College Rugby Recruits for 2025-26

High school student-athletes are announcing their collegiate rugby plans for the 2025-26 school year, and TRB will track those alignments as individuals and rugby programs post public updates. This perpetually updated list will also include any collegiate transfer students or 2024-25 mid-season commitments. Check back often and send updates to editor@therugbybreakdown.com. • Check out the 2024-25 list.

AQUINAS COLLEGE
NCR Division III • Grand Rapids, Mich.
• Saige Baldwin – Rockford HS, Mich.
• Drew Dauser – Rockford HS, Mich.
• Taryn MacMillan – Westside Revenge, Ind.
• Aaliyah Morin – Grand Haven, Mich.
• Lilly Stough – Waverly Shell Rock, Iowa
• Abby Wegener – Idaho Falls, Idaho
• Taniya West – Chicago Lions, Ill.

AMERICAN INT’L COLLEGE
NCAA Division II • Springfield, Mass.
• Serinity McClure — Riverdale HS, Warriors Rugby, TN

BROWN UNIVERSITY
NCAA Division I • Providence, R.I.
• Abby Cirillo – Morris, N.J.
• Charlotte Davies – Downingtown, Pa.
• Lauren Huang – Greenwich HS, Conn.
• Lily McGettigan – Downingtown, Pa.
• Naomi Van Zandt – San Mateo Wolverines, Calif.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
DIA • Ellensburg, Wash.
• Charlotte Brandt – Tempe, Ariz.
• Emily Farrow – Lantau, Hong Kong
• Alyssa Hine – Rocky Mountain, Idaho
• Aubrey Phillips – Rocky Mountain, Idaho

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
NCAA Division I • Hanover, N.H.
• Arielle Sorelle Noussa Fotso – Carmel, Ind.
• Kiona Hill – Liberty, Wash.
• Aby Lambert – New Hampshire
• Marley Larkin – Majestics, Utah
• Olivia Lyman – Summit HS, Colo.
• Reece Moody – Rocky Mountain, Meridian, Idaho
• Morgan Whelan – Downingtown, Pa.

DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY
NCAA Division II • Grand Rapids, Mich.
• Liv Graham – Grandville, Mich.
• Emily Jackson – Rockford, Mich.
• Taliilani Margraff – Woodlands RFC, Lovelady, Texas

DRURY UNIVERSITY
NCR Division II • Springfield, Mo.
• Emerson Kraus – Saints Rugby, Kan.

EMORY & HENRY UNIVERSITY
NCR Division III • Emory, Va.
• Madison Hunt – Riverdale Rugby, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
• Andrea Lopez – Innercity Rugby of Nashville, Tenn.

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (ENG)
• Jess Pascoe – Downingtown Rugby, Pa.

FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY
NCAA Division II • Frostburg, Md.
• Cosima Carey – Highland HS, Ohio
• Alexi Finnigan – Churchville, N.Y.
• Elyn McGowan – Watkins Memorial HS, Ohio
• Nora Million – Downingtown, Pa.
• Jayden Powers – Salem, W.V.
• Isabella Sage – Riverdale HS, Tenn.
• Seven Su’esu’e – The Woodlands, Texas

GUILFORD COLLEGE
NCAA Division III • Greensboro, N.C.
• Ashley Davison – Kalispell, Mont.
• Kaydence Ector – Beaver Dams, N.Y.
• Emma Jones – Clayton, N.C.
• Caitlyn Reese – Noblesville, Ind.
• Aspen Weinberg – West Carroll, Md.

GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY
CRAA Division I • Phoenix, Ariz.
• Sophia Clasen – East County Grackles, Ore.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
NCAA Division I • Cambridge, Mass.
• Madelyn Hubbell – St Joseph Academy, Cleveland, Ohio
• Mikayla Lord – Rundle College HS, Calgary, Canada
• Sana’a Lunon – State College, Pa.

LA SALLE UNIVERSITY
NCAA Division I • Philadelphia, Pa.
• Bailey Borum Gray – Hough Rugby, N.C.
• Kaylie Castro – Tampa, Fla.
• Maeve Delaney – Raleigh, N.C.
• Quinn Franck – Murrieta, Calif.
• Finley Larson – Cedar Falls, Iowa
• Taylor Major – Conestoga, Pa.
• Claire Meislahn – Southeast Polk, Iowa
• Natalia Phillips – Orchard Park, N.Y.
• Alyssa Post – Rockford, Mich.
• Nora Rosenburg – Doylestown, Pa.
• Isabella Titus – Raleigh, N.C.
• Mallory Weronko – Rockford, Mich.
• Jocelyn Widrig – Pulaski, Wis.

LANDER UNIVERSITY
NCR Division I • Greenwood, S.C.
• Abby Hales – Valkyries Rugby, S.C.

