Lydia Babirye | |
Position: | Guard |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 9 |
Nationality: | Ugandan |
Birth Date: | 2004 11, df=yes |
High School: | Victory Christian Center (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
College: | Evangel University (2023–2024) |
Lydia Babirye (born November 21, 2004) is a Ugandan basketball player who plays as a guard for Evangel University Athletics and Uganda women's national basketball team.[1]
Babirye attended Victory Christian Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she played basketball from 2018 to 2019 season to 2022–2023 season.[2]
She joined the Evangel University for the 2023–2024 season.[3] She was part of the Evangel University squad the plays against Ottawa University on 21 February 2024.[4]
Babirye first represented Uganda in 2019 during FIBA U16 women's African championship and was called to the senior national team in 2023 during 2023 women's Afrobasket.[5] Babirye was part of the Uganda squad that defeated Senegal in Kigali in the 2023 women's Afrobasket.[6] [7]