The Girls High School All Americans (GHSAA)
Powered by ATAVUS held its East Winter Camp in Clermont, Fla. From Feb. 12-15, 40 players lived the high performance lifestyle at the National Training Center and all are hoping for selection to upcoming All American tours.
GHSAA head coach Farrah Douglas was joined by assistant coaches Emily Bydwell, Anna Kunkel and Richard Ramirez, all of whom were present during the West Winter Camp in mid-January. Sarah Leslie served as physio and Carrie Dubray the team manager.
“The overall purpose of the GHSAA Winter Camps is identifying and assessing players within the HSAA pool and then further developing select or high-performing players through additional training and international competition against Canadian teams,” Douglas told USA Rugby.
Akin to the West Winter Camp, there were many new faces in Florida, but there was also a good group of returners who set the standard for performance. Bayleigh Gable (who just signed with Army West Point), Renee Gonzalez and Emily Henrich all represented the All Americans during last summer’s two-game series against the BC U18s. Players like Megan Bird, Giovanna Ferguson, Delia Hellander and Elizabeth Wilson have a ton of experience with all-star teams like Atlantis and ATAVUS.
The All Americans will be competing at the Vancouver Rugby Festival, the amateur tournament that runs alongside the HSBC Women’s Seven Series stop on April 16-17. The ATAVUS all-stars will be competing at the LVI 7s.
GHSAA East Winter Camp
Ify Agali – North Kansas City Snow (Mo.)
Megan Bird – Oak Creek (Wisc.)
Jordan Butcher – McMinn Tribe (Tenn.)
KC Byrd – Raptor (Colo.)
Emma Conrad – Fond du Lac (Wisc.)
Alex DiMarco – White Horse (Pa.)
Zoe Duffield – Essex County (Mass.)
Giovanna Ferguson – Play Rugby USA Academy (N.Y.)
Hannah Fultz – Valley (Iowa)
Bayleigh Gable – Grandville (Mich.)
Hannah Garcia – Warsaw (Ind.)
Katherine Gearheart – Penn (Ind.)
Renee Gonzalez – Armstrong (Minn.)
Maya Grassi – North Penn (Pa.)
Delia Hellander – Morris (N.J.)
Emily Henrich – Orchard Park (N.Y.)
Tatum Johnson – North Suburban (Minn.)
Victoria Jones – Noblesville (Ind.)
Allison Koenig – Catholic Memorial (Wisc.)
Paige Krahling – White Horse (Pa.)
Clara Lemal-Brown – Syracuse Silver Hawks (N.Y.)
Makayla Lowe – McMinn Tribe (Tenn.)
Daisy Manoa – Danville (Calif.)
Carly McMahon – West End (Va.)
Christina Norman – Sebastian River (Fla.)
Alie Ramage – Morris /NJ Blaze (N.J.)
Julia Riekena – Missoula Valley (Mt.)
Annie Rolf – Saint Joseph’s (Ohio)
Meaghan Schmidt – Catholic Memorial (Wisc.)
Haylee Schull – Armstrong (Minn.)
Avriel Sika – KC United (Mo.)
Samantha Tancredi – North Bay (Md.)
Abigail Tobias – West End (Va.)
Elizabeth Walicki – Catholic Memorial (Wisc.)
Meg Walker – DSHA (Wisc.)
Anneliese Watry – Brookfield (Wisc.)
Rachel White – Algonquin (Mass.)
Brianna Whitfield – NJ Blaze (N.J.)
Elizabeth Wilson – West End (Va.)
Erin Wright – Catholic Memorial (Wisc.)