Rugby East Announces All-Conference Selections
Rugby East Announces All-Conference Selections
Notre Dame College prop Tanner Smith. Photo Jack Nece.
The Rugby East Conference has announced its all-conference honorees.
The selections were voted on by coaches and administrators from all 11 Rugby East programs.
The 2023 list is led by the Navy Midshipman and Life Running Eagles, who both have three representatives on the first team. This First Team features two student-athletes, Mate Kvirikashvili (Kutztown) and Roanin Krieger (Navy), who have now made multiple appearances on the All-Rugby East First Team during their careers.
Counting players named in the 1st, 2nd, and Honorable Mention selections, Navy has nine players, while Life has seven. Notre Dame College and Army have six.
| Rugby East First-Team All-Conference | |||
| Position | Student-Athlete | School | Class |
| 1 | Tanner Smith | Notre Dame College | Junior |
| 2 | Adam Chadwick | Life | Junior |
| 3 | James Aitken | St. Bonaventure | Senior |
| 4 | Cameron Mills | Notre Dame College | Senior |
| 5 | Joe Sharrock | Mount St. Mary's | Junior |
| 6 | Tanner Russell | Navy | Junior |
| 7 | Matthew Conroy | St. Bonaventure | Senior |
| 8 | Vaughn Schmitz | Navy | Senior |
| 9 | Ishma-eel Safodien | Life | Senior |
| 10 | Bradley Crane | Life | Senior |
| 11 | Mate Kvirikashvili | Kutztown | Senior |
| 12 | Roanin Krieger | Navy | Sophomore |
| 13 | Nathan Gould | Army | Junior |
| 14 | Patrick Oglesbee | Army | Senior |
| 15 | Sebastian Schefermann | Mary Washington | Junior |
| Rugby East Second-Team All-Conference | |||
| Position | Student-Athlete | School | Class |
| 1 | Elias Garza | Life | Senior |
| 2 | Jake Beitia | Navy | Senior |
| 3 | Roan Shawver | Queens | Sophomore |
| 4 | Max Plumb | Mary Washington | Junior |
| 5 | Ian Roudybush | Penn State | Junior |
| 6 | Lloyd Stephans | Mary Washington | Senior |
| 7 | Aidan King | Penn State | Junior |
| 8 | Gus Dellinger | Kutztown | Senior |
| 9 | Sean MacLaney | Navy | Senior |
| 10 | William Stanton | Southern Virginia | Senior |
| 11 | Max Smith | Navy | Sophomore |
| 12 | Evan Corbett | Mount St. Mary's | Junior |
| 13 | Gideon Wessels | Queens | Freshman |
| 14 | Xavier Lock | Mount St. Mary's | Sophomore |
| 15 | Lachlan McDonald | Notre Dame College | Sophomore |
| Rugby East Honorable Mention All-Conference | |||
| Position | Student-Athlete | School | Class |
| Prop | Billy Boldt | Army | Senior |
| Prop | Shane Sunday | Army | Senior |
| Hooker | David Kendig | Southern Virginia | Freshman |
| Lock | Adarsh Singh | St. Bonaventure | Senior |
| Lock | Austin Taylor | Navy | Sophomore |
| Lock | Quentin von der Leith | Notre Dame College | Senior |
| Lock | Shemar Lewis | Mount St. Mary's | Senior |
| Flanker | Cameron Thurtell | Kutztown | Junior |
| Flanker | Logan Ballinger | Life | Sophomore |
| Flanker | Seth Kramlich | Life | Senior |
| No. 8 | Matt Carrion | Life | Senior |
| No. 8 | Ben Haugh | Navy | Senior |
| No. 8 | Sione Tokelau | Southern Virginia | Junior |
| Scrumhalf | Hilton Olivier | Queens | Senior |
| Scrumhalf | Kit Waddington | Mary Washington | Junior |
| Scrumhalf | Remy Thomson | Notre Dame College | Junior |
| Scrumhalf | Tiaan Mosconi | Army | Senior |
| Center | Edward Nelson | St. Bonaventure | Sophomore |
| Center | Greg Steffens | St. Bonaventure | Senior |
| Center | Jackson Aleman | Navy | Senior |
| Center | Jude Fangmeyer | Mount St. Mary's | Senior |
| Center | Philani Simamane | Life | Junior |
| Center | Stephan Herbst | Notre Dame College | Sophomore |
| Wing | Dan Morariu | Penn State | Sophomore |
| Wing | Henry Thomas | Kutztown | Freshman |
| Fullback | Jonny Haley | Army | Senior |
