Team Apps (Gls) 2011–2014 Harvard Crimson 35 (0)

Cheta Emba (born July 16, 1993) is an American rugby union 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 Harvard University 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 United States in 2016 and was selected for the squad to the 2017 Rugby World Cup in Ireland.

Emba was selected to represent the United States at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.

References

1. "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.
2. Smolik-Valles, Ariel (August 10, 2016). "Cheta Emba '15". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
3. Wise, Chad (July 17, 2017). "Eagles announced for Women's Rugby World Cup 2017 in Ireland". USA Rugby. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
4. "Women Eagles Name World Cup Squad". www.thisisamericanrugby.com. July 17, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
5. "New caps in Women's Eagles World Cup squad". AmericasRugbyNews.com. July 20, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
6. "USA names rosters for Sevens World Cup". Americas Rugby News. September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
7. Cahill, Calder (September 1, 2022). "Women's Eagles Sevens target podium chase as roster is named for the Rugby World Cup Sevens". eagles.rugby. Retrieved September 14, 2022.

External links

• Cheta Emba at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)
• Cheta Emba at Harvard Crimson
• Cheta Emba at USA Rugby
• Cheta Emba at Team USA (archive)
• Cheta Emba at Olympics.com
• Cheta Emba at Olympedia (archive)
• Cheta Emba at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games

• 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
• 21st-century African-American sportswomen
• African-American rugby union players
• 21st-century African-American sportsmen
• Rugby union fullbacks
• United States international rugby sevens players
• Rugby union players from Virginia
• 21st-century American sportswomen