.jpg) Tapper in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Naya Elena Tapper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 3, 1994 Beaufort, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | West Mecklenburg (Charlotte, North Carolina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relative | Mark LeGree (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | nayatapper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Naya Elena Tapper (born August 3, 1994) is an American retired rugby union player. She was a co-captain of the United States women's rugby sevens team and competed in rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where Team USA took home the bronze medal.
Tapper was the first USA Woman to reach 100 tries and is the all-time leading try scorer for the USA women's team.[1][2] Her chase down tackle that saved a try against Ireland at the 2021 Dubai Sevens was named the #1 Play on ESPN's SportCenter Top 10 plays.[3]
- ^ "Meet our Athletes". paritynow.co. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- ^ "New caps in Women's Eagles World Cup squad". Americas Rugby News.com. July 20, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ Tabani, Aalina (December 4, 2021). "USA Women's Sevens finish fifth in second round of HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". usa.rugby. Retrieved September 23, 2023.