Bentley University

Freshman from Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya … 2021 graduate of Aga Khan Academy in Nairobi who is planning on majoring in finance.

Before Bentley: member of the Sigona golf team … was youngest member ever to compete in the Tannahill Tournament, a Ryder Cup style event representing Sigona Golf Club, at the age of 15 … has represented Sigona since 2017 … selected to play in the Kenya Open Pro-Am, a Sunshine Tour event, in March 2018 and had an unofficial score of 78 … won the Junior Golfer Of The Year title in 2018 in the 14-16 year category … while in high school, was the House Captain, a prestigious elected position that acts as the head of sports … duties included selecting teams for various events (Swimming gala, sports day, humanities day, etc.), delegating tasks, evaluating skill levels, organizing events and communicating with teachers and other staff in order to ensure the smooth running of sports events … captain of high school golf team (2017-2019) … competed in various interschool events consistently finishing in the top 3 … point guard on the high school basketball Team (2015-18) … member of the high school table tennis team (2017-19) … Best overall athlete in the 2018 Sports Day … ran the 100, 200, 400 and 800 meter races … embarked on year-long study to describe the process of learning Table Tennis … through the process, learned how to play table tennis from scratch within the year.

Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 19 … son of Hanif and Faeza Tayebjee … has one sibling, Zara (20).