Mary Cholhok Nuba

Mary Cholhok Nuba, also spelled as Mary Cholhock Nuba, who is also simply known either as Mary Cholhok or Mary Nuba (born 3 January 1997) is a South Sudanese born professional Ugandan netball player who plays for Loughborough Lightning in the British Netball Superleague and for the Uganda Netball team as the GS.[1]

Mary Cholhok Nuba
Personal information
Born (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997
Rumbek, South Sudan
EducationLoughborough University
(Business Administration)
Height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Uganda
SportNetball
PositionGoal shooter

Career

School career

She attended St. Mary's High School where she represented it in national School Championships between 2013 and 2016.[2]

NIC

In 2017, Mary joined NIC Netball Club. She played for NIC Netball Club from 2017 to 2018.[3]

Loughborough University

In December 2018, Mary joined Loughborough University.[4] She made her debut in Loughborough Lightning's first league game against Wasps on 5 January 2019 at the Arena Birmingham.[5][6]

National team

Mary made her debut for the Uganda national netball team during the World University games which took place in Kampala, she played against United States.She has also represented Uganda in the 2019 Netball World Cup in England.[7] In September 2019, she was included in the Ugandan squad for the 2019 African Netball Championships.[8]

Honors
  • Topscorer in National Netball Championship : 2016
  • Topscorer in World University Games : 1: 2018
  • Topscorer in Netball Superleague: 2: 2019,[9] 2021[10]
  • The Coveted Golden Shot Award for 3 consecution years[11]

References
  1. "Netball World Cup". Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  2. "Is Mary Nuba the Future of Uganda's Netball?". Journalism. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. "One of the tallest Netball player, perhaps! Meet Nuba, the 20 year old, 6.7 feet tall, Sudanese who plays for Uganda - Newsblaze.co.ke". newsblaze.co.ke. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. "Mary Nuba eager to impress at Loughborough Lightning". Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  5. "Ugandan Mary Cholhok signs for Loughborough Lightning Netball | Sport | Loughborough University". Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  6. Ndyabahika, Davidson. "Uganda in Winning Start at World University Netball Championships". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  7. Team, Kawowo Sports (13 July 2019). "As It Happened: FT - Uganda 69-48 Samoa | 2019 Netball World Cup". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  8. "Uganda regroup for training ahead of African Championship". Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  9. Kaweru, Franklin (20 May 2019). "Mary Nuba: She Cranes star wins Vitality Netball Goalden Shot Award". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  10. "Vitality Netball Superleague Awards 2021: Cobden wins top prize". Netball Superleague. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  11. Kaweru, Franklin (8 October 2021). "Mary Cholhok: She Cranes shooter stays put at Loughborough Lightning". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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