Mwai Kumwenda was born on 27 September 1989 and is a Malawi netball international player.
24 Facts About Mwai Kumwenda
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Mwai Kumwenda represented Malawi at the 2010,2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011 and 2015 Netball World Cups.
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Mwai Kumwenda captained Malawi and was again tournament top scorer when they finished third at the 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series.
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At club level Mwai Kumwenda has played for Peninsula Waves in the Victorian Netball League, Victorian Fury in the Australian Netball League, Mainland Tactix in the ANZ Championship and for Melbourne Vixens in Suncorp Super Netball.
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Mwai Kumwenda was raised in Mtwalo, a village in the Mzimba District.
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Mwai Kumwenda is an ethnic Tumbuka and is the youngest of eight siblings.
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Mwai Kumwenda continued playing netball in secondary school and came to the attention of Griffin Sayenda, the Malawi national netball team coach.
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When Mwai Kumwenda was just fifteen, and with the encouragement of Sayenda, she moved to Blantyre to pursue a netball career.
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Between 2011 and 2013 Mwai Kumwenda played for Peninsula Waves in the Victorian Netball League.
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Mwai Kumwenda was invited to play for Waves but, due to visa complications, she did not arrive at the club until 2011.
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Mwai Kumwenda helped Waves reach the 2013 VNL grand final.
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Mwai Kumwenda returned to play for Waves during the 2017 season.
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In 2013, together with Elle Bennetts, Kate Moloney and Fiona Themann, Mwai Kumwenda was a member of the Victorian Fury team that won the Australian Netball League title.
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Mwai Kumwenda was the top goalscorer for Fury, finishing the season with a record 461 goals.
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Mwai Kumwenda was named both the Fury and ANL MVP for 2013.
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Between 2014 and 2016 Mwai Kumwenda played for Mainland Tactix in the ANZ Championship.
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In 2016 Mwai Kumwenda signed for Melbourne Vixens of Suncorp Super Netball.
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On 29 July 2018, during a Round 13 match against West Coast Fever, Mwai Kumwenda ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament.
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Mwai Kumwenda missed the early part of the 2019 season but made a comeback against Fever in Round 11.
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Mwai Kumwenda was re-signed by Vixens for the 2020 season.
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Mwai Kumwenda subsequently represented Malawi at the 2010,2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011 and 2015 Netball World Cups.
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Mwai Kumwenda was again tournament top scorer when Malawi finished third at the 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series.
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Mwai Kumwenda missed the 2014 and 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series tournaments following disputes with the Netball Association of Malawi.
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Mwai Kumwenda missed the 2019 Netball World Cup because of injury.