College Commits List #1
College Commits List #1
Alai Uaisele for Charlotte Cardinals and, soon, Life University. Alex Goff photo.
We've got our first list of college commits and we'll keep updating this through the summer.
Let us know if we missed someone here>>
St. Bonaventure has a big haul, as does Mary Washington. But sometimes it's about the comparative size of the recruiting class compared to the roster size. UHSP, now entering into the Heart of America Conference, adds nine (so far).
Additional research by Jacob Bennett.
Here are our latest men's commits:
| Latest Rugby College Commits | |||
| First Name | Last Name | HS Team/HS | Prospective College |
| Shaundre | Bekker | Houston Sabercats Acad., TX | Aquinas College |
| Noah | Davis | Monarch Rugby, CO | Aquinas College |
| Liam | Inman | St. Pauls Coll., NZ | Aquinas College |
| David | Jensen | Neuqua, Ill. | Aquinas College |
| Darryl | Lunon | State College HS, PA | Aquinas College |
| Bryce | Rivera | West Ottawa HS, MI | Aquinas College |
| Ethan | Heim | Gonzaga, DC | Arizona |
| Jan | Chojnacki | The Woodlands, TX | Arkansas State |
| AJ | Farris | San Joaquin Mem., CA | Arkansas State |
| Jameson | Pearson | St. David's Marist, RSA | Arkansas State |
| Oliver | Pye | Farnborough, UK | Arkansas State |
| Brandon | Replogle | Titans, CO | Arkansas State |
| Nate | Roberts | Marist College, Aus. | Arkansas State |
| Theo | van der Merwe | Helpemaark Coll., RSA | Arkansas State |
| Cade | Gilbert | SOC Raptors, CA | Army West Point |
| Porter | Kuebler | Hough HS/Char. Cardinals | Army West Point |
| Ollie | Broderick | Bromcollogher, Ire | Belmont Abbey |
| Nick | Flood | Wando, SC | Belmont Abbey |
| Joaquin | Oddone | Carrascoe, Uru. | Belmont Abbey |
| Joshua | Ragsdale | St. Rita HS, IL | Belmont Abbey |
| Garrett | Rimes | Wellington, FL | Belmont Abbey |
| Bryson | Robinson | Greer 76ers, SC | Belmont Abbey |
| Montrice | Allen | Toledo Jr. Celtics OH | Bowling Green |
| Lucas | Hickernell | Dayton Northern Force OH | Bowling Green |
| Drevin | Jordan | Dayton Northern Force OH | Bowling Green |
| Brady | Sexton | Moeller OH | Bowling Green |
| Drake | Willard | Detroit Catholic Central, MI | Bowling Green |
| Carlos | Horcasitas | Ransom Everglade School, FLO | Brown |
| Bryan | Onwuka | The Kings School, UK | Brown |
| Gavin | Vollmer | St. Ignatius, OH | Brown |
| Jasper | Buttles | De La Salle HS, CA | Cal |
| Abe | Antrobus | Granite Bay, CA | CSULB |
| Addison | Barrette | SOC Raptors, CA | CSULB |
| Alex | Behm | Santa Monica, CA | CSULB |
| Jake | Blatt | John Muir HS/Santa Monica, CA | CSULB |
| Marco | Camacho | St. Anthony's/Belmont Shore, CA | CSULB |
| Emilio | Carmona | Belmont Shore, CA | CSULB |
| Cooper | Coats | St. Thomas Aquinas, KS | CSULB |
| Jaden | Guerrero | Los Al HS/Belmont Shore, CA | CSULB |
| Jasiah | Lolesio-Pua | St. Anthony's/Belmont Shore, CA | CSULB |
| Kingston | Mutu | Belmont Shore, CA | CSULB |
| Lukas | Platzbecker | De La Salle, CA | CSULB |
| Patrick | Sullivan | Danville Oaks, CA | CSULB |
| Tiuli | Tua'au | St. John Bosco/Belmont Shore, CA | CSULB |
| Manny | Verdugo | Santa Monica, CA | CSULB |
| Patrick | Coyne | Gonzaga, DC | Dartmouth |
| Rafe | Gabrovsek | St. Ignatius, OH | Dayton |
| Ryan | Pena | Xavier HS, NY | Fairfield University |
| Alec | Wood | Gonzaga, DC | Fairfield University |
