WRWC Eagle Sara Parsons / Photo: Jackie Finlan
Read USA Rugby’s original press release.
The USA Women’s National Team pool is assembling for the first time since the Women’s Rugby World Cup in August 2017, and the five-day, high-performance training camp (July 30-August 3) at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center will mark head coach Rob Cain’s first assignment since being hired in May.
Below are the 60 athletes who are heading to Southern California at the end of the month, and two slots are being held for top performers at the WPL All-Star Game in Denver. For consistency purposes, this list is updated to indicate which 15s clubs (versus 7s teams or programs) players represented in the 2017-18 season, the exceptions being those who focused on 7s this past year. Additionally, those players who graduated high school this year, their new collegiate program for the fall is listed in parentheses (Salote Tausinga is the lone current high schooler). There are also several players who graduated from college this spring and we’re eager to see where they land for the 2018-19 15s season.
JULY HP TRAINING CAMP
Sui A’au – Central Washington
Tiana A’au – Central Washington
Milla Anderson – Dartmouth
* Kathryn Augustyn – Berkeley
Cassidy Bargell – Summit HS (Harvard)
* Catherine Benson – Life West
Amelia Bizer – San Diego (recently cleared fr DL)
* Stacey Bridges – Twin Cities (DNP 17 WPL)
+ Tahlia Brody – New York
Kaitlyn Broughton – Life Univ
Julia Buescher – Kansas City Jazz
Sarah Buonopane – USA 7s player pool
Nicole Burr – Augusta
Ashley Byrge – WCAP, USA 7s player pool
Elizabeth Cairns – Life West
Gabriella Cantorna – Penn State
+ Gio Cruz – New York
Lucy Dawson – Philadelphia
Jennine Duncan – Seattle
Rachel Ehrecke – Penn State
* Tess Feury – Penn State
+ Megan Foster – San Diego
Jaz Gray – Raleigh
Eti Haungatau – Sacramento Amazons (Lindenwood)
Mata Hingano – Life West
McKenzie Hawkins – Lindenwood
Emily Henrich – Orchard Park HS (Dartmouth)
Kayla Hunkin-Clark – AIC
Leah Ingold – Central Washington
* Nicole James – Houston Athletic
Jennifer Johnson – Central Washington
Rachel Johnson – Oregon Sports Union
Nikki Kenyon – Life West
+ Joanna Kitlinski – Glendale Merlins
Haley Langan – Harvard
Etta Mailau – Utah Vipers
Saskia Morgan – Scion
Azniv Nalbandian – Penn State
Michel Navarro – Central Washington
* Sara Parsons – San Diego
MaryJane Pasioles – Central Washington
Anna Karen Pedraza – Lindenwood
*+ Christiane Pheil – Chicago North Shore
Katherine Ramage – Dartmouth
* Jamila Reinhardt – at large
* Hope Rogers – USA 7s player pool
Megan Rom – Life Univ
* Kimber Rozier – Scion
Francesca Sands – Dartmouth
Alex Sedrick – Life Univ
Asinate Serevi – Central Washington
Hayden Short – U.S. Coast Guard Academy
* Kristine Sommer – Seattle
Nicole Strasko – Life West
Adi Finau Tamaivena – Seattle Saracens
Joycelynn Taufa – Lindenwood
Salote Tausinga – Sacramento Amazons
Lauren Thunen – UC Santa Barbara
*+ Alycia Washington – New York
Carly Waters – Penn State
+ WPL All-Star Game
* 2017 WRWC 15s vet
WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM STAFF
JULY HIGH PERFORMANCE TRAINING CAMP
Head Coach | Rob Cain
* Event Manager / Set Piece Apprentice | Tiff Faaee
Assistant Coach | Kate Daley
Assistant Coach | Wil Snape
* Assistant Coach | Richard Ashfield
Assistant Coach | JD Stephenson
Guest Coach | Jack Baird
Head of Performance Analysis | Dave Gardner
Head of Physical Performance | Ian Jones
Sports Scientist | Bobby Lucas
* Head Athletic Trainer | Bri Arsenault
Athletic Trainer | Brit Schenck