GRR: Nelson College Scholarship
The United States Rugby Foundation (USRF) for a third year will award scholarships for high school rugby players to attend Nelson College, a boys’ high school in Nelson, New Zealand known for its highly acclaimed rugby program.
Three US high school players have been spending the Northern Hemisphere attending Nelson College in New Zealand thanks to the US Rugby Foundation.
JW Sarkess, Connor Bender, and Oliver Kirk have all been at Nelson College for this term.
The scholarship recipients at Nelson College in New Zealand have started off nicely.
GRR caught up with the new Nelson College Scholarship recipients JW Sarkees and Connor Bender.
The two will join the New Zealand school to study and play rugby in April and stay through the Northern Hemisphere summer. It will be a unique, once-in-a-lifetime experience for both.
The U.S. Rugby Foundation is pleased to announce it has granted Nelson College Rugby Scholarships to Connor Bender of Cleveland, Ohio, and Joseph Walter “JW” Sarkees of Central, South Carolina.