NCR Press Release—National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) named 760 student athletes as 2022-23 Scholastic All-Americans. Growing by 60% since last year, the Scholastic All-American list includes 238 women and 522 men from over 148 schools.
This annual program recognizes high performing student athletes across college rugby. To qualify as a Scholastic All-American, student athletes must maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher for the academic year and be rostered for 50% of the Fall 15s A-side matches or rostered for 50% of the A-side Spring 7s tournaments. This selective group of Scholastic All-Americans represents about 1 out of 20 student athletes competing in college rugby.
Over 115 men’s programs recognized Scholastic All-Americans from the past season. Leading the way were Brown University, Babson College and Bowdoin College with twenty or more recipients. Several colleges boasted ten or more Scholastic All-Americans including Georgetown, Dartmouth, Bucknell, Lander, Northeastern, Coast Guard, Michigan, Notre Dame, Richmond and Yale.
