GRR: Scholz Award
The finalists for the 2021 Rudy Scholz Award given to the best men's collegiate rugby player in the country have been confirmed.
With coaches, team representatives, and fans helping with the vote, and with a panel of experts also voting, the list of five finalists is as follows:
Fans and rugby experts around the country have selected the nominees for the 2021 Rudy Scholz Award, which is awarded to the best men's collegiate player in the USA.
Fans now have their chance to nominate a play for the 2020-2021 Rudy Scholz Award.
This award, which is sponsored by the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle, Wash., has been presented to the top Men's Collegiate Rugby Player since 2016.
The USA Men's 7s team Head Coach Mike Friday has picked 16 players to travel for the USA Men’s Sevens National Team’s first international competition of 2021.
Rudy Scholz had such an impact on the game that his name adorns the award for the top men's college player in the US.
A graduate of Santa Clara University, where he played rugby, Scholz was a decorate veteran of World War I, and then returned to Belgium and France as part pf the USA Olympic rugby team in 1920 and 1924.