The United States Rugby Foundation has announced that the recipients of the 2022 Prusmack Awards, awarded to the top female and male collegiate 7s player in the country, are Lindenwood University graduate Sativa Tarau-Peehikuru, and Life University sophomore Darius Law.
Over 60 collegiate coaches from across the country were asked to submit nominations for The Prusmack. Sativa and Darius were selected from an outstanding group of nominees.
The Prusmack award is to honor A. Jon Prusmack, whose company started the Collegiate Rugby Championship.
2022 Prusmack Award recipient Sativa Tarau-Peehikuru was raised in the small town of Helensville, New Zealand, but her family now call Kaitaia, home. She is one of 11 children with two very supportive parents, Lisa and Hori.
Just graduated from Lindenwood University where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Therapeutic Recreation, Tarau-Peehikuru is currently interning as an activity therapist for CenterPointe psychiatric hospital in the St. Louis area. She also volunteers with the Special Olympics MO.
During her tenure at Lindenwood, Tarau-Peehikuru had the opportunity of being a part of an elite training environment and was surrounded by great teammates and coaches. She has been presented with D1 Elite 15s 1st Team All-American honors multiple years, CRC 7s championship MVP, 15s D1 Elite Championship MVP awards. She led Lindenwood to the 7s double this year, as the Lions captured the R7CC and the CRC championships, beating Dartmouth in the first final and Life University in the second.
