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Other Sports Scholars

Korfball Scholar

Amelia Browning

Academic courseForensic 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 courseMasters 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.  

Dance Scholar

Phoebe Christopher

Academic courseSport 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 courseSport 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 courseMedicine

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 courseSports 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