Joanne Fa'avesi

Joanne "Nana" Fa'avesi is an American rugby sevens player. She won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the United States women's national rugby sevens team.

Early life

Fa'avesi grew up in Sacramento and is the youngest of seven children. She is of Tongan descent.

Fa’avesi was part of the United States women's sevens team that won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. She went on to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
She featured for the U.S. women's sevens at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens that was held in San Francisco.
She was selected to represent the United States at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. In 2023, she took home a gold medal after the Eagles women's sevens side won the Pan American Games.
She was named in the Eagles XVs side on July 17 to the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup that will be held in England.