Alle English played four years with the Thunderbirds before joining NCAA’s Queens (Photo: Amy Nicholson)
Midwest High School Thunderbird head coach Garrett Fisher has been keeping track of the players who have participated in the regional all-star program and then continued into collegiate rugby (see below). The following list includes players in NIRA (the NCAA varsity league), USA’s Rugby DI Elite and Division I, and NSCRO.
“We don’t claim or believe we ‘made’ these players,” Fisher honored the many factors that influence an athlete’s success. “The players did the hard work. We just helped them get more exposure from playing with better players, against higher-level competition, and possibly putting them in contact with coaches.”
MIDWEST HS THUNDERBIRDS IN COLLEGE
HOME STATE
Name (# years with the Midwest) – College / College Competition
* HS All-American camp invite
INDIANA
Maria Bashmakov (2) – Queens Univ. / NIRA
Grace Kraley (1) – Notre Dame University / NIRA
Emma Morris (1) – Indiana University / DI
Libby Moser (2)* – Quinnipiac / NIRA
Megan Reed (2) – Queens Univ. / NIRA
Mikayla Tatum (1) – Queens Univ. / NIRA
IOWA
Grace Estes (1) – Iowa / DI
Hannah Fultz (2) – Northern Iowa / DI
Sydney Julich (2) – Lindenwood / DI ELITE
MICHIGAN
Corryn Bush (1) – Davenport / DI
Bayleigh Gable (1) – Army West Point / NIRA
Bethany Gable (2)* – Davenport / DI
Alexandra Hyde (2) – Lindenwood / DI ELITE
Addy Ochoa (1) – Davenport / DI
Matja Vanderhorst (3)* – Quinnipiac / NIRA
MINNESOTA
Haley Andreasen (1) – West Chester / NIRA
Renee Gonzalez (2) – Quebec / INT
Sophia Haley (1) – Dartmouth / NIRA
Tatum Johnson (2) – Life / DI ELITE
Hannah Struzyk (2) – Queens Univ. / NIRA
Haylee Thull (2) – Lindenwood / DI ELITE
OHIO
Regina Baldado (3) – Notre Dame College / NIRA
Hannah Bazemore (2) – Notre Dame College / NIRA
Aubrey Boing (2) – Notre Dame College / NIRA
Maia Breeden (3) – Denison University / NSCRO
Samira Colbert (4) – Denison University / NSCRO
Alle English (4)* – Queens Univ. / NIRA
Cynthia Fuentes (2) – Notre Dame College / NIRA
Izzi Gibbon (1) – Penn State / DI ELITE
Saher Hamden (3)* – Norte Dame College / NIRA
Clara Lemal-Brown (3)* – Quinnipiac / NIRA
Sara Odetallah (2) – Notre Dame College / NIRA
Raina Perciak (1) – Notre Dame College / NIRA
Bailey Regan (2) – Kent State / DI
Alyssa Riedel (1) – Notre Dame College / NIRA
Annie Rolf (3)* – Lindenwood / DI ELITE
Rachel Slater (1) – Harvard / NIRA
Hannah Trommer (2)* – Kent State University / DI
Jayla Twitty (2)* – Alderson Broaddus / NSCRO
Erin Ward (2) – Denison University / NSCRO
Caitlin Weigel (1)* – Harvard / NIRA
Kelly Zagora (1) – Ohio State University / DI
Allexus Zielinski (2) – Denison University / NSCRO
WISCONSIN
Abby Andler (2) – Winona State / DI
Emily Becker (2) – Winona State / DI
Zoe Bierce (1) – Wisconsin / DI
Megan Bird (3)* – Davenport / DI
Emma Conrad (3)* – Lindenwood / DI ELITE
Crystal Jehly (2) – Minnesota / DI
Jenna Klenz (2)* – Queens Univ. / NIRA
Bella Lubsey (3) – LIU Post / NIRA
Julie Lutzen (2) – Winona State / NIRA
Emily Morris (1) – Lindenwood / DI ELITE
Lizzy Walicki (1) – Quinnipiac / NIRA
Megan Wright (2) – Virginia Tech / DI
Makinzie Youngblood (2) – Sacred Heart / NIRA