Men's All American Camp Players Named
Men's All American Camp Players Named
The players attending camp for the Men's All Americans have been announced.
Head Coach James Willocks and staff have identified 72 student-athletes for the second annual Men’s Collegiate All-American Selection Camp 2019 beginning tomorrow.
The 2019 assembly will take place in three phases with regional camps hosted on the West and East Coast United States at Silver Lakes Complex in Norco, CA from June 19-22 and Iona College in New Rochelle, NY from June 26-29, respectively.
Both camps will be used to make selections for the final round in Glendale, CO from July 21-28 where the All-Americans will face a newly formed All-Canadian University XVs team on July 27 at Infinity Park. The match will serve as a curtain raiser for the senior Men’s Eagles test match against rival-Canada as part of Pacific Nations Cup 2019.
First, Second and Third team All-Americans will be announced following the match where the full pool of players who originally assembled for Selection Camp will be considered. Athletes who were invited but unavailable to attend at any phase will also be considered for All-American honors.
Selection Camp 2019 will build on the success of its inaugural year where two players went on to make their national team debut including Men’s Eagles’ Chance Wenglewski and Eagles Sevens Marcus Tupuola.
Wenglewski has since earned three caps in fifteens while Tupuola helped the USA Men’s Sevens qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and reach a historic World No. 2 ranking.
Head Coach James Willocks said: “With the vast landscape of college rugby, we’ve been able to utilize the great network of coaches and All-Conference lists to compile a very diverse pool of students across multiple conferences and divisions. We are excited by some of the fresh faces who will compete for a shot at All-American honors. After a very successful camp last year we are excited to get into it. As a staff we are very thankful for the efforts and sacrifices these students, their supporters and families make to allow them to compete at the highest level.”
The 2019 Selection Camp roster features 18 players who return from last year. Athletes at each camp will work directly with All-American staff to train and compete in trial games where performances will be evaluated for advancement to the final round in Colorado.
Tickets for the All-American curtain raiser and senior test match on July 27 at Infinity Park start at only $30 for General Admission at usarugby.org/tickets. One ticket is valid for both games with broadcast details to be announced closer to date.
WEST CAMP ROSTER | NORCO, CA
Name | POSITION | School |
Ethan Alverson | Lock | Colorado |
Christian Bader | Lock | Stanford |
Tommy Clark | Flanker | American International College |
Jamie Demers | Lock | Michigan |
Eric Elsner | Flanker | Minnesota Duluth |
Robert Figley | Flyhalf | Arizona |
John Fondale | Prop | Chico State |
Anton Holm | Flyhalf | Chico State |
Jacob Jenkins | Wing | Cal Maritime |
Juwann Johnson | Center/Wing | Oregon State |
Joseph Kryger | Hooker | Fresno State |
Troy Lockyear | Fullback | Cal |
Tavite Lopeti | Center | St Mary's of California |
Alex Mackenzie | Flanker | Central Washington |
Daynon Matthews | Hooker | Cal Maritime |
Alec McDonnell | Prop | Lindenwood |
Jack Miller | Flanker | Colorado State |
James Mocke | Lock | Brigham Young University |
Ronan Murphy | Loose Forward | St Mary's of California |
Brian Nault | Hooker | Central Washington |
Noah Niumataiwalu | Flyhalf | St Josephs |
Casey Renaud | Lock | Kutztown |
Christopher Rico | Center | Chico State |
Joe Rusert-Cuddy | Flanker | Colorado State |
Jarrad Saint | Scrumhalf | Sacramento State |
Jeremy Santiago | Center | MiraCosta Community College |
Jourden Stanley | Fullback | Angelo State |
Payton Telea-Ilalio | Prop | St Marys of California |
Bronson Teles | Lock | Arizona |
Michael Tumusiime | Flyhalf | Cal Maritime |
Sam Voegele | Prop | Lindenwood Belleville |
Cale Williams | Scrumhalf | Stanford |
Sean Yacoubian | Scrumhalf | St Mary’s of California |
EAST CAMP ROSTER | NEW ROCHELLE, NY
PLAYER NAME | POSITION | SCHOOL |
Anthony Adamcheck | Prop | Penn State |
Paul Adams | Prop | Army West Point |
Pedro Alverez | Flanker | Arkansas State |
John Bradfield | Fullback | Notre Dame College |
Connor Buckley | Scrumhalf | Iona College |
Marco Carrabotta | Prop | Army West Point |
Alex Chura | Fullback | St. Bonaventure |
Chandler Cotton Jr. | Wing | American International College |
Mike Dabulas | Flyhalf | Penn State |
Cameron Davidowicz | Flanker | Plymouth State |
Cameron DiGiorgio | Flanker | Iona College |
Brendon Esson | Flyhalf | Kentucky |
Calvin Gentry | Wing | Arkansas State |
Aaron Gray | Wing | Kutztown |
Jason Green | Wing | Army West Point |
Andrew Guerra | Flanker | Notre Dame College |
Nathaniel Heister | Lock | Ohio State |
Robert Irimescu | Hooker | Penn State |
Mike Islava | Flanker | Life |
Peter Jean | Flanker | Penn State |
Mike Jennings | Lock | Penn State |
Mason Koch | Hooker | Dartmouth College |
Tabo Maree | Flanker | Arkansas State |
Santiago Mascolo | Flanker | Iona College |
Harry Masters | Scrumhalf | Mary Washington |
Mike Matarazzo | Lock | Notre Dame |
Julian Montes | Prop | Life |
Eamonn Matthews | Scrumhalf | St. Bonaventure |
Kareem Odeh | Prop | Life |
Luke Persanis | Scrumhalf | Delaware |
Tanner Pope | Prop | Arkansas State |
Connor Robinson | Prop | Boston College |
Ryan Santos | Center | Harvard |
Michael Scarcella | Center | Iona College |
Patrick Sheehy | Flyhalf | Dartmouth College |
Andrew Skow | Prop | Dartmouth College |
Tyler Sousley | Center | Indiana |
Tosh Wilcox | Flanker | Brigham Young University |
Maxim Zhitnik | Center | Fordham |
MEN’S COLLEGIATE ALL-AMERICAN STAFF
Head Coach | James Willocks
Assistant Coach | Blake Bradford
Assistant Coach | Justin Hundley
Assistant Coach | Tui Osborne
Assistant Coach | Paul Emerick
Strength and Conditioning | Jim Haley
Performance Analyst | Paul Caron
Performance Analyst | Phil Terrigno
Team Manager | Kevin McCorry