Maggie Rouse, President of Rugby Texas, passed away this past Friday.
Rouse, who was a vocal supporter of youth rugby for many years as well as a huge advocate for getting young people trained and certified as referees, was in addition a member of the USA Youth & High School Board and had been since the organization's inception.
The Rouse family is steeped in rugby with the children of Maggie and Kip Rouse playing and refereeing and Texas and farther afield.
Rouse was a key voice in building the game and was especially important in pushing for young referees to get chances to learn and officiate games. While many lament the lack of good referees or the lack in recruiting referees, Maggie Rouse was doing something about it at the youth level. Maggie Rouse's husband, Kip, is a youth coach with the Woodlands in the Houston area.
A Memorial will be held for Maggie Rouse August 29 at the Rob Flemming Rec Center in The Woodlands, Texas from 5PM to 8PM
