Women's Rugby National All-Star Competition

December 23, 2015

Women’s Rugby National All-Star Competition

Modified from USA Rugby Release: Chad Wise, Dec. 21, 2016

The Women’s National All-Star Competition is being held December 28th through January 3rd at Tigertown in Lakeland, Florida. This is the third year of this competition and the largest with 215 athletes in the Women’s Rugby National Team Pathway.

“This will be the best gathering of domestic women’s rugby players ever,” Women’s Eagles Head Coach Pete Steinberg said. “We have spent the last year focused on player identification and almost all the players have been seen at an NASC or a national championship event.

“The winter NASC is the foundation of the women’s pathway. Moving forward, this annual event will be where the national team pools for the year will be selected.”

This competition will be a vehicle for identifying athletes for both the Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2017 and for the Women’s Eagles Sevens player pools. Head coaches of Women Eagles and the Women Eagles Sevens, Peter Steinberg and Dr. Jules McCoy, have worked cooperatively on this pathway.

“The preliminary World Cup squad for 2017 will be selected at the NASC,” Steinberg said. “A squad of around 45 will be identified and will begin to follow the Eagles’ strength and conditioning and skill development programming. They will be invited back with a few additional players to a senior NASC that will lead to the Super Series in the summer.” Prior to the Super Series, senior athletes will once again convene.

Not only will the NASC be a selection avenue for the USA Senior teams, but it will also help to identify athletes for the Junior All Americans and Collegiate All Americans teams.

NASC Process

Athletes will be split into 8 competitive teams – Under-20s (2), Under-23s (2), and Senior (4). Coaching each team will be participants from the Emerging Coach Development Program. Each coach will work with current Women’s National Team Pathway lead coaches throughout the camp.

