GRR: WJAA
LAFAYETTE, Colo. - USA Rugby is fielding a Women's Junior All Americans team in the National All-Star Competition.
Forty-one athletes are in a week-long assembly at Tigertown Complex in Lakeland, Fla.
Head Coach Wil Snape doesn't have every player who is age-eligible who played last year, but this is a deep group nonetheless.
BOULDER, Colo. – USA Rugby has announced an age-grade pool of 38 women players that were identified at the winter National All-Star Competition in Lakeland, Fla., as well as the various 2015 tours. The age-grade coaches have identified the players they believe have a strong chance to become Eagles and play in World Cups and Olympics.
We're in an age where more “pathway products,” players nurtured in the national age-grade system, are graduating to the senior national team. With the build-out of the Girls High School All American (GHSAA) program, those athletes are entering the system at younger ages.
Kyla Chipman was one of 12 Women’s Junior All Americans (WJAAs) who competed at the previous two Can-Am games. The Penn State junior, however, captained the team both years (vice captain in 2014) and has a rounder take on the most recent assembly and the successes achieved therein.
When Jenny Johnson entered her final semester of high school, she knew what was awaiting her post-graduation. Her older sister was playing basketball at Central Washington University, and in November 2013, Johnson signed her National Letter of Intent to do the same. But after her senior season of basketball, she tried rugby, and everything changed.
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