Star setter Diane Mpuhwezimana has dedicated her future to APR WVC after signing a two-year contract extension that may maintain her on the membership till 2028.
The extension was introduced with two weeks remaining on her present deal, which was attributable to expire on August 30.
The 24-year-old had attracted curiosity from Police WVC, who have been eager to safe her providers forward of the 2026/27 season. Nonetheless, APR WVC moved swiftly to increase her keep.
Retaining Mpuhwezimana strengthens APR’s depth within the setting place because the membership prepares to defend its league title within the upcoming season, which is anticipated to start on October 16.
APR have already got three overseas gamers on their roster: Kenyan setter Linah Acheing, at the moment the first-choice possibility for coach Justin Kigwari; fellow reverse Mercyline Wabwira Nakhamica; and center blocker Sylvia Asimit Lachilla.
With golf equipment allowed to have solely three overseas gamers on their group sheet, retaining a dependable native setter of Mpuhwezimana’s calibre supplies the teaching workers with an vital home possibility and larger flexibility in rotations.
Shedding Mpuhwezimana would have left APR with fewer choices within the setting place, notably throughout an extended season through which squad depth might show essential.
Mpuhwezimana joined APR WVC from Groupe Scolaire St Aloys Rwamagana in 2023 and has since established herself as one of many membership’s key gamers.
She loved a serious breakthrough in 2025 when she helped APR win the CAVB Zone V Membership Championship, defeating Kenya Pipeline Firm (KPC) within the last for the primary time.
The victory secured APR WVC a spot on the African Ladies’s Membership Championship, whereas Mpuhwezimana was named each Greatest Setter and Most Beneficial Participant (MVP) of the event.
