Honorary Men's Collegiate All-Americans announced for 2016-17 school year
LAFAYETTE, Colo. – USA Rugby has announced a list of 122 student-athletes named to the Men’s Collegiate All-Americans for the 2016-17 season. The comprehensive list includes a combined 30 players honored with First XV and Second XV recognition in 15s, 72 on the Honorable Mention list, and 36 athletes – including a dozen from the Division II ranks – as Sevens All-Americans.
“The Collegiate All-American staff, working with coaches around the country, the Collegiate Director, and HP Manager, have identified this year’s Honorary List,” USA Rugby AIG Men’s Collegiate All-American Head Coach Gavin Hickie said. “Each year, the All-American Honorary List becomes tougher to select, due to the increased competition and standards set by our student-athletes.
“Congratulations to all those selected and we hope to work with a number of these student-athletes in our game against Oxford University later this year.”
D1A Rugby‘s top-three ranked teams – Saint Mary’s College, Life University, and Cal – lead from the front with three players from each program receiving the nod for First XV selection. Life’s one-loss season paved the way for 10 total players to be named 15s All-Americans – more than any other school.
Harley Davidson (Life), Matt Jensen (Brigham Young University), Cody Melphy (Life), and Russell Webb (University of California, Berkeley) were the four lone All-Americans to return to the First XV from the 2015-16 First XV squad.
Lindenwood University, winner of the 2017 USA Rugby College 7s National Championships, had the most players rewarded with places on the All-American Sevens teams. Seven Lions made the All-American cut in the Olympic code of rugby, while the Division II College 7s National Champion, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, placed a pair of athletes on the DII All-American side.
Collegiate All-American First XV
1. Kevin Sullivan – University of California, Berkeley [su_stats cms=”1117″ class=”icon”]
2. Chad Gough – University of Utah [su_stats cms=”872″ class=”icon”]
3. Chance Wenglewski – Lindenwood University [su_stats cms=”624″ class=”icon”]
4. Connor Sweet – University of California, Berkeley [su_stats cms=”1117″ class=”icon”]
5. Matthew Jensen – Brigham Young University [su_stats cms=”1459″ class=”icon”]
6. Alec Barton – Saint Mary’s College [su_stats cms=”611″ class=”icon”]
7. Kevin O’Connor – Saint Mary’s College [su_stats cms=”611″ class=”icon”]
8. Maciu Koroi – Life University [su_stats cms=”623″ class=”icon”]
9. Holden Youngert – Saint Mary’s College [su_stats cms=”611″ class=”icon”]
10. Russell Webb – University of California, Berkeley [su_stats cms=”1117″ class=”icon”]
11. Harley Davidson – Life University [su_stats cms=”623″ class=”icon”]
12. Cody Melphy – Life University [su_stats cms=”623″ class=”icon”]
13. Bryce Campbell – Indiana University [su_stats cms=”597″ class=”icon”]
14. Marcus Tupuola – Notre Dame College [su_stats cms=”654″ class=”icon”]
15. Cristian Rodriguez – Lindenwood University [su_stats cms=”624″ class=”icon”]
Collegiate All-American Second XV
1. Estevan Florez – Life University [su_stats cms=”623″ class=”icon”]
2. Peter Malcolm – Wheeling Jesuit University [su_stats cms=”621″ class=”icon”]
3. Alex Maughan – Life University [su_stats cms=”623″ class=”icon”]
4. Thomas Cheslek – Davenport University [su_stats cms=”622″ class=”icon”]
5. Jeremy Lenaerts – Central Washington University [su_stats cms=”1017″ class=”icon”]
6. Malcolm May – Pennsylvania State University [su_stats cms=”617″ class=”icon”]
7. Khristoffer Walser – Arkansas State University [su_stats cms=”870″ class=”icon”]
8. Vili Helu – Saint Mary’s College [su_stats cms=”611″ class=”icon”]
9. Roland Blackiston – California State University, Long Beach [su_stats cms=”811″ class=”icon”]
10. Duncan van Schalkwyk – Life University [su_stats cms=”623″ class=”icon”]
11. Tyler Sousley – Indiana University [su_stats cms=”597″ class=”icon”]
12. Zach Young – Arkansas State University [su_stats cms=”870″ class=”icon”]
13. Anthony Salaber – University of California, Berkeley [su_stats cms=”1117″ class=”icon”]
14. Sam Cusano – University of California, Berkeley [su_stats cms=”1117″ class=”icon”]
15. Dylan Audsley – Saint Mary’s College [su_stats cms=”611″ class=”icon”]
Collegiate All-American Honorable Mention