| Mustafa | Abdelmuti | SOC Raptors, CA | Grand Canyon |
| Caelyb | Aquirre | St. Augustine HS, CA | Grand Canyon |
| Camille | Becker | Saint Gely Pic Saint Loup, Fra. | Grand Canyon |
| Sawyer | Bouwkamp | SE Polk, IA | Grand Canyon |
| Cole | Bracken | SOC Raptors, CA | Grand Canyon |
| Peter | Decelles | Valley Roadrunners, CA | Grand Canyon |
| Keaton | Draeger | West Ottawa, MI | Grand Canyon |
| Zephan | Dynes | Missoula Stampede, MT | Grand Canyon |
| Cameron | Hackworth | Mudsock, IN | Grand Canyon |
| Durjaya | Hampton-Moore | MICR, TN | Grand Canyon |
| Justin | Hubbard | Mt. St. Mary's (Tsfr) | Grand Canyon |
| Sione | Kongaika | Rainier Highlanders, WA | Grand Canyon |
| Sefa | Leapai | Liberty Patriots, WA | Grand Canyon |
| Laaufausia | Maka | Rainier Highlanders, WA | Grand Canyon |
| Sir | Naomas | Rainier Highlanders, WA | Grand Canyon |
| Gavin | Oleson | SE Polk, IA | Grand Canyon |
| Braydon | Tatko | Scottsdale, CA | Grand Canyon |
| Ollie | Tomlinson | Warwick School, UK | Grand Canyon |
| Garren | White | Bend Blues, OR | Grand Canyon |
| Ethan | Engler | Neuqua Valley High, IL | Indiana |
| Miles | Fritsch | Homestead, IN | Indiana |
| Evan | Lawhead | Mudsock Rugby, IN | Indiana |
| Gideon | Mandel | Mission Bay LA | Indiana |
| Gage | McCard | Carroll Chargers, IN | Indiana |
| Luke | Nazzaro | St. John's Prep, MA | Indiana |
| TJ | Nix | Fenwick High IL | Indiana |
| Garret | Pederson | Pendelton, IN | Indiana |
| Tobin | Peterson | Brownsburg Rugby, IN | Indiana |
| Madden | Weddle | Regis Jesuit, CO | Indiana |
| Drew | Stauffer | Bishop Dwenger, IN | Indiana Tech |
| Colin | Brill | West Des Moines, LA | Iowa Central CC |
| Alex | Chan | Muskego HS, WI | Iowa Central CC |
| Nathan | Cox | Wellington Wizards, FL | Iowa Central CC |
| Carlos | Elias | Fort Dodge, IA | Iowa Central CC |
| Tiomaj | Hill | Liberty North, MO | Iowa Central CC |
| Gavin | Pederson | Fort Dodge, IA | Iowa Central CC |
| Gavin | Prati | Liberty North, MO | Iowa Central CC |
| Carson | Pultz | Fond du Lac, WI | Iowa Central CC |
| Jamal | Robinson | Power Central Academy, TN | Iowa Central CC |
| Micah | Vallie | Dayton Northern Force, OH | Iowa Central CC |
| Marquan | Young | Toledo Celts, OH | Iowa Central CC |
| Liam | Craighead | St. Ignatius, OH | Kentucky |
| Mariano | Cuccarese | Raptor Rugby, TN | Kentucky |
| Noah | Hanson | Seton Hall (Tsfr) | Kentucky |
| Isaac | Keller | Zionsville, IN | Kentucky |
| Landon | Lockhart-Keener | Roswell Rebels, GA | Kentucky |
| Max | Pincott | AYR Golden Eagles, GA | Kentucky |
| Colin | Spellacy | St. Ignatius, OH | Kentucky |
| Jack | Stefan | St. Ignatius, OH | Kentucky |
| Nicolas | Zaytsev | Richmond Strikers, VA | Kentucky |
| Geno | Deren | Berks Rugby, PA | Kutztown |
| Max | Horn | Raptor Rugby, TN | Kutztown |
| Caden | Sailor | Doylestown, PA | Kutztown |
| Nate | Weaver | Elizabethtown Blues, PA | Kutztown |
| Trace | Barrack | Cowichan HS, BC | Life Univ. |
| Zander | Basson | Cape Town, RSA | Life Univ. |
| Jameson | Beatty | South Meck, NC | Life Univ. |
| Aiden | Beatty | Queens U. (Tsfr) | Life Univ. |
| Chris | Cloete | Westville HS, RSA | Life Univ. |
| Sione | Mamata | SLV Rhinos, UT | Life Univ. |
| Tommy | Nodes | Stirling Cty, UK | Life Univ. |
| Jayden | Ramsey | Dayton Northern Force, OH | Life Univ. |
| Jacob | Sanders | Adrian (Tsfr) | Life Univ. |