National All-Star Competition | Athletes

First Name	Last Name	School / Club
Adekemi	Adewunmi	Denver Black Ice
Olufunmilayo	Akinlosotu	US Air Force
Milla	Anderson	Dartmouth
Baylee	Annis	Burlington WRFC
Kathryn	Augustyn	Berkeley All Blues WRFC
Emily	Azevedo	Women’s Eagles Sevens
Marcaya	Bailous	Notre Dame College
Kendall	Bedford	Princeton University
Lizzie	Bellis	University of Wisconsin
Nicole	Benedetti	Northern Virginia WRFC
Catherine	Benson	Life West WRFC
Sharyn	Beodeker	Kutztown University
Rebekah	Bernheim	Colorado Springs RFC
Bria	Bohanon	Battleship WRFC
Alexandra	Borowsky	Chicago North Shore WRFC
Sylvia	Braaten	Twin Cities Amazons WRFC
Rebecca	Brafman	New York Rugby Club
Stacey	Bridges	Twin Cities Amazons WRFC
Elizabeth	Bristow	Chicago North Shore WRFC
Kaitlyn	Broughton	Life University
Ruth	Bryson	Berkeley All Blues WRFC
Sarah	Buonopane	Beantown WRFC
Nicole	Burr	Augusta WRFC
Ashlee	Byrge	Davenport University
Elizabeth	Cairns	Penn State University
Kayla	Canett	Fallbrook High School
Elena	Cantorna	Seattle Saracens
Gabriella	Cantorna	State College High School
Margaret	Carly	Penn State University
Ryan	Carlyle	Seattle Saracens
Amanda	Carrington	Atlanta Harlequins WRFC
Addison	Carvajal	Bowdoin College
Naiomi	Cayo-Nelson	Atlanta Harlequins WRFC
Scout	Cheeks	Penn State University
Sarah	Chobot	Glendale Raptors WRFC
Kayla	Clark	AIC
Sadia	Crosby	Roger Williams University
Gioanna	Cruz	Lindenwood University
Kathleen	Daley	At Large
Jacqueline	Davisson	Santa Monica WRFC
Allyson	Day	Norwich University
Sheila	Decker	Norwich University
Amber	DeFabio	Kutztown University
Amanda	Divich	Lindenwood University
Brenna	Donahue	Davenport University
Linda	Drake	U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Lanoira	Duhart	Winona State University
Yejadai	Dunn	Dartmouth
Allison	Dykes	Little Rock WRFC
Alexandra	Eakes	Princeton University
Rachel	Ehrecke	Penn State University
Cheta	Emba	Beantown WRFC
Laura	Enk	Lindenwood University
Kristen ‘Jade’	Enright	Colby College
Tiffany	Faaee	New York Rugby Club
Carmen	Farmer	Severn River WRFC
Deshel	Ferguson	Atlanta Harlequins WRFC
Frieda	Fetu’u	Berkeley All Blues
Tess	Feury	Penn State University
Rachel	Fitch	Colorado College
Natalie	Flaim	Kutztown University
Jasmin	Folch	University of Connecticut
Maxine	Fonua	Berkeley All Blues
Joycelyn	Fordyce	US Air Force
Megan	Foster	Life West WRFC
Alexis	Frueh	Austin Valkyries WRFC
Bayleigh	Gable	Grandville Girls RC
Chelsea	Garber	Raleigh WRFC
Kira	Garnett	Penn State University
Lara	Gartner	Atlanta Harlequins WRFC
Amanda	Ghannam	Little Rock WRFC
Jennifer	Glaser	University of Wisconsin
Jordan	Gray	BYU
Rachel	Griendling	Women’s Eagles Sevens
Abby	Gustaitis	Women’s Eagles Sevens
Christina	Haney	University of Virginia
Summer	Harris-Jones	University of Virginia
Jordan	Hartfiel	Rockford Lady Raven’s RFC
McKenzie	Hawkins	Lindenwood University
Shayla	Heagy	Indiana University
Nicole	Heavirland	Women’s Eagles Sevens
Rebekah	Hebdon (nee Boaz)	BYU
Della	Hellander	Morris Rugby Club
Laura	Hetherman	University of Connecticut
Atumata	Hingano	Danville Oaks HS
Sisileti	Hingano	BYU
Evan	Hoese	Berkeley All Blues WRFC
Grace	Hovde	Wisconsin WRFC
Katana	Howard	Twin Cities Amazons WRFC
Shannon	Hustosky	Kent State University
Leah	Ingold	Central Washington University
Nicole	James	Houston Athletic RC
Bailey	Johnson	Minnesota State U-Mankato
Cheryl	Johnson	Philadelphia WRFC
Emily	Jones	Beantown WRFC
Keren	Kabambi	Princeton University
Bridget	Kahele	AIC
Ardia	Kelker	Berkeley All Blues
Brianna	Kim	Northern Virginia WRFC
Joanna	Kitilinski	Glendale Raptors WRFC
Sabrina	Kraft	San Diego Surfers WRFC
Joie	Krahling	Philadelphia WRFC
Haley	Langan	Harvard
Margaret	Leonard	Glendale Raptors WRFC
Hannah	Lewandowski	Central Washington University
Shelby	Lin	New York Rugby Club
Hannah	Lockwood	San Diego Surfers WRFC
Ophelia	Loree	University of Minnesota
Katherine	Loughran	University of Notre Dame
Darian	Lovelace	Life University
Jessica	Lu	Princeton University
Jennifer	Lui	Glendale Raptors WRFC
