Thirty-five U20 women are heading to Greeley, Colo., for the USA Rugby Women's Junior All American (WJAA) camp, which takes place from July 22-25. WJAA interim head coach Wil Snape, aided by camp assistant coaches Kate Daley and Kitt Wagner Ruiz, will use the assembly to name the Can-Am squad that faces the Canada U20s on Wednesday. Aug. 19 and Saturday, Aug. 22 at Central Washington University.
In last year's Can-Am Series, the WJAAs dropped two games to Canada by a combined 94-11. But 14 of the All Americans who competed last summer have returned for a shot at the 2015 squad, and they bring with them international experience and another year of maturity. Perennial DI champion Penn State leads the way in terms of invites, sending six players to Colorado this year. Central Washington comes in second with three attendees.
There is a decent sample of high schoolers in attendance as well. Recent graduates include Adirondack's Shelia Decker, who is heading to DI Norwich this fall; Maryville's McKenzie Hawkins, who has signed with Lindenwood; Kent's Leah Ingold, going to Central Washington; and Kat Ramage, who has committed to Dartmouth. Still in high school is returning WJAA Lilly Durbin, who is joined by fellow Fallbrook Warrior Michel Navarro, a High School All American standout; HSAA Emily Prentice, No. 8 for Kent High School; and Play Rugby Academy's Gio Ferguson-Lewis, who captained the first Atlantis U16 squad. The only unknown in Maui High School's Supiesi Tongi, who joins the WJAAs for the first time.
For more insight into Snape's outlook on the camp and program, read the coach's interview from last week.
| WJAA Camp Attendees | |
| Ashlee Byrge* | Davenport |
| Gabriella Cantorna* | Penn State |
| Kyla Chipman* | Penn State |
| Sadia Crosby | Roger Williams |
| Gioanna Cruz* | Lindenwood |
| Sheila Decker* | Adirondack Girls Rugby |
| Lanoira Duhart | Winona State |
| Lilly Durbin* | Fallbrook HS |
| Gio Ferguson-Lewis | Play Rugby Academy |
| Deshel Ferguson | Life |
| Frieda Fetu'u* | Berkeley All Blues |
| Tess Feury | Penn State |
| Hannah Gauthreaux | Notre Dame College |
| Mele Halahuni | Central Washington |
| McKenzie Hawkins* | Maryville HS |
| Leah Ingold | Kent HS |
| Joie Krahling | Keystone |
| Haley Langan | Harvard |
| Etta Mailau* | Vipers (Utah) |
| Azniv Nalbandian* | Beantown |
| Michele Navarro | Fallbrook HS |
| Madison Ohmann | Life |
| Danielle Ordway* | Davenport |
| Taylah Pipkin | Penn State |
| Emily Prentice | Kent |
| Kat Ramage | Morris |
| Francesca Schaeffer | Penn State |
| Asinate Serevi | Central Washington |
| Suliana Tausinga | Central Washington |
| Supiesi Tongi | Maui HS |
| Kimdinh Tran | Hofstra |
| Abby Vogel* | Cal |
| Carly Waters | Penn State |
| Caitlin Whiteside* | Cal |
| Adriana Zeiders* | West Chester |
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