Scholz and Sorensen Award News
The nominees for the 2024-25 Rugby Scholz Award as the nation's top male collegiate rugby player have been finalized.
The players, drawn from D1-level rugby around the nation, were nominated by a committee of coaches and observers. Now, fans and team leaders will have the opportunity to vote for the finalists.
Sixteen women collegiate rugby players have been nominated for the 2024-25 MA Sorensen Award.
This is the 10th year of the Sorensen Award, given annually to the top women's collegiate rugby player in the USA. The Award is presented by the Washington Athletic Club of Seattle, Wash., at a gala event in June, although the awardee is named before then.
Fans and college team players and coaches can help nominate a player for the MA Sorensen Award.
Presented every year by the Washington Athletic Club, the MA Sorensen Award is named after groundbreaking rugby player and doctor MaryAnn Sorensen and has been presented to the top women collegiate rugby player in the USA every year since 2016.
The Washington Athletic Club hosts the WAC Rugby Awards Saturday in Seattle, with Freda Tafuna and Wyatt Parry receiving, respectively, the MA Sorensen and Rudy Scholz Awards in person.
Standing alone atop women’s college rugby, Freda Tafuna knows she’s not alone. In fact, playing this ultimate of team sports has always been a team game for Tafuna, on and off the field.