Other Sports scholars | Kent Sport
Korfball Scholar
Amelia Browning
Academic course: Forensic Science
Hometown: Norwich, UK
Nominated sport (and position if a team sport): Korfball
Best sporting achievement/personal best:
Playing for England Youth teams.
Who is your inspiration or can you provide an inspiring quote?
My sporting inspiration is from when I first started playing would be my primary school PE teachers who introduced me to my sport.
Basketball Scholar
Sebastian Cassaglia
Academic course: Masters in Data Science
Hometown: Gibraltar/Mexico
Nominated sport (and position if a team sport): Basketball Point Guard and Shooting Guard
Best sporting achievement/personal best:
I have represented Gibraltar at U16, U18, and now Men’s level. I was also part of the highly successful university basketball campaign last year, where we won both the league and the cup.
Who is your inspiration or can you provide an inspiring quote?
The body can endure, you just have to convince the mind.
Netball Scholar
Phoebe Christopher
Academic course: Sport and Exercise for Health
Hometown: Walton-on-Thames, UK
Nominated sport (and position if a team sport): Netball (GS/GA)
Best sporting achievement/personal best:
Trialing for the Antigua and Barbuda national team.
Who is your inspiration or can you provide an inspiring quote?
Pamela Cookey.
Dance Scholar
Phoebe Hambrook
Academic course: Sport and Exercise Science
Hometown: Kent, UK
Nominated sport (and position if a team sport): Dance
Best sporting achievement/personal best:
2nd Place at the World Championships.
Who is your inspiration or can you provide an inspiring quote?
My Choreographer – Omar Ansah Awuah.
Clay Target Shooting Scholar
Mark Hunter
Academic course: Medicine
Hometown: Northern Ireland
Best sporting achievement/personal best:
- Junior Team Champions of the World 2023
- Highest Score = 297/300
What is your number one sporting or academic goal this year on the Sports Scholarship Scheme?
Balancing improving in DTL discipline while developing my OT skills.
What was your favourite moment from the Paris Olympics this summer?
Nathan Hales from Kent winning his Gold Medal in the Men's Individual Trap.
Mark is a student with the Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS).
Archery Scholar
Bayley Sargeant
Academic course: Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Hometown/Nationality: Canterbury, UK
Nominated sport (and position if a team sport): Archery
Best sporting achievement/personal best:
- World Field Championships 2024 4th place.
- Veronica's Cup World Ranking Event 2023 1st place.
- 3 x World Indoor Series Finalise
- Highest World Ranking: 31
Who is your inspiration or can you provide an inspiring quote?
"You either win, or you learn. There is no losing."
Image Credit: World Archery
