The University of South Carolina (USC)

August 2014 – June 2018

·       Nationally ranked club in USA Rugby Division 1, Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference (SCRC) 

·       Team Captain 2017; 2018

·       15’s Outside/Inside Center; Wing; Fullback

·       SCRC 7’s Championship 2016; 2017; 2018

·       SCRC 15’s Championship 2014

·       Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby 7’s National Championship Berths on NBC Sports & ESPN+ 2016; 2017; 2018

·       Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby 7’s National Bowl Champions 2017

·       American Collegiate Rugby 15’s Bowl Series Berths 2014; 2015

·       USA Rugby National 7’s Championship Berth on ESPN+ 2016

·       16 7’s Tournament Victories

·       35 15’s Tries & 83 7’s Tries in 4-year Collegiate Career

·       Rostered for every Matrix game in Collegiate Career

College Player Awards

·       Southeastern Collegiate Rugby 7’s Player of the Year 2017

·       Southeastern Collegiate Rugby 1^st 15 2015; 2016; 2017

·       Southeastern Collegiate Rugby All Conference 7’s Team 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018

·       American Division 1AA Rugby Top 50 Backs 2017

Club Experience

Berlin Grizzlies RFC

Centre / Flyhalf  - Playing 80 minutes every match

Disrupting defensive player and consistent line-breaking attacker

Charlotte Barbarians RFC

December 2018 - Present

§  2 Man of the Match awards in 4 appearances.

§  Outside/Inside Center; Wing

Napier Old Boys Marist RFC (Hawkes Bay, New Zealand)

May 2016 – August 2016

§  Trained with Professional Players from the Hawkes Bay Magpies

§  Wing; Outside Center; Fullback

§  Hawkes Bay Rugby U21 Championship Appearance & Hawkes Bay Premier Reserves Championship

§  Competed against several Maori All-Black U21 Players

Camps & Academies

§  Invited to USA 15’s All-South Camp 2016; 2017; 2018

§  Attended Hawkes Bay Magpies Rugby Academy 2016

§  Southeastern Rugby 15’s Camp Team 2017

Other Club Involvement

§  University of South Carolina Club President 2015; 2016; 2017

§  University of South Carolina Match Secretary 2014; 2015

§  Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference Board Member 2015; 2016

§  Cumberland Valley Rugby Youth Summer Coach 2014; 2015

References

§  James Farrar, Former Director of SCRC Rugby, 1 (803) 972-0401, gamecockwon@aol.com

§  Marty Bradley, Former USA All South Rugby Coach, 1 (865) 805-5029, mbradley@tnconnectcu.org

§  Jeffrey Smolka, Former USA Rugby South Territorial Representative, 1 (803) 629-4831, jeff.smolka@att.net

§  Mitchel Maccartney, Current International Player, Cajasol Ciencias, +1 (757) 635-1080, Mitchel.maccartney@gmail.com

§  Beven Hanlon, Napier Old Boys Marist RFC Administration, +64 274 380 442

§  Kevin Frontz, University of South Carolina Assistant Coach, Former USA College All-Star, klfrontz@hotmail.com