The National Athletic Village (NAV) has selected an all-star studded side for the Las Vegas Invitational U18 Varsity pool.  The NAV Selects held tryouts in January and February in partnership with Tiger Rugby to identify talent in the Carolinas, California and Texas that were hungry to prove themselves as some of the best high school players in the country.

The team is made up of five players from North Carolina, five from South Carolina, one from Texas, and three from California.  Korbin Miller and David Bortins have been to multiple High School All-American Camps, with Miller touring Europe with the HSAA JV team in 2014. Joseph Thatcher and Jackson Clark are both committed to play at Kuztown in the fall and Grant Weston at Clemson.  Jonathan Cummins is one of the fastest players in the country with unofficial 4.4 speed.  Daniel Covi brings 11 years of international experience from Italy and Luis Pichardo was part of the state team of Querétaro (México) and played at the Mexico national 7s championship earning third place.  

The National Athletic Village is a 100 acre world class rugby facility in Southern Pines, NC.  Phase 1 includes a 3000 grass seat stadium, 2 full rugby pitches, 2 practice fields, a 1 mile and 12 obstacle training course, and is committed to helping raise the quality of rugby in the United States.  The NAV Selects will be coached by Ray Egan who is part of Tiger Rugby and recently named coach of the Pro Rugby team that will be based in San Diego.

Korbin Miller – SR. Charlotte Tigers

David Bortins – SR. Southern Pines 

Jackson Clark – Sr. South Greenville

Parker Slater – Jr. Clayton

Joseph Thatcher – Sr. Bishop England

Grant Weston – South Greenville

Justin Casillas – Jr. Southern Pines

Jonathan Cummins – Sr. Wando

Matthew Start – So. Myers Park

Daniel Covi – Sr. Chapel Hill

Luis Pichardo – Sr. Alliance

Ari Cameron-Smith – Sr. Belmont Shore

Shawn Winston - Sr. Belmont Shore

Aaron Parker - Sr. Belmont Shore