Juan Pablo Aguirre – Center, Lindenwood University, Belleville [su_stats cms=”1611″ class=”icon”]
Dominique Bailey – Loose forward, Davenport University [su_stats cms=”622″ class=”icon”]
Mickey Bateman – Scrum half, Lindenwood University [su_stats cms=”624″ class=”icon”]
Lukem Beaumont – Center, Louisiana State University – Alexandria
Trace Bolstad – Scrum half, University of Minnesota, Duluth [su_stats cms=”750″ class=”icon”]
Matt Brennan – Loose forward, Arizona State University [su_stats cms=”1118″ class=”icon”]
Maceo Brown – Center, Grand Canyon University [su_stats cms=”1122″ class=”icon”]
Chris Burian – Loose forward, Pennsylvania State University [su_stats cms=”617″ class=”icon”]
Michael Cesar – Hooker, University of Southern California [su_stats cms=”816″ class=”icon”]
Mitchell Cochell – Center, United States Air Force Academy [su_stats cms=”625″ class=”icon”]
Colten Collings – Hooker, University of California, Davis [su_stats cms=”780″ class=”icon”]
Connor Cudeback – Prop, California Polytechnic University [su_stats cms=”610″ class=”icon”]
Jason Damm – Loose forward, Clemson University [su_stats cms=”1482″ class=”icon”]
Scott Dean – Fly half, Central Washington University [su_stats cms=”1017″ class=”icon”]
Sione Fangaiuiha – Center, Arkansas State University [su_stats cms=”870″ class=”icon”]
Josh Farnsworth – Full back, University of California, Davis [su_stats cms=”780″ class=”icon”]
Alex Faison-Donahoe – Wing, Kutztown University [su_stats cms=”616″ class=”icon”]
Nick Feakes – Fly half, Lindenwood University [su_stats cms=”624″ class=”icon”]
Jake Feury – Center, Middlebury College
Zach Forro – Center, Notre Dame College [su_stats cms=”654″ class=”icon”]
Drew Gaffney – Loose forward, University of California, Berkeley [su_stats cms=”1117″ class=”icon”]
Brady Gent – Full back, Davenport University [su_stats cms=”622″ class=”icon”]
Tomas Ghattas – Prop, Lindenwood University [su_stats cms=”624″ class=”icon”]
Jake Glass – Prop, Kutztown University [su_stats cms=”616″ class=”icon”]
Corey Graham – Fly half, Notre Dame College [su_stats cms=”654″ class=”icon”]
Dan Gresser – Full back, Xavier University [su_stats cms=”1865″ class=”icon”]
Patrick Hafenbridle – Hooker, Bethel College [su_stats cms=”1446″ class=”icon”]
John Hayden – Prop, Central Washington University [su_stats cms=”1017″ class=”icon”]
Terrence Hellender – Loose forward, University of Wyoming [su_stats cms=”628″ class=”icon”]
Jake Hidalgo – Wing, Indiana University [su_stats cms=”597″ class=”icon”]
William Hock – Hooker, Boston College [su_stats cms=”1451″ class=”icon”]
Ryan Iskowitz – Prop, University of Mary Washington [su_stats cms=”1633″ class=”icon”]
Mike Islava – Lock, Life University [su_stats cms=”623″ class=”icon”]
Luc Joseph – Hooker, University of Notre Dame [su_stats cms=”1120″ class=”icon”]
Thomas Kacor – Loose forward, Western Michigan University [su_stats cms=”734″ class=”icon”]
Jackson Kaka – Loose forward, Brigham Young University [su_stats cms=”1459″ class=”icon”]
Jihad Khabir – Fly half, American International College [su_stats cms=”656″ class=”icon”]
Jake Lachina – Full back, U.S. Military Academy West Point [su_stats cms=”620″ class=”icon”]
Faaitua Laei – Wing, Brigham Young University [su_stats cms=”1459″ class=”icon”]
Isaiah Lopez – Center, New England College [su_stats cms=”1668″ class=”icon”]
Jordan Lupton – Loose forward, Florida State University [su_stats cms=”1538″ class=”icon”]
Alexander MacDonald – Loose forward, Life University [su_stats cms=”623″ class=”icon”]
Brendon MacDonald – Fly half, Claremont Colleges [su_stats cms=”819″ class=”icon”]
Vetekina Malafu – Wing, Kutztown University [su_stats cms=”616″ class=”icon”]
Bradley Mapes – Wing, University of California, Davis [su_stats cms=”780″ class=”icon”]
Aaron Matthews – Center, Saint Mary’s College [su_stats cms=”611″ class=”icon”]
Hugh McAllister – Lock, Wheeling Jesuit University [su_stats cms=”621″ class=”icon”]
Brian McKellar – Prop, Pennsylvania State University [su_stats cms=”617″ class=”icon”]
Conor McNerny – Loose forward, United States Naval Academy [su_stats cms=”663″ class=”icon”]
Ani Mteto – Center, Iowa Central Community College
Selby Niumataiwalu – Center, Pennsylvania State University [su_stats cms=”617″ class=”icon”]
James Ronan – Scrum half, Pennsylvania State University [su_stats cms=”617″ class=”icon”]
Alex Ruiz – Scrum half, Florida State University [su_stats cms=”1538″ class=”icon”]
