Abrar Hussain: Bangladesh women’s national basketball team shooting guard Ashreen Mridha has become the first Bangladeshi basketball player to join the Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP) funded by ESPN and the United States.
She is scheduled to depart Dhaka for United States today evening. She confirmed the news to Banglanews yesterday.
Ashreen Mridha, former captain of Bangladesh women’s national basketball team, placed herself among some 16 international athletes who will be matched with leading female executives from America’s top sports organizations for the five-week mentorship from September 23 to October 31.
“They have selected 16 women from 140 countries in the world to be part of this prestigious program. And luckily, I am the first Bangladesh basketball player to be selected for this program for this year,” said Ashreen.
“It would inspire many more girls to come and play.”
As a member of the national team, Ashreen participated in 6 international events since 2009, including the first South Asian Women’s Basketball (SABA) Championship in 2016. She captained the Kolkata-Bangladesh friendly series in India the same year.
She hopes to create a platform for women of all ages and backgrounds to play basketball by spreading the sport from the more progressive capital throughout other parts of the country,
-Source: Banglanews24