| Eli | Smith | Greer 76ers, SC | Life Univ. |
| John | Tinker | Roswell Rebels, GA | Life Univ. |
| Sawyer | Troupe | Kalispell, MT | Life Univ. |
| Alaipulotu | Uaisele | Charlotte Cardinals, NC | Life Univ. |
| Douw | Wessels | Paarl HS, RSA | Life Univ. |
| Zay | Amaro | Aurora, CO | Lindenwood |
| Myles | Bailey | Bury St. Edmunds, UK | Lindenwood |
| Owen | Black | Raptor Rugby, TN | Lindenwood |
| Slade | Castle-Pearce | Jacksonville Wolverines, FL | Lindenwood |
| Ed | Critchley | Cheltenham, UK | Lindenwood |
| Malan | Graham | Eureka, MO | Lindenwood |
| Kieran | Holland | Manly Marlins, Aus. | Lindenwood |
| Jimmy | O’Connor | Sydney, Aus. | Lindenwood |
| Jasper | Quesenberry | Raptor Rugby, TN | Lindenwood |
| Moses | Ratnage | Lincoln, UK | Lindenwood |
| Justin | Spanghero | Saint Jean, France | Lindenwood |
| Keylan | Tabor | 901 Rugby, TN | Lindenwood |
| Mitch | Young | Calgary Saracens, AB | Lindenwood |
| Roman | Cammarta | Greenwich HS, CT | Louisville |
| Sean | Dahlman | PRC Rugby, IL | Louisville |
| Tommy | Eberle | Naperville Warriors, IL | Louisville |
| Colby | Frappier | WKU (Tsfr) | Louisville |
| Ethan | Lenac | Naperville Warriors, IL | Louisville |
| Brayden | Smith | Carmel HS, IN | Louisville |
| Chase | Franklin | Westfield, IN | Marian |
| Caiden | Simiele | Crestwood, IA | Marian |
| Caiden | Simiele | Credtwood HS, IA | Marian |
| Mauricier | Vainer | Lobos RFC, Uru. | Marian |
| Luke | Woolsey | Westfield, IN | Marian |
| Zack | Aimone | St. Stithian's Prep, RSA | Mary Washington |
| Muzi | Chirwa | Penryn Coll., RSA | Mary Washington |
| Tom | Clementson | Millfield Sch., UK | Mary Washington |
| Theo | Collins | Card. Newman Coll., UK | Mary Washington |
| Ronan | Foley | Dundalk Grammar, Ire. | Mary Washington |
| Cameron | Halliwell | De La Salle Jersey, UK | Mary Washington |
| Henry | Horton | Card. Newman Coll., UK | Mary Washington |
| Thomas | Howard | Jebel Ali School, Dubai | Mary Washington |
| Rhys | James | Filton College, UK | Mary Washington |
| Freddie | James | Millfield Sch., UK | Mary Washington |
| Finlay | Jenkin Jones | Trent Coll., UK | Mary Washington |
| George | Mavroudis | Reading RFC, UK | Mary Washington |
| Max | Moss | Sedbergh Sch., UK | Mary Washington |
| Charlie | Platt | Central Wash. (Tsfr) | Mary Washington |
| Oran | Ritson | Penicuik School, UK | Mary Washington |
| Callum | Stanners | Stirling Co., UK | Mary Washington |
| Jacob | Thomas | Watford Grammar, UK | Mary Washington |
| Will | Reed | Detroit Catholic Central, MI | Michigan State |
| David | Starzacher | Detroit Catholic Central, MI | Michigan State |
| David | Kunselman | PAX River, MD | Mount St. Mary's |
| Connor | Bender | St. Ignatius, OH | Navy |
| Liam | Gray | Wellington Wizards, FL | Navy |
| Giovanni | Zapattini | Gonzaga, DC | Northwestern University |
| Iain | Boyd | Francis Parker HS, CA | Oregon |
| Josh | Crusi | Blackthorn, PA | Oregon |
| Andre | Darcy | Marin Highlanders, CA | Oregon |
| Carlos | Demouraneto | Marin Highlanders, CA | Oregon |
| Emmanuel | Facheux | Braeburn School, Kenya | Oregon |
| Brady | Hatton | Santa Monica, CA | Oregon |
| Trevor | Long | De La Salle HS, CA | Oregon |
| Donovan | Paulino | Talo’fo’fo, Guam | Oregon |
| Will | Pharis | Marin Highlanders, CA | Oregon |
| Kody | Goldman | Staples HS, CT | Penn State |
| Amos | Grant | Merchiston RFC, UK | Penn State |
