GRR: West Point
US Military Academy co-captain Logan Pearce was named Army Athletic Association Athlete of the Week for his performance in helping Army Rugby defeated Cornell 49-0.
Below is a video interview with the senior, who was a firt-team all-academic HS football player in Ohio and is from Lakewood, Ohio. He is a chemical engineering major and will graduate this coming spring.
Call it the Redemption Bowl, or maybe just call it the biggest college game of the weekend, either way, Penn State visiting Army at West Point has its share of stories.
Cornell University hosts West Point this weekend in the opening match for both teams for this fall.
As Goff Rugby Report reported on July 18 that they would, the US Military Academy made men’s and women’s rugby varsity Friday, marking a dramatic turnaround for the men’s program.
The United States Military Academy rugby teams will be made varsity programs starting August 1.
The decision, made by the USMA Senior Policy Board, which is chaired by the Academy's Superintendent, Lt. Gen. David H. Hunton, Jr., comes on the heels of a disciplinary action against the Army men's team, an action that began in the spring of 2013.