LIFE UNIVERSITY
CRAA DIA • Marietta, Ga.
• Olivia Frisby – Meridian, Idaho

LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY
NCAA Division I • St. Charles, Mo.
• Sam Levne – San Diego, Calif.
• Nalu Liufau – Belmont Shore, Calif.
• Khalea Pahulu – Belmont Shore, Calif.
• Likki Rarick – Majestics, Utah

MOUNT ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY
NCAA Division I • Emmitsburg, Md.
• Gaby Lomuto – Algonquin HS, Mass.

NEWBERRY COLLEGE
NCAA Division II • Newberry, S.C.
College dropped program in November 2024

NORWICH UNIVERSITY 
NCR Division II
• Amber Oberg – Northborough, Mass.

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
CRAA Division I • Eugene, Ore.
• Jay Tarka – East County Grackles, Oregon.

QUEENS UNIV OF CHARLOTTE
NCAA Division I • Charlotte, N.C.
• Zoe Bartlett – Summit HS, Bend, Ore.
• Evelyn Brown – Charlotte Tigers, N.C.
• Tyler Dickens – Mount St. Mary’s transfer (Raleigh, N.C.)
• Marilyn Duncan – Roswell Rebels, Marietta, Ga.
• Anna Dunham – Mooresville, N.C.
• Zoe Harmer – Corning, N.Y.
• Ella Litwin-Scanzani – Wando Wahine, Charleston, S.C.
• Alana Reece – Raleigh, N.C.

QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY
NCAA Division I • Hamdan, Conn.
• Rebecca Balladares – West Carroll, Silver Spring, Md.
• Soryah Hart – Westside Revenge, Avon, Ind.
• Emily Hartman – Sacramento Harlequins, Calif.
• Carolyn Melody – West Carroll, Emmitsburg, Md.
• Emma Perez – Sacramento Harlequins, Calif.
• Delilah Staberg – Summit, Silverthorne, Colo.
• Ava Decooper Wride – Norwich, England

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
State College, Pa.
• Jada Bergelt – North Bay Rugby, Md.

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
NCAA Division I • Princeton, N.J.
• Sara Zavieh – Atlanta Valkyries, Roswell, Ga.

SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY
NCAA Division I • Fairfield, Conn.
• Niamh McLaughlin – Algonquin HS, Mass.

ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY
NCR Division I • St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
• Gia Fanutti – Orchard Park HS, N.Y.
• Izzy Knutson – Syracuse Silverhawks, Liverpool, N.Y.
• Alyssa Prucha – Highland HS, Medina, Ohio
• Triniti Shaffer – Riverdale HS, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
• Lexi Thompson – St Thomas Aquinas, Ontario, Canada

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
NCR Division II • Syracuse, N.Y.
• Rebecca Kakule – Wilbraham & Monson Academy, Mass.

U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY
NCAA Division I • West Point, N.Y.
• Kadence Mazzanti – Mother Lode Rugby, Calif.

WALSH UNIVERSITY
NCR Division I • North Canton, Ohio
• Adina Castillo – Perrysburg HS, Perrysburg, Ohio
• Reagan Merkel – Brunswick HS, Brunswick, Ohio
• Lily Thompson – Brunswick HS, Brunswick, Ohio
• DiaEstrela Young – Milpitas HS, Milpitas, Calif.

WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY
NCAA Division II • West Chester, Pa.
• Olivia Amann – Downingtown West HS, Downingtown Rugby, Pa.
• Paige Binderup – Penn Manor HS, Washington Boro, Pa.
• Skye Dreher – Grand Island Sr HS, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Ella Hoke – STEM Academy, Downingtown Rugby, Pa.
• Amelia Johnson – Fairfield Wade HS, Fairfield, Conn.
• Makaela Snow – West Chester East HS, Exton, Pa.
• Raeleigh Sparzak – North Bay, Md.
• Evie Staehle – West Chester East HS, Exton, Pa.

WHEELING UNIVERSITY
NCR Division I • Wheeling, Va.
• Vanessa Aguilera – Hough HS, Cornelius, N.C.
• Kylie Baigent – Missoula Stampede, Mont.
• Camarie Brown – Bruisers Rugby, Wauwatosa, Wis.
• Sophia Dunham – Warsaw, Ind.
• Milena Hammons – Holy Trinity Catholic HS, Ottawa, Canada
• Grace Lissow – Columbia Central HS, Hampshire, Tenn.
• Payton Olivas – Spartans RC, Alvin, Texas
• Kaiah Grace Long – Warsaw HS, Warsaw, Ind.
• Arianna Pappas – Valkyries Rugby, Ga.
• Savannah Parris – Spring Hill HS, Columbia, Tenn.
• Viviane Skenteris – Charlotte Cardinals, Greenville, S.C.
• Janei Alai Taupule – Thunder Rugby, Oceanside, Calif.
• Brooke Taylor – Scottsdale RC, San Tan Valley, Ariz.
• Maggie Twigg – Wando Rugby, Charleston, S.C.