Rena Wakama, head coach of Nigeria’s ladies’s basketball workforce, D’Tigress, has been recognised by her former college, Western Carolina College, for her spectacular achievements and contribution to basketball.
Wakama made historical past final 12 months by turning into the primary lady to teach Nigeria to an AfroBasket Girls’s title. She acquired the particular award throughout a ceremony on the college’s campus in Cullowhee, North Carolina.
The award celebrates her fast rise in teaching and her robust management with D’Tigress, who’ve dominated African basketball since she took cost. Below her steerage, Nigeria have gained consecutive continental titles and improved their efficiency on the world stage.
Talking on the occasion, Wakama thanked the college for its position in her growth.
“I’m deeply honoured to be recognised by Western Carolina College. This place performed an enormous half in shaping me as each an athlete and a coach. I’m grateful for the help and motivated to maintain pushing ahead,” she mentioned.
The honour additionally highlights Wakama’s rising status as one in every of Africa’s most profitable younger coaches and a task mannequin for ladies in sport.
D’Tigress at the moment are making ready for his or her subsequent worldwide competitions as they give the impression of being to construct on their current success.