| Kyran | Rautenbach | Berks Co., PA | Penn State |
| Kyran | Rautenbach | North Pitt, PA | Penn State |
| JW | Sarkees | Greer Rugby, SC | Penn State |
| Chris | Byun | Fairfield Prep, CT | Siena |
| Lorenzo | Sevilla | Trumbull, CT | Siena |
| Flynn | Horton | GPS Gallopers, Aus. | South Carolina |
| Louis | Leveque | Bordeux, Fra. | South Carolina |
| Mason | Beardsworth | Fairfield Prep, CT | St. Bonaventure |
| Collin | Chiarelli | St. Anthony's HS, NY | St. Bonaventure |
| Joe | Deinhart | St. Ignatius, OH | St. Bonaventure |
| Jean-Luc | Doumbe | Morris Rugby, NJ | St. Bonaventure |
| Connor | Gerasimo | Johannesburg, RSA | St. Bonaventure |
| Chris | Haney | St. Ignatius, OH | St. Bonaventure |
| Nicolas | Harding | St. Anthony's HS, NY | St. Bonaventure |
| Frey | Lant | Taunton School, UK | St. Bonaventure |
| Trent | Latkovic | St. Ignatius, OH | St. Bonaventure |
| Thembikosi | Mazibuko | Johannesburg, RSA | St. Bonaventure |
| Kane | Murray | Dallas Jesuit, TX | St. Bonaventure |
| Jacob | Papesh | St. Ignatius, OH | St. Bonaventure |
| Jonny | Thomson | Auckland, NZ | St. Bonaventure |
| Andrew | Vollberg | Montco Bucks, PA | St. Bonaventure |
| Koen | Webb | Iowa Central CC (Tsfr) | St. Bonaventure |
| Josh | Gorman | Malvern Prep, PA | St. Joseph's |
| Cash | Healy | Kinsale Sharks, Ire. | St. Thomas U. |
| Justin | Kaplan | Knightmare Rugby, PA | St. Thomas U. |
| Lautaro | Pereyra | Inst. Politécnico Superior, Arg. | St. Thomas U. |
| Jack | Alzona | Gonzaga, DC | Tennessee |
| Jack | Teixeira | Lake Travis HS, TX | Texas A&M |
| Cameron | Farquhar | Austin, TX | Texas State |
| Blake | Riddle | Frisco, TX | Texas State |
| Oryx | Kirk | Woodside Sch., Uru. | Thomas More |
| Mason | Perry | Detroit Catholic Central, MI | Trine |
| JD | Elliott | MICR, TN | UHSP |
| Gavin | Gonzalez | Gorilla Rugby, TX | UHSP |
| Connor | Hanlon | ND de la Salette, IL | UHSP |
| Zack | Henderson | Louisville Crash, KY | UHSP |
| Angel | Hernandez | Austin Huns, TX | UHSP |
| Tim | Holcombe | Jacksonville Wolverines, FL | UHSP |
| Jack | Sipniewski | 901 Rugby, TN | UHSP |
| Kristofer | St. Clair | Lutheran South, MO | UHSP |
| Ashton | Vannata | St. Louis Jets, MO | UHSP |
| Connor | Kistler | Westlake HS, UT | Utah |
| Connor | Melchior | Brighton HS, UT | Utah |
| Jackson | Olsen | Mountain Rdge, HS | Utah |
| Ben | Cassidy | EggChasers 7s, UK | Walsh University |
| Harry | Devlin | Gordon's School, UK | Walsh University |
| CJ | Hiwa | Centurion RC, RSA | Walsh University |
| Dylan | Kay | Hartpurty College, UK | Walsh University |
| Tristan | Killian | Pretoria, RSA | Walsh University |
| Jameson | Merritt-Dunn | Saffron-Walden RFC, UK | Walsh University |
| Ayabongi | Mkhokeli | Michaelhouse, RSA | Walsh University |
| Aza | Nonxuba | St. Andrew's Coll., RSA | Walsh University |
| Jack | Pascoe | Brothers Rugby Club Brisbane | Walsh University |
| Benjamin | Andrews | Aquinas Coll., UK | Wheeling |
| Gray | Davis | Oruwa Coll., NZ | Wheeling |
| Connor | De Beer | Oakdale Ag. Sch., RSA | Wheeling |
| Patrick | Green, Jr. | Loyola Detroit, MI | Wheeling |
| Josiah | Plumley | Corning HS, NY | Wheeling |
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For the women, have a look at the number of transfers going to Sacred Heart. We'll have a closer look at NIRA teams as the summer progresses.
