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07.06.2015College Men
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In what used to be a rarity promoted by a few teams, now most men’s clubs competing for a 7s national championship have recruited college players, including underclassmen, to help them.

The recruitment has been widespread and in some ways somewhat haphazard. From Goff Rugby Report’s research, we have concluded that some men’s clubs are more systematic about their recruiting of current and just-graduated college players than others.

In addition, we know from our own observations that there are talented 7s players who are not playing club 7s this summer.

Player who join clubs for the summer are players who are interested in making the commitment. Sometimes they are from well-known programs, and sometimes not. Sometimes they are just players who return to their hometowns for the summer and hook on with a club. 

Perhaps the most diverse large college group is with the Denver Barbarians. It includes current Eagle 7s player Martin Iosefo (Montana), and USA Selects player Ben Pinkelman (Colorado State), and also NSCRO 7s MVP Kevon Williams (New Mexico Highlands), who certainly should get a look at higher levels. All told we counted 11 college players with the Barbarians from ten different colleges.

Old Blue rivals that group with ten players from eight schools, with Christian Adams (AIC), John Abraham (Dartmouth), and Michael Al-Jiborri (Oklahoma), and that’s just the A’s. We're also pretty excited to see Corey Jones at Little Rock, and Alex Faison-Donohoe at Seattle, and Marcus Tuapola at Belmont Shore.

Below is the list we’ve come up with. It is by no means comprehensive. We are sure we missed somebody. But this is the group we could confirm (and it includes a couple of high-schoolers, too).

College Players in Men's Club 7s Teams
  
  
SFGG 
Paul BoscoCal
Kevin O'ConnorSt. Mary's
Colby StevensSt. Mary's
Holden YungertSt. Mary's
Mark BowersSt. Mary's
  
Santa Monica 
Zach BonteUCLA
Jabari FernandesICEF
Isaiah LopezNEC
Chase HalverstadtUCLA
Tyler PritchardUCLA
James TaysonNEC
  
NYAC 
Jimmy WolferSt. Joseph's
  
Kansas City Blues 
Michael BaskaArkansas State
Mike DeSoutoLindenwood
Jack CaseyArkansas
Alex GarnerCentral Missouri
Sebastian KalmLindenwood
Brendan NachbarKansas
Lungile TshumaLindenwood
  
The Olympic Club 
Carl HendricksenCal
Matt ChipmanCal
Eric SweigertUC Davis
Patrick CrowleyStanford
Jackson CummingsNotre Dame
  
Belmont Shore 
Giovanni FalcoLindenwood
Cam ReedLindenwood
Nolan PyeLindenwood
Marcus TuopolaNotre Dame College
Sanders WindhamClaremont Colleges
Walter WooWest Point
  
Old Blue 
Christian AdamsAIC
John AbrahamDartmouth
Michael Al-JibooriOklahoma
Ryan BlytheWest Virginia
Dylan CarrionArkansas State
Gavan D'Amore-MorrisonAIC
Shane DempseyArizona
Paris HollisLife
John JacksonAIC
Onyeukwu OnwukanjoDavenport
  
1823 
Leo Van BuskirkPenn State
Stephen WyattMTSU
Matthew YoungWheeling Jesuit
Luke HickeyOhio State
  
Chicago Lions 
Sondia AdjeiDavenport
Max GarbisIllinois State
Jake HidalgoIndiana
Thomas KacorWestern Michigan
Adam SandstromArizona State
Alex SandstromArizona State
Marius StalionisWestern Illinois
  
Milwaukee Barbarians 
Rob SindicUW Whitewater
Eric PachowitzUW Whitewater
Garrett ShibilskiUW Whitewater
Ty AshIowa State
Jeff CebeUW Milwaukee
Luke Ellis West Virginia
Adam ReginiBowling Green
  
Denver Barbarians 
Martin IosefoMontana
Ben PinkelmanColorado State
Marius StalionisWestern Illinois
Jackson BockMiddlebury
John HugueletIllinois
Jeremy MisailegaluDenver
Konstantin RehbeinWashington
Steven ShumskyMaryland
Luke TrippMissouri
Kevon WilliamsNew Mexico Highlands
Liam WynneColorado State
  
Boston 
Michael VozzelaSacred Heart
  
Seattle Saracens 
Josh BowerCWU
Brendan CurleUnion HS Oregon
Scott DeanCWU
Alex Faison-DonohoeKutztown
  
LIttle Rock 
Austin BushArkansas State
Corey JonesArkansas
Denton PostlewaitArkansas State
  
Potomac Exiles 
Ryan MaguireDartmouth
Daniel LitchfieldHarvard
Dan MetcalfPenn State
Michael TillmanCoast Carolina
  
Austin Blacks 
Steyn BenadeArkansas State

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