GRR: Life University
Conner Mooneyham couldn't really believe it.
Told he would be the #1 choice in the Major League Rugby collegiate draft—the first #1 pick in the history of the draft—kind of sat him down for a minute.
Alexandria “Spiff” Sedrick has been selected as the winner of the 2019-2020 MA Sorensen Award as the top women’s collegiate rugby player in the United States.
Who will win the 2019-2020 Rudy Scholz Award?
We don't know, but we'll find out in a few days. Before then, we thought it would be good for you to learn a little bit more about the finalists.
Today, it's the two scrumhalves: Ryan Rees of Life University and Connor Buckley of Iona.
The finalists for the Rudy Scholz Award as the top men's college rugby player in the United States have been selected.
A combination of coach/team votes, and fan votes, have whittled the list of nominees down to five finalists. The top fan vote-getter is an automatic finalist, and so is the top team vote-getter (those votes usually logged by coaches or team presidents).
After losing their first league game in three years, Life University rebounded to beat #2-ranked Lindenwood in the Mid-South.
Interestingly, Life's winning margin was the same as the team's losing margin last week against Arkansas State: 29-22.