Michelle Moganedi, Ryan Mphahlele crowned 2022 UJ Sportswoman, Sportsman of the Year
Student-athletes who competed, represented, and won medals for Team South Africa in highly recognised international sports events earned the best UJ Sport Awards on Thursday 17 November 2022. The University held the annual UJ Sport Awards at the Randpark Golf Club in Johannesburg, with wheelchair basketball player, Michelle Moganedi Selala, and middle distance runner, Mofori Ryan Mphahlele, winning the Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year Awards, respectively. UJ Sport Awards 2022: Michelle Moganedi Selala, Sportswoman Of The Year. Photo: UJ Sport In January this year, Moganedi was selected to represent South Africa at the IWBF Afro World Championships held in Ethiopia.
In April, she was selected as part of the IWBF Players
African Athletics Championships in Mauritius with a time of 3:36.74 in the 1500-meter running event. UJ Sport Awards 2022 – From left: UJ Men’s Football Team Coach Karabo Mogudi, UJ Player Thulani Zandamela, and Team Manager Thapelo Pule. Photo: UJ Sport. Some of the dignitaries who attended the Sports Gala included the outgoing Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Tshilidzi Marwala and Vice-Chancellor Designate, Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi, as well as member of the UJ Management Executive Committee, Dr Nolitha Vukuza. Former Olympian and Chairperson
Commission to speak on Africa Wheelchair Basketball players and the development of the sport in Switzerland. In August, Moganedi captained the SA 3 on 3 Wheelchair Basketball team at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, finishing in 5 th place. UJ Sports Awards 2022: Ryan Mphahlele was crowned the Sportsman of the Year. Photo: Supplied. On the other hand, Mphahlele enjoyed success in middle distance running this season, having won a gold medal with the time of 3:49.51 for the 1500-meter distance for UJ in the 2022 University Sport South Africa championships in Cape Town. He won a silver medal for South Africa in the CAA Senior
of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic
Committee (SASCOC) Athletics Commission, Khotso Mokwena, spoke about the importance of “a
UJ Sport Awards 2022- Michelle Moganedi Selala, Sportswoman Of The Year. Photo- UJ Sport
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