Kaelene	Lundstrum	Twin Cities Amazons WRFC
Samantha	Luther	Beantown WRFC
Aurora	Macek	Northern Illinois University
Emily	Magee	ARPTC
Taylor	Makowski	Northside Dragons HS
Yana (Edna)	Manoa	Central Washington University
Jaimie	McFarlin	Washington Furies WRFC
Carlene	McPolin	Lindenwood University
Allison	Miedzielec	Davenport University
Laura	Miller	Glendale Raptors WRFC
Averie	Mitchell-Brown	University of Minnesota
Stephanie	Morande	University of Minnesota
Joanna	Moreira	Central Washington University
Hunter	Moreland	Davenport University
Saskia	Morgan	Brown University
Cameo	Motley	Life West WRFC
Katie	Mueller	Penn State University
Jochebed	Muflam	Princeton University
Azniv	Nalbandian	Penn State University
Michel	Navarro	Fallbrook High School
Uzoamaka	Okoro	Brown University
Marjorie	Olney	Washington Furies WRFC
Danielle	Ordway	Davenport University
Bianca	Ortiz-Pallen	Bishop O’Dowd High School
Erin	Overcash	At Large
Deven	Owsiany	San Diego Surfers WRFC
Samantha	Pankey	Washington Furies WRFC
Sara	Parsons	At Large
Annakaren	Pedraza	Lindenwood University
Audrey	Perez	Dartmouth
Ashley	Perry	Women’s Eagles Sevens
Kristina	Perry	Penn State University
Nearah	Persinger	Lindenwood University
Paige	Pfannenstiel	Bowdoin College
Christiane	Pheil	Chicago North Shore WRFC
Megan	Pinson	Sacramento Amazons WRFC
Taylah	Pipkin	Penn State University
Melissa	Polheber	Wisconsin WRFC
Kayla	Postula	Central Washington University
Emily	Prentice	Kent Crusaders
Sophia	Pyrz	Penn State University
Katherine	Ramage	Dartmouth
Naima	Reddick	Seattle Saracens
Kristen	Redmon	US Military Academy
Megan	Reilly	Bloomsburg University
Lauren	Rhode	New York Rugby Club
Kayla	Richardson	BYU
Hope	Rogers	Penn State University
Megan	Rom	Life University
Becca Jane	Rosko	Summit High School
Emily	Roskopf	Life West WRFC
Kimber	Rozier	Washington Furies WRFC
Kandis	Ruiz	Glendale Raptors WRFC
Rachel	Ryan	Glendale Raptors WRFC
Caitlin	Rycek	Bloomsburg University
Crystal	Sain	Charlotte WRFC
Monika (Ikuvalu)	Sake	At Large
Sawyer	Salter	Minnesota State U-Mankato
Francesca	Sands	Norwich University
Ravyn	Santiago	Life University
Haley	Schafer	Central Washington University
Asinate	Serevi	Central Washington University
Jennifer	Sever	Life West WRFC
Kristen	Shalosky	Glendale Raptors WRFC
Eshe	Sherley	Yale University
Danesha	Shipman	University of Texas
Sierra	Snapp	U.S. Naval Academy
Elizabeth	Snodgrass	Atlanta Harlequins WRFC
Nicole	Snyder	Bloomsburg University
Kristine	Sommer	Seattle Saracens
Ashley	Sorensen	Columbus/Fort Benning WRFC
Katy	Stewart	Washington Furies WRFC
Kelsi	Stockert	Seattle Saracens
Hannah	Stolba	Glendale Raptors WRFC
Nicole	Strasko	Life University
Ashaunte	Stroman	Florida International University
Francesca	Suarez	Middlebury College
Chelsey	Sveinsson	Stanford University
Adi (Finau)	Tamaivena	Kent Crusaders
Stephanie	Taylor	Montana State University
Danesha	Telfair	Northern Illinois University
Nia	Toliver	ICEF
Claire	Tomashek	Univ of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Supiesi	Tongi	Hawaii Harlequins
Lauren	Trout	Chicago North Shore WRFC
Elizabeth	Trujillo	San Diego Surfers WRFC
Jessica	Turner	Berkeley All Blues WRFC
Abby	Vestal	ARPTC
Andrea	Villanova	New York Rugby Club
Abby	Vogel	University of California, Berkeley
Jacie	Vonada	Twin Cities Amazons WRFC
Danielle	Walko Siua	Notre Dame College
Alycia	Washington	Hartford Wild Roses WRFC
Carly	Waters	Penn State University
Frances	Wehrwein	Berkeley All Blues WRFC
Caroline	White	Seattle Saracens
Abigail	Williams	Milwaukee Scylla WRFC
Courtney	Williams	Penn State University
Dazjanique	Williams	West Shore United RC
Kayla	Williams	Augusta WRFC
Megan	Wolff	Winona State University
Kassidi	Wynter	Atlanta Harlequins WRFC
Adriana	Zeiders	West Chester University

National All-Star Competition | Staff
Pete Steinberg
Richie Walker
Brandon Sparks
Wil Snape
Sue Whitwell
Bill LeClerc
Christian Carter
Caitlin Singletary
Amy Valenta
Sarah Leslie
Diane Watanabe
Amie Kern
Bri Arsenault
Ashley Cowan
Katherin Henry
Roshna Wunderlich
Annemarie Farrell
Lance Pruett