High School Boys
We have three colleges with long lists of commits this time around.
Cal, Tennessee, and Iowa State are featured heavily. From the high school side, the Marin Highlanders keep popping up, including two for Cal.
The application window for the US Rugby Foundation is open and will remain open through August 31.
Eligible scholarship applicants must be graduating high school in 2024 and attending college and playing rugby for that college in the Fall of 2024. These scholarships all have their specific criteria.
The number of youth and high school players and coaches in the USA rose in the 2023-24 cycle, and one wonders if that growth will increase in the next cycle.
Fueled in part by a return to the idea that going outside is good, and in part by more regions getting back to normal post-COVID, registrations rose 12% to over 50,000.
Three US high school players have been spending the Northern Hemisphere attending Nelson College in New Zealand thanks to the US Rugby Foundation.
JW Sarkess, Connor Bender, and Oliver Kirk have all been at Nelson College for this term.
Seven boys and men's brackets crowned winners at the NAI 7s in Salt Lake City over the weekend.
We looked in a little bit more detail about the U18 teams here: Rebel, Belmont Shore Lead Title Runs in NAI Sevens