Grace Bwire emerged the top scorer in the just concluded 2022 Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) Women Premier League with eight goals.
She has played eight matches for the senior national hockey team, and was part of the team that represented Kenya in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK.
Bwire attended Central Primary School in Kitale and Tartar Girls High School before joining Strathmore University to pursue a diploma in business management on a partial scholarship.
She looks up to Kenyan international Jacqueline “Jackie” Mwangi from Kenya and Argentinian Maria Jose “Majo” Granatto.
Strathmore University forward Grace Bwire has trained her sights on becoming the best ever Kenyan striker in field hockey. The first-born in a family of four wants to be an excellent striker like her role models Jacqueline “Jackie” Mwangi from Kenya and Argentinian Maria Jose “Majo” Granatto. Jackie, who is the Kenya national women's hockey coach, scored more than 100 goals for both club and country in her long and illustrious career while Maria Jose, a 27-year-old Olympic silver medalist, has netted 60 goals in 96 appearances for Argentina. She hopes to emulate this duo.
How did you get into hockey? I fell in love with the game when I joined high school in 2016. I was walking around the school during games time and saw fellow students playing, and I was intrigued. I got encouragement from the players and joined the team.
