The USA Rugby Boys High School All-Americans (BHSAAs) 2014 Winter Camp commences this week with 130 players assembling in Casa Grande, Ariz., under the direction of Head Coach Salty Thompson. This year's camp runs December 26-31 and is held at the Casa Grande Sports Academy, with Thompson and the staff eager to commence the 2014-15 cycle with events in Las Vegas, England, France, Belgium, and Argentina on schedule for the year.
This year's camp sees 130 players from 25 states invited to participate, along with Americans in from Australia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The camp roster includes 24 that represented the BHSAAs, sponsored by Aircraft Charter Solutions, in 2014, along with 39 returners from the 2013 Winter Camp. The vast majority of players invited to this year's camp earned their selection through performances in the June Regional All-Star Tournaments (RAST) throughout the country, the main vehicle for BHSAA player identification.
Eagle Impact Rugby Academy (EIRA) continues to assist in player development and identification as it expands its network, with 30 camp invitees currently enrolled in EIRA in southern California, the Carolinas, Indiana, and Washington. With Thompson and the BHSAA staff focused on developing for 2015 and beyond, the spread of invited players includes 21 current freshmen and sophomores, a signal of the game's growth across the country particularly in states such as California, Indiana, and Washington. Many of these younger players will make up the Junior Varsity segment of the camp, with under-17 athletes being those born in 1998.
The goals of the camp are to determine the best players on show while developing their technical and tactical skills. The rigorous schedule will create a challenging environment where the players can grow, deepen their game understanding, and improve overall skills. For Thompson, this camp helps prepare players for life both on and off the field in a high performance environment. In addition to on-field sessions twice daily, the camp will offer players daily evaluation meetings with their position coaches to discuss how they progress, what has been going well, and improvements. Their education will also involve sessions on strength and conditioning and the mental aspects to performance.
Karen Fong Donoghue of Rugger's Edge will be on hand as well to provide college preparation advice specific for rugby players in the ever-evolving American landscape. In addition, Fong Donoghue's expert advice will be available to parents of invited players.
The Casa Grande Academy, a full-time Major League Soccer academy, features world-class facilities including pro-style locker rooms, 10,000 square feet of indoor strength and skills area, eight outstanding fields, swimming pool, golf course, and hotel. The fantastic Arizona winter climate also makes this an ideal setting for a quality camp, and Thompson is looking forward to getting an up-close look at this year's player pool that will represent the United States.
CAMP INVITE STATISTICS
30 of 130 are in Eagle Impact Rugby Academies
14 Under-16's born in 1999
43 Under-17's born in 1998
62 Under-18's born in 1997
9 Under-19's born in 1996
3 Freshmen
18 Sophomores
61 Juniors
46 Seniors
24 Returning High School All Americans from 2014
39 Returning from 2013 Winter Camp
STATES REPRESENTED (25)
35- California
12- Utah
10- Texas
9- Indiana
9- Washington
8- Connecticut
6- Virginia
5- Maryland
4- Illinois
3- Colorado
3- New York
3- Florida
3- Oklahoma
2- Ohio
2- Georgia
2- Kansas
2- New Jersey
2- Wisconsin
1- Arkansas
1- Arizona
1- Massachusetts
1- Minnesota
1- North Carolina
1- Australia
1- England
1- Spain
| First name | Last name | H.S. Year | Height | Weight | # | Rugby Club | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian | Abbott | Junior | 6'3″ | 180 | 4 | Herriman High School | UT |
| Devehn | Afemata | Junior | 6'1″ | 210 | 6 | Belmont Shore | CA |
| David | Ainuu | Sophomore | 5'10' | 250 | 1 | Prairie Rugby Club | WA |
| Malon | Al-Jiboori | Senior | 6'3″ | 225 | 8 | Union High School | OK |
| Keanu | Andrade | Junior | 5'7″ | 195 | 9 | Danville Oaks | CA |
| Charlie | Baggett IV | Junior | 5'10' | 215 | 2 | Bingham | UT |
| Keagan | Barnes | Junior | 5'7″ | 155 | 9 | Summitt Academy | UT |
| Jeremy | Bartels | Junior | 5'11' | 220 | 2 | Pulaski Roos | WI |
| Benjamin | Beatty | Junior | 6'2″ | 225 | 8 | Warrenton Wolfpack | VA |
| Luke | Bienstock | Junior | 6'1″ | 185 | 11 | Greenwich High School | CT |
| Chase | Bixby | Senior | 6'6″ | 207 | 4 | Granite Bay | CA |
| Sione | Bloomfield | Senior | 5'11' | 201 | 1 | Herriman High School | UT |
| David | Bortins | Junior | 6'1″ | 198 | 12 | Southern Pines High School | NC |
| Ryan | Bradfield | Senior | 6'1″ | 200 | 13 | St Edward High School | OH |
| Steven | Branham | Senior | 5'11' | 210 | 2 | Fallbrook Rugby Club | CA |
| Will | Brennan | Junior | 6′ | 185 | 15 | Seattle vikings | WA |
| Finlay | Bruce | Junior | 6'5″ | 200 | 4 | Seattle Vikings | WA |
| Bobby | Butchofsky | Senior | 6'3″ | 190 | 6 | Westlake High School | TX |
| Dante | Cappellano | Senior | 6'3″ | 185 | 12 | SLO Youth Rugby - Barbarians | CA |
| Satchel | Carnine | Junior | 6'2″ | 235 | 1 | Penn High School | IN |
| Ivan | Centurion | Senior | 6′ | 190 | 10 | San Diego Young Aztecs | CA |
| Adam | Channel | Senior | 6'3″ | 184 | 10 | Belmont shore | CA |
| Evan | Clark | Senior | 5'10' | 170 | 9 | Santa Monica Dolphins | CA |
| Alfonso | Cornu-Labat | Senior | 6′ | 175 | 15 | East Side Lions | WA |
| Erik | Cortinas | Senior | 5'7″ | 160 | 9 | Peninsula Green RFC | CA |
| Ian | Crilly | Senior | 6'2″ | 190 | 7 | Fallbrook Rugby Club | CA |
| Brendan | Cunningham | Junior | 6'1″ | 190 | 8 | St. Peter Prep | NJ |
| Brendon | Curle | Junior | 5'10' | 169 | 15 | Union Titans | WA |
| Taylor | Damron | Junior | 5'11' | 170 | 9 | Back Bay | CA |
| Ruben | De Haas | Sophomore | 5'10' | 162 | 9 | Little Rock Rugby Club | AR |
| Brett | DeGrave | Junior | 6'3″ | 235 | 8 | Pulaski Roos | Wi |
| Xavier | Doering | Freshman | 5'11' | 203 | 2 | Saints Rugby STA | KS |
| Patrick | Donovan | Senior | 5'7″ | 230 | 2 | Colorado Springs | CO |
| Luke | Donovan | Junior | 5'9″ | 188 | 12 | Palatine Barbarians | IL |
| Sean | Dowling | Sophomore | 6'4″ | 268 | 3 | Fort Hunt | VA |
