GRR: Eagle Women
Vanesha McGee was an All American at Temple University and quickly through the USA U23s and onto the national team.
At Temple she led the Owls to a national DII championship, and her leadership and confidence was evident as she was able to make the jump to international rugby from the DII college game.
Kristin Zdanczewicz carried the nickname "Ham" for much of her career, so-named because the pronunciation of her last name rhymed with "sandwich" ... OK, maybe you had to be there.
Barb Bond was the quintessential No. 8 and an inspiration to young rugby players as women's rugby came to the fore in the 1980s and 1990s.
Known more as having played under unmarried name, Mari Wallace, Mary Triplett played hooker for the USA from 2006 through 2010, being capped by the USA Women's 15s team 10 times.
Victoria Folayan emerged onto the American rugby scene as a 20-year-old at Stanford, where she was a huge part of the Crimson's two national championships.