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2024-25 Women's Rugby Roster

Jara Emtage-Cave

  • Class Senior
  • Position Lock/Back Row
  • Hometown Bridgetown, Barbados
  • High School Harrison College
  • House Affiliation Eliot

Biography

Senior (2024-25)

2024 NIRA 15s National Champion…All-NIRA 15s 2nd Team…2025 NIRA All-Academic Team…Totaled 104 tackles in the fall season (5th on the team)...Scored 2 tries at Emperor 7s and added scores vs. Life and Lindenwood at CRAA 7s…

Junior (2023-24)

2nd Team All-NIRA 15s…Contributor to the 15s and 7s National Championship wins…Ivy 15s and 7s Champion…Scored five times during the 7s season…Tallied a try vs. Quinnipiac at Tropical 7’s for Harvard A (Mar. 30)...Scored two tries in a win vs. Sacred Heart at Crimson 7s (Apr. 7)...Tallied two tries at the CRAA 7’s National Championship Tournament (May 5)...Scored two tries at Crimson 7s (Apr. 7)...Two tries at the CRAA National Championship Tournament (May 3)...2024 NIRA All-Academic Honors

Sophomore (2022-23)

Did not compete.

First-Year (2021-22)

Appeared in seven games while making six starts … Scored first career try in win over LIU (Sept. 9) … Tallied a try against Sacred Heart (Sept. 25) … Scored four tries during the 7s season … Tallied four tries at Crimson 7s (Apr. 2) with two vs. West Chester, one vs. Sacred Heart, and one vs. Army … Helped the Crimson reach the national semifinals during both the 15s and 7s seasons as well as win the Ivy 7s title.

Before Harvard

Member of Barbados Girls Development Squad (2016), Barbados National Junior Women’s Team (2018), Barbados Women’s National 7’s Team (2018, 2019), Barbados Flying FDSH Club (2018, 2020), and the Toronto Nomads (2019) … Co-Captain Barbados National Junior Women’s Team and Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers in 2018 … Back of the Match in 2016 match vs. Trinidad Girls All Stars ... Three-time Harrison College Most Outstanding Female Rugby Player … 2019 Inter-School Tag Rugby Tournament Female MVP … Match MVP vs. Mexico at Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers in 2018 … Named Sportsperson of the Year at Barbados Equestrian Association in 2017 … Little League .90 Class Adult Reserve Champion in 2018.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First-Year

    Lock/Center
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Lock/Back Row
  • 2023-24Junior

    Lock/Back Row
  • 2024-25Senior

    Lock/Back Row