| Latest Rugby College Commits | |||
| First Name | Last Name | HS Team/HS | Prospective College |
| Saige | Baldwin | Rockford, MI | Aquinas College |
| Samya | Johnson | Soulsville, TN | Aquinas College |
| Taryn | MacMillan | Westside, IN | Aquinas College |
| Aaliyah | Morin | Grand Haven, MI | Aquinas College |
| Veronica | Sidor | Lakeshore, MI | Aquinas College |
| Lilly | Stough | Rockford, MI | Aquinas College |
| Riley | Vertz | Brookfield, WI | Aquinas College |
| Abby | Wegener | Idaho Falls, ID | Aquinas College |
| Taniyah | West | Chicago Lions, IL | Aquinas College |
| Jayana | Williams | Westside, IN | Aquinas College |
| Lauren | Huang | Greenwich, HS | Brown |
| Kiona | Hill | Liberty Patriots, WA | Dartmouth |
| Olivia | Lyman | Summit HS, CO | Dartmouth |
| Madelyn | Hubbell | St. Joseph's Academy, OH | Harvard |
| Gemma | Ogoke | Canucks Rugby | Harvard |
| Gaby | Lomuto | Alqonquin Girls Rugby | Mount St. Mary's |
| Evelyn | Brown | Charlotte Tigers, NC | Queens U Char. |
| Tyler | Dickens | Raleigh Redhawks, NC | Queens U Char. |
| Marilyn | Duncan | Roswell Rebels, GA | Queens U Char. |
| Anna | Dunham | Southern Pines, NC | Queens U Char. |
| Zoe | Harmer | Corning HS, NY | Queens U Char. |
| Kiley | Campbell | NHYR Ospreys, NH | Sacred Heart University |
| Carrie | Coyer Westerberg | Davenport (Tsfr) | Sacred Heart University |
| Aurbey | Crist | Davenport (Tsfr) | Sacred Heart University |
| Charlotte | Dauser | Davenport (Tsfr) | Sacred Heart University |
| Carlee | Harwood | Shoreline, CT | Sacred Heart University |
| Soffina | Hibbeln | Ariz. State U. (Tsfr) | Sacred Heart University |
| Ella | Huntley | Appleby Coll. (Tsfr) | Sacred Heart University |
| Sarah | Lyons | Hough HS, NC | Sacred Heart University |
| Niamh | McLaughlin | Alqonquin HS, MA | Sacred Heart University |
| Tara | McWilliams | Cornell (Tsfr) | Sacred Heart University |
| Auriana | Merfalen | Talofofo, Guam | Sacred Heart University |
| Kiernan | Myles | Knightmare Rugby, PA | Sacred Heart University |
| Marian-Jean | Paulino | Talofofo, Guam | Sacred Heart University |
| Lily | Perez | San Mateo Wolverines, CA | Sacred Heart University |
| Ava | Steed | Moon Area, PA | Sacred Heart University |
| Kiera | Thorne | Dubai, UAE | Sacred Heart University |
| Olivia | Johnson | The Woodlands, TX | So. Nazarene |
| Adina | Castillo | Perrysburg, OH | Walsh University |
| Reagan | Merkel | Brunswick Vallkyries, OH | Walsh University |
| Lily | Thompson | Brunswick Vallkyries, OH | Walsh University |
| Addison | Yarian | St. Joseph's Acad., OH | Walsh University |
| DiaEstrela | Young | Pleasanton Cavs, CA | Walsh University |
| Milena | Hammons | Ottawa Ospreys, Can. | Wheeling |
| Grace | Lissow | Columbia Central, TN | Wheeling |
| Payton | Olivas | Brazoria, TX | Wheeling |
| Viviane | Skenteris | Charlotte Cardinals, NC | Wheeling |
