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Africa-Press<\/a> – Rwanda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Being a student and a full-time athlete can be daunting to balance. For Yvonne Bayija, this came with a lot of benefits; most importantly it led her to self-discovery. The 26-year-old is a volleyball player for APR women\u2019s volleyball club.<\/p>\n

Bayija really got into volleyball at Groupe Scolaire St Aloys Rwamagana, and, not long after, she was part of the team that represented the secondary school in various local and regional competitions.<\/p>\n

She started as a right attacker. \u201cI played throughout secondary school but it was not until I was about to finish that I really became serious about the sport,\u201d she recalls.<\/p>\n

Bayija credits her former coach, Eugene Ngendahayo, for playing a big role in shaping her volleyball career. \u201cHe helped me to discover my strengths and reaching my full potential.\u201d<\/p>\n

How juggling the two shaped her career<\/b><\/p>\n

She says when she completed secondary school, she managed to secure a place in APR women volleyball club, noting that this also helped to cater for her tertiary studies with ease.<\/p>\n

When she joined IPRC Kigali for her mining engineering major, she recalls, she didn\u2019t know how she would complete her course. Luckily, Bayija says, her remuneration at APR was enough to take her through her entire programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is something that motivated me to work hard both in sports and school because it\u2019s where I would get the finance to support my academics and other personal needs,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n

To her, this was not the only benefit that came along with playing and studying: \u201cJuggling the two contributed to the person I am today.\u201d For instance, being well organized was always a part of Bayija\u2019s life, so balancing volleyball practices and her school work was never a big challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaying and at the same time studying improved my critical thinking skills, which opened a new door of opportunities for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about her plans for the future, Bayija says \u201cwherever the path will lead me\u201d, she will follow. Her main goal is to continue improving her game and impress bigger clubs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. Being a student and a full-time athlete can be daunting to balance. For Yvonne Bayija, this came with a lot of benefits; most importantly it led her to self-discovery. The 26-year-old is a volleyball player for APR women\u2019s volleyball club. Bayija really got into volleyball at Groupe Scolaire St Aloys Rwamagana, and, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,761,28,18],"tags":[760,763,981,758,980],"class_list":["post-745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-files","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-life","tag-rwanda","tag-volleyball"],"yoast_head":"\nHow playing volleyball and studying was an incentive for Bayija to work hard in life - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Being a student and a full-time athlete can be daunting to balance. 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