NSCRO Rugby Men’s All-Americans & Rising Stars

NSCRO Rugby has released 25 student-athletes named to the inaugural NSCRO Men’s All-Americans and 25 Rising Stars for the 2017-18 season.

NSCRO Rugby previously announced the Women’s All-Americans, the first year which honors players for their on-field skills demonstrated through teamwork, athletic ability, game knowledge, match awareness and more.

Players were considered based on nominations submitted to NSCRO, reports from NSCRO scouts at our playoffs and at the All-Star National Championship.

NSCRO Rising Stars recognizes young players with emerging talents and show promise of confidently ascending towards NSCRO All-American recognition.

NSCRO All-Americans will receive a certificate of recognition and an NSCRO All-American t-shirt while the Rising Stars will receive an NSCRO All-American Rising Star t-shirt.

2018 NSCRO Men’s All-Americans

Name	Team	Year	Region
Sofiane Ben Meftah	Iowa Central Community College	Freshman	Central
Ben Brissette	Salve Regina University	Senior	Northeast
Trevor Brooks	University of North Alabama	Junior	Mid-Atlantic South
John Bulaich	California Maritime Academy	Senior	PacWest
Liam Burke	Salve Regina University	Senior	Northeast
Cameron Davidowicz	Plymouth State University	Senior	Northeast
Nathan Epplett	Iowa Central Community College	Freshman	Central
Isaiah Faleuka	Iowa Central Community College	Freshman	Central
Ciro “CJ” Ferrigno	California Maritime Academy	Senior	PacWest
Elliott Finn	Iowa Central Community College	Freshman	Central
Joe Goff	Salve Regina University	Senior	Northeast
Kyle Higgins	Loyola University Maryland	Junior	Mid-Atlantic South
Brendon MacDonald	The Claremont Colleges	Senior	PacWest
Dominic Mann	Christendom College	Senior	Mid-Atlantic South
Peter Moala	Southern Virginia University	Senior	Mid-Atlantic South
Simi Moala	Southern Virginia University	Junior	Mid-Atlantic South
Ani Mteto	Iowa Central Community College	Sophomore	Central
Joe Neveux	University of Maine-Orono	Senior	Northeast
Conner Pederson	The Claremont Colleges	Sophomore	PacWest
Ryheem Powell	Susquehanna University	Junior	Mid-Atlantic South
Omar Rodriguez	The Claremont Colleges	Junior	PacWest
Jourden Stanley	Angelo State University	Junior	PacWest
Lukas Svitek	The Claremont Colleges	Junior	PacWest
Jackson Thiebes	Endicott College	Senior	Northeast
Darell Williams	San Francisco Community College	Sophomore	PacWest

2018 NSCRO Men’s Rising Stars

Name	Team	Year	Region
Cameron Breen	Xavier University	Sophomore	Central
Ben Conley	Alfred University	Junior	Northeast
Ian Crilly	MiraCosta College	Sophomore	PacWest
Jordan Drain	University of Maine-Orono	Freshman	Northeast
Vince Duhig	Christendom College	Freshman	Mid-Atlantic South
Adrian Escobedo	Abilene Christian University	Sophomore	PacWest
Mathew Gash-Glider	Endicott College	Freshman	Northeast
Daniel Giannascoli	Loyola University Maryland	Junior	Mid-Atlantic South
Matthew Grundlingh	The Claremont Colleges	Freshman	PacWest
Michael Irving	Christopher Newport University	Junior	Mid-Atlantic South
Josh Leatherby	Franciscan University	Junior	Central
Connor Lehner	The Claremont Colleges	Sophomore	PacWest
Cody Liguori	Paul Smith’s College	Freshman	Northeast
Barrett Lyons	University of New Haven	Sophomore	Northeast
Tim Marra	Christendom College	Junior	Mid-Atlantic South
Gabriel Martinez	MiraCosta College	Sophomore	PacWest
Tashir Newsome-Smith	Angelo State University	Junior	PacWest
Mike Nita	Wiregrass Georgia Technical College	Sophomore	Mid-Atlantic South
Kyle O’Connor	Salve Regina University	Junior	Northeast
Frankie Rayis	The Claremont Colleges	Junior	PacWest
Donovan Ronan	Regis University	Junior	PacWest
Michael Mukuru Tumusiime	California Maritime Academy	Junior	PacWest
Trevor Ulicni	Oregon Institute of Technology	Freshman	PacWest
Stephen Wagner	Ave Maria University	Sophomore	Mid-Atlantic South
Jeff Wood	Alfred University	Sophomore	Northeast