A selection of leagues across the country cap their fall rugby seasons with the naming of all-state or all-conference teams. Generally, these are honorary teams in that the players are voted onto the squad and will not assemble to actually compete in an event. But that’s not exclusively the case. Either way, a virtual all-star team is an easy way to highlight individual performances and radiate pride through a league’s membership, regardless of where a team finished in the standings.

There are several state and regional all-star teams that do compete in the fall, and players are generally named to those teams via tryouts and coach recommendations. In the high school sphere, Old North State 15s (N.C.) and New York 7s saw select sides assemble. And a special showing between PNW Loggers and Idaho’s Toa was a highlight of the Premier Rugby 7s All-Star event in Portland. In January 2025, the NCR All-Star 7s Tournament (Ga.) will bring together a slew of conference all-star teams. And in the senior club realm, eight select sides competed toward Mary Graham All-Star 15s titles in Texas.

HIGH SCHOOL

The following high school rugby organizations named honorary all-state teams at the end of their seasons. Do note, however, that there were many more states active this fall than those listed below. Indiana (Westside Revenge), Missouri (Saints), North Carolina (Hough), NorCal (St. Francis HS), Ohio (West Pitt), Oregon (Summit HS), Tennessee (Father Ryan), among others named champs. Fall 2024 also saw some states — like Connecticut and Washington — lean into 7s.

WISCONSIN 15s

Wisconsin is one of two states — Michigan being the other — that plays its championship 15s season in the fall. Divine Savior Holy Angels (DSHA) is the 2024 champion. Wisconsin Girls Rugby also named Madison with the Team Sportsmanship Award, and DSHA’s Michael and Aimee Walsh, Julie Rausch and Michael Anich with the Spirit of the Game Award. (Key: * 2023 all-state member, + 2022 all-state, ! 2021 All-State)

ALL-STATE BACKS

Seniors
Camarie Brown – Bruisers
Caitlyn Dieman*+ – Hamilton
Payton Krenz – Hamilton
Reese Lomen – Catholic Memorial
Haley Meneses – Hamilton
Cecelia Rose*! – Green Bay
Riley Vertz – Bruisers
Jocelyn Widrig* – Green Bay

Juniors
Lilli Bilicki – Catholic Memorial
Ana Byrne* – DSHA
Maria Hilbert* – DSHA
Bella Jankowski* – Green Bay
Molly McGown – DSHA
Mia Minnesale – DSHA
Sonia Percovic* – DSHA
Marge Richburg – DSHA
Kate Sheahan – Catholic Memorial
Sophia Sommerfeld – Catholic Memorial
Ella Vrank* – Catholic Memorial

ALL-STATE FORWARDS

Seniors
Kate Ambrose* – DSHA
Kate Bolen – SPASH
Maddie Demares – Catholic Memorial
Sienna Ebo*+ – DSHA
Marigold Fritz* – Catholic Memorial
Brianna Henry* – DSHA
Josie Nickel – SPASH

Juniors
Claire Foy – DSHA
Paula Goezt – DSHA
Grace Houts* – Hamilton
Zion Lavoe – DSHA
Cassy Lewandowski* – Catholic Memorial
Mary Rebholz – DSHA
Maddie Savoie* – DSHA
Elle Schoenwetter – Hamilton

Sophomores
Stella Gustafson* – Madison
Olivia Konshak – Green Bay
Autumn King – Green Bay

Freshmen
Brin Bayer – Fox Cities
Carleigh Craig – Green Bay

COLORADO 7s

The state of Colorado holds two concurrent 7s seasons in the fall. There’s Colorado Interscholastic Rugby Association (CIRA), which supports competition for single-school teams; and Rugby Colorado (RCO), the state rugby organization, which provides competition for single- and multi-school teams. They name separate champions but cross over during friendly tournaments throughout the fall. Summit HS won the CIRA title, and Hammers out of Fort Collins won Rugby Colorado. Both RCO and CIRA then provide a game for their all-state teams, and are the only state organizations to do so.