Michael Scarcella – Center, Iona College [su_stats cms=”615″ class=”icon”]
Chris Schoeman – Lock, Lindenwood University [su_stats cms=”624″ class=”icon”]
Kevin Schofield – Wing, Brigham Young University [su_stats cms=”1459″ class=”icon”]
Kadis Simmons – Loose forward, Louisiana State University – Alexandria
Seimou Smith – Wing, Southern Connecticut State University [su_stats cms=”1756″ class=”icon”]
Nathan Sylvia – Prop, California Polytechnic University [su_stats cms=”610″ class=”icon”]
Teddy Terezis – Fly half, Indiana University [su_stats cms=”597″ class=”icon”]
Clayton To – Loose forward, Claremont Colleges [su_stats cms=”819″ class=”icon”]
Vili Toluta’u – Loose forward, Central Washington University [su_stats cms=”1017″ class=”icon”]
Alex Vorster – Hooker, Brigham Young University [su_stats cms=”1459″ class=”icon”]
Zach Webber Wing, Brigham Young University [su_stats cms=”1459″ class=”icon”]
Dante Weeks – Wing, University of Arizona [su_stats cms=”650″ class=”icon”]
Harley Wheeler – Wing, Life University [su_stats cms=”623″ class=”icon”]
Jared Whippy – Fly half, Brigham Young University [su_stats cms=”1459″ class=”icon”]
Josh Whippy – Full back, Brigham Young University [su_stats cms=”1459″ class=”icon”]
Calvin Whiting – Center, Brigham Young University [su_stats cms=”1459″ class=”icon”]
Mitch Wilson – Full back, Life University [su_stats cms=”623″ class=”icon”]
Dawit Workie – Fly half, Dartmouth College [su_stats cms=”1498″ class=”icon”]
Jacob Zinda – Wing, San Diego State University [su_stats cms=”619″ class=”icon”]
Collegiate All-American Sevens First Team
Dylan Audsley – Saint Mary’s College [su_stats cms=”611″ class=”icon”]
Cian Barry – University of California, Los Angeles [su_stats cms=”1119″ class=”icon”]
Alex Dorrier – Indiana University [su_stats cms=”597″ class=”icon”]
Sione Fangaiuiha – Arkansas State University [su_stats cms=”870″ class=”icon”]
Nick Feakes – Lindenwood University [su_stats cms=”624″ class=”icon”]
Vetekina Malafu – Kutztown University [su_stats cms=”616″ class=”icon”]
Cody Melphy – Life University [su_stats cms=”623″ class=”icon”]
Cristian Rodriguez – Lindenwood University [su_stats cms=”624″ class=”icon”]
Kyle Rogers – University of Arizona [su_stats cms=”650″ class=”icon”]
Anthony Salaber – University of California, Berkeley [su_stats cms=”1117″ class=”icon”]
Tyler Sousley – Indiana University [su_stats cms=”597″ class=”icon”]
Russell Webb – University of California, Berkeley [su_stats cms=”1117″ class=”icon”]
Collegiate All-American Sevens Second Team
Michael Baska – Lindenwood University [su_stats cms=”624″ class=”icon”]
Maceo Brown – Grand Canyon University [su_stats cms=”1122″ class=”icon”]
Jack Casey – University of Arkansas [su_stats cms=”666″ class=”icon”]
Sam Cusano – University of California, Berkeley [su_stats cms=”1117″ class=”icon”]
Reece Czarnecki – Davenport University [su_stats cms=”622″ class=”icon”]
Chad Gough – University of Utah [su_stats cms=”872″ class=”icon”]
Jihad Khabir – American International College [su_stats cms=”656″ class=”icon”]
Lorenzo Thomas – Lindenwood University [su_stats cms=”624″ class=”icon”]
Duncan Van Schalkwyk – Life University [su_stats cms=”623″ class=”icon”]
Jimmy Wolfer – Saint Joseph’s University
Dawit Workie – Dartmouth College [su_stats cms=”1498″ class=”icon”]
Zach Young – Arkansas State University [su_stats cms=”870″ class=”icon”]
Collegiate All-American Sevens Division II Team
Jesse Adelberg – Endicott College [su_stats cms=”1524″ class=”icon”]
Dylan Carrol – Southern Connecticut State University [su_stats cms=”1756″ class=”icon”]
John Grams – University of Wisconsin, Whitewater [su_stats cms=”740″ class=”icon”]
Niklas Hathaway – Principia College [su_stats cms=”1022″ class=”icon”]
Tyrek Huntley – University of North Carolina, Charlotte [su_stats cms=”1475″ class=”icon”]
Ryan Johns – University of North Carolina, Charlotte [su_stats cms=”1475″ class=”icon”]
Kyle Kent – Drexel University [su_stats cms=”1508″ class=”icon”]
Nate Rolling – Norwich University [su_stats cms=”1691″ class=”icon”]
Troy Salt – University of Hartford [su_stats cms=”1566″ class=”icon”]
Semiou Smith – Southern Connecticut State University [su_stats cms=”1756″ class=”icon”]
Tom St. Pierre – Norwich University [su_stats cms=”1691″ class=”icon”]
Levi Van Lanen – University of Wisconsin, Whitewater [su_stats cms=”740″ class=”icon”]
