Cheta Emba

Cheta Emba (born July 16, 1993) is an American rugby union player. She has competed for the in the 2017 and 2025 Women's Rugby World Cups. She has also represented the U.S. women's sevens team in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Early career Emba attended Maggie L. Walker Governor's School, she was a goalkeeper on the soccer team and a forward on the basketball team. She played soccer and began her rugby career in her junior year at Harvard University where she majored in molecular cellular biology with a minor in Spanish. She received All-Academic and All-Conference honors while at Harvard.

Rugby career In her senior year she was selected for the Eagles squad to the 2015 Women's Rugby Super Series in Canada. She debuted for the in 2016 and was selected for the squad to the 2017 Rugby World Cup in Ireland. Emba competed for the U.S. women's sevens team in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

At the club level, she has played for NOVA and Beantown Rugby Club. She is also a member of the Boston Banshees in the inaugural season of the Women's Elite Rugby league. In 2025, she started in the Eagles test against Japan which her side lost 33–39 in Los Angeles on April 26.

On July 17, 2025, she was named in the Eagles side to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.