Dorathy Nyagh is a female Nigerian professional Handball player and the captain of Benue Queens and one of the players that was shortlisted to represent Nigeria at the Women’s Africa Handball Championship that took place in Yaoundé, Cameroon on June 6, 2021 ^{[1] [2]}

History

Dorathy started playing Handball when she was in Junior Secondary School, in 2005 at the Queen of the Rosary Secondary School Gboko. ^[3]. She was encouraged by her coach, Mr Godwin Tondo popularly called ‘Gordons’ in secondary who helped her to love playing Handball.

After graduation from secondary school, she proceeded to Benue State University in 2009 where she studied English and she became the captain of the institution. She is the only girl out of four children, and her parents supported her passion for sport and gave her all the support to be a success at it. Dorathy's father is also a sportsman. He is a lecturer at College of Education in Katsina- Ala. where he teaches in the department of human kinetics. ^[4]

Career

Dorathy had started playing and representing her school since she was in secondary school events during all Secondary School Games. In July 2018, after playing at the first edition of the Prudent Energy Handball League, she played for Civil Defender Babes. In 2020 ^[5], she and her team played at the Prudent Energy Handball League. ^[6] She played for All Africa Games qualifiers. After she and her team qualified, they were invited to the games proper. In Morocco, and she played in almost all the matches. In 2021 she lead the team to Nigeria at the Women’s Africa Handball Championship that took place in Yaoundé, Cameroon ^[7]