Sarah Chan

Sarah Zeinab Chan is a South Sudanese former professional basketball player and lead scout in Africa for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Toronto Raptors, who grew up as a refugee in Kenya. She is also the founder of Home At Home/Apediet Foundation, a non-governmental organization that combats child marriage and advocates sports and education for girls.

Early life and education Chan grew up in Khartoum, Sudan, during the second Sudanese Civil War. Chan played sports for the first time in 2004 at Laiser Hill High School, where she quickly excelled in basketball. Chan played the forward position. As a senior, she was named to the NAIA all-tournament team and a first-team NAIA All-American. Over four seasons at Union University, she scored 1,892 points and had 1,112 rebounds. and also competed in the 2017 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup. who followed her career and later hired her as a scout and basketball development associate. As the lead scout, Chan travels throughout Africa recruiting talent for the Raptors. She has also persuaded Ujiri to hold Giants of Africa camps in Juba, South Sudan, and Mogadishu, Somalia, to offer girls the opportunity to try basketball.

Foundation Chan started her charity, the Home At Home/Apediet Foundation, to provide mentoring to girls, prevent child marriage, and promote education and sports. It is a national non-governmental organization named after her mother.