Flavia Oketcho

Flavia Oketcho (born 16 July 1986) is a Ugandan female basketball player, who plays for Uganda women's national basketball team.[2]

Flavia Oketcho
Personal information
Born (1986-07-16) 16 July 1986[1]
Kampala, Uganda
EducationKitante Hill Secondary School
Makerere College School
Uganda Christian University
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in) 5'7"
Sport
Country Uganda
SportBasketball
TeamUganda women's national basketball team Gazelles

Background and education

She was born from and raised in the Central Region of Uganda on 16 July 1986.

in 1992, Oketcho joined Nakasero primary school but later changed the school to Kitante primary school, where she studied her primary education from 1993-1998.[3]

in 1999-2002, she joined Kitante Hill Secondary School for O' level education. in 2001,while at Kitante hill secondary school, she played her first league match with the Lady Bucks.in 2003-2004, she joined Makerere College School for her S5 but later joined Najja high school where she sat her A'level exams.[3] Oketcho joined Uganda Christian University in 2007,for a degree in Mass communications. in 2008 ,she helped her UCU basketball team the lady cannons to win the league title and was awarded as the MVP.[3]

Career and awards

She played her first league match in 2001 with the Lady Bucks. In 2004 she was voted MVP in the East Africa Club Championship,[3] which she helped to win two league titles.

in 2005, she represented Uganda in Zone V Nations Tournament.

References
  2. "Flavia OKETCHO at the FIBA Women's Afrobasket 2017". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. "Oketcho dribbles family, motherhood and hoops". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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