The USA Rugby U23 All-Star 15s Tournament brings the country's best age grade talent together at one location – this year, Clearwater, Minn., a convenient location for the head of the USA Rugby High Performance Pathway Program for women, Martha Daines. In a dense field of talent, Midwest loose forward Ava Reuter was named U23 MVP and is rolling that leading performance into her role as captain of NCAA DI Lindenwood University next season. [lead photo: Jasun Blocher]
Reuter's mother, Myra Sandquist-Reuter, represented the USA at the 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup, so the . . .