Chairperson | Soweto Ladies Football Club
Soweto | 2006 - 2008

Loughborough University

United Kingdom | 2008 - 2009

Masters (MSc) Sport Management

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Durban | Completed 2002

Bachelor of Commerce (Honours in Accounting)

University of the Witwatersrand

Johannesburg | Completed 2000

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting, Economics & Finance

Chevening Scholarship - British | Foreign & Commonwealth Office, UK

Most Valuable Player - Basketball | University of the Witwatersrand

Best student in an international school | European Council of International Schools

Bursary to Wits University | Ernst & Young

Academic Colours | International School of South Africa

Scholarship to International School of SA | Former Bophuthatswana Government

All Star Players'' Team | SA Senior National Basketball Champs | 1997

Winners - Soweto Ladies | Vodacom National Play-offs | 2004

Winners - Soweto Ladies | Sanlam Halala Cup National Play-offs | 2004

Knocked out in last round | Olympic Qualifiers | 2004

First round | African Women''s Champs | 2004

4th place | African Women''s Champs | 2002

Silver medal | All Africa Games | 2003

Winners | Confederations of Universities and Colleges of South Africa (CUCSA) Games (SASSU) | 2002

Knocked out in 1st round | World Student Games | 1999

Finalist | Woman of The Year | 2007

South African Women's Football

Represented the South Africa student teams at the World Student Games in 1999, Spain (basketball); in 2001, China (football); in 2003, South Korea (football). She also represented Banyana Banyana (South Africa's senior women's football team) at the 3rd and 4th CAF African Women Championship in Nigeria (2002) and South Africa (2004) respectively. Lydia is also a silver medallist at the All Africa Games held Abuja, Nigeria in 2003 when she represented Banyana Banyana in that tournament. She participated in various Olympic qualifies for South Africa until 2004.

Shoprite Checkers/SABC 2 Woman of the Year Award (Sport) | Cape Town | 2007