CIRA ALL-STATE

FIRST TEAM
Delilah Staberg (Sr) — Summit
Hailey Russer (Jr) — Summit
Kaliyah Schimpf (Jr) — Monarch
Olivia Lyman (Sr) — Summit
Sadie Slahetka (Sr) — Summit
Shaylah Nelson (Sr) Tigers
Skyler Gurmendi (So) — Monarch
Teagan Barth (Jr) — Summit

SECOND TEAM
Abrianna Logan (Jr) — Monarch
Alanna Quammie (So) — Monarch
Audrey Tatro (Sr) — Eagle Valley
CJ Traylor (So) — Summit
Elle Chabot (Jr) — Summit
Hannah Webb (So) — Summit
Jeni Bradford (So) — Summit
Kylee Mercer (Sr) — Palmer

RCO ALL-STATE

Ava Armstrong – East
Sophia Cain – East
Leilani Borja-Bravo – Valor
Samantha Bufmack – Regis Jesuit HS
Sarah Callahan – Valor
Esme Gates – Hammers RC
Careena Geiger – Highlands Ranch
Ellie Gerringer – Highlands Ranch
Brooke Harnisch – Lumberjackies
Emily Keel – Valor
Hermina Lehman – Lumberjackies
Milani McCartney – Highlands Ranch
Kenzie Melies – Hammers RC
Sierra Nordwald – Lumberjackies
Lina O’Neil – Hammers RC
Colleen Pike – Hammers RC
Hazel Pron – Regis Jesuit HS
Mackenzie Rauch – Lumberjackies
Cadence Schedlbauer – Hammers RC
Addi Schreuder – Lumberjackies
Briana Searle – East
Jordynn Shannonhouse – Regis Jesuit HS
Keira Snyman – Valor
Lucy Walker – East
Keaira White – Hammers RC

HONORABLE MENTION
Julia Arnett – Highlands Ranch
Charley Beken – Lumberjackies
Kairine Brown – East
Gena Karpiel – Hammers
Cleo Melville – Valor
Arianna Rios – Regis Jesuit HS
Lauren Rudibaugh – Lumberjackies
Marisol Shukie – Regis Jesuit HS
Jane Stevens – Hammers

IDAHO

Idaho runs single-school 7s in the fall and names school district and state champions. Rocky Mountain HS is the repeat titleholder. Many of the following players then funneled into the Toa 7s team that beat the Pacific Northwest U18s at the PR 7s event in Portland in November.

FIRST TEAM
Camryn McKinlay – Centennial
Ella Elordi – Eagle
Kanani Watts – Eagle
Olivia Frisby – Meridian
Katelyn Fowler – Middleton
Kylie Fowler – Middleton
Isabel Jenks – Mountain View
Camille Jepson – Mountain View
Amanda Homer – Owyhee
Clair Smith – Owyhee
Alyssa Hine – Rocky Mountain
Meg Thomason – Rocky Mountain
Paige Thomason – Rocky Mountain

SECOND TEAM
Anna Niyongabire – Boise
Katelynn Swanson – Centennial
Madisen Cerda – Eagle
Tommy Stone – Eagle
Danika Castillo – Emmett
Mallory Howell – Meridian
Kenzie Thornton – Meridian
Finlee Fried – Middleton
Jaycie Edwards – Mountain View
Rebekah Jenks – Mountain View
Elsie Kennedy – Owyhee
Allie Parry – Owhyee
Aubrey Phillips – Rocky Mountain

HONORABLE MENTIONS
Scarlett Dodge – Boise Combo
Chiara Donovan – Boise Combo
Audrey Mitchell – Centennial
Anna Petzinger – Eagle
Jayden Coburn – Emmett
Erin Hadley – Emmett
Sara King – Emmett
Naomi Orton – Meridian
Lexi Vogt – Meridian
Gracie Coombs – Middleton
Amelia Walker – Middleton
Brynlee Farnsworth – Mountain View
Avery Disbrow – Rocky Mountain
Reece Moody – Rocky Mountain

PENNSYLVANIA

Rugby Pennsylvania’s fall 7s championship culminated with Downingtown hoisting the trophy. The state rugby organization then held in-person tryouts for a representative team to New York 7s. The caveat here is that several top performers in Pennsylvania had already committed to teams like Atlantis, The Rugby Advantage and EGRL for NY 7s, and thus could not represent the state. But with the wealth of options, Rugby PA was able to provide more opportunity to more players, and the team performed well in the Girls U18 Club Division.

ALL-STATE FOR NY 7s
Laura Brosovic – West Pitt
Ella Frey – West Pitt
Mia Genoni – Conestoga HS
Eleanor Guise – Cumberland Valley HS
Gianna Jones – Coventry
Kylie Locke – Knightmare
Taylor Major – Conestoga HS
Julia Shrader – Conestoga HS
Olivia Shepler – Knightmare
Ava Steed – West Pitt
Esmeralda Tellez – Berks County
Ava Thayer – West Pitt
Lailani Williams – Blackthorn

COLLEGE

Naming honorary all-conference teams isn’t a regular practice for colleges, but a handful have taken it upon themselves to acknowledge standouts across their respective competitions. It is worth noting that NCR (to which the two conferences below belong) holds an annual 7s all-star tournament in January, and conferences contribute all-star teams for that competition: See rosters. NCR plays 15s in the fall but doesn’t name all-championship teams. NIRA, the competition for NCAA varsity programs, also plays championship 15s in the fall and will publish its 2024 All-Americans in the new year, so stay tuned. The third women’s college organization — CRAA — is rooted in the spring.

BIG 10

FIRST TEAM
FORWARDS
Brooke Blomquist – Adrian
Isabel Perez – Michigan St
Ella Hall – Notre Dame
Ella Kibbe – Indiana
Ella McCalmont – Michigan
Bergan Zebrauskas – Purdue

BACKS
Lucia Caluseriu – Indiana
Kenzie Ennis – Michigan
Liz Jewell – Michigan St
Raquel Muniz Bermudez – Notre Dame
Tessa Weisgerber – Purdue
Madison Williamson – Adrian

SECOND TEAM
FORWARDS
Mary Akers – Indiana
Lucy Benedek – Purdue
Rebecca Dooley – Michigan
Josie Hauser – Adrian
Lindsay Hunt – Michigan St
Megan Tremblay – Notre Dame

BACKS
Bailey Barton – Purdue
Mia Blocher – Notre Dame
Chloe Casenave – Michigan St
Katie Gale – Michigan
Mac McDonald – Adrian
Aleka Zinn – Indiana

RUGBY NORTHEAST

DIVISION I
FORWARDS
Sarah Brookman – UMASS
Maggie Devlin – UCONN
Amelia Donnellan – UMASS
Emily Gleeson – UCONN
Molly McAlevey – Northeastern
Emma MacNeill – Northeastern
Daisy Palacio – Boston College
Arianna Subscribe – Boston

BACKS
Lillian Bass – Boston
Kourtney Bichotte-Dunner – Northeastern
Casey Chin – URI
Anna Griffiths – UCONN
Jordan Kreisler – Northeastern
Sarah Ryan – Boston College
Catherine Volans – Boston College

DIVISION II + III
FORWARDS
Bianca Arias – Bentley
Lauren Buley – UMaine-Orono
Ginny Lash – Colby
Valentina Meza – UMass Lowell
Danyela Poore – Roger Williams
Ishaani Sharma – Middlebury
Madelyn Tupper – UMaine-Orono

BACKS
Bianca Caprio – Roger Williams
Sarah DiClemente – Providence College
Leila Gerry – Colby
Jojo Hayes – Middleburg
Brooke Kulaga – Colby
Grace McFerran – Bentley
Hazel Salazar – Wheaton
Danielle Vogt – Roger Williams