Sorensen Award News
Lindenwood University loose forward Freda Tafuna has won the MA Sorensen Award for the second year in a row.
The first multiple winner of the award, Tafuna was a unanimous choice by the Sorensen Award selection committee.
The finalists for the MA Sorensen Award have been named.
These players will be voted on by the MA Sorensen Award Committee to pick the winner.
The MA Sorensen Award is officially presented at a gala event at the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle, Wash. June 7. This will be the 10th awarding of the Sorensen.
Here are 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.
When she runs onto the first Friday Hope Rogers will earn her 50th cap.
The 2016 MA Sorensen Award-winner has been an Eagle for 11 years, but injuries have lurked, forcing her off the team on occasion. Still, one of the best props in women’s rugby anywhere, has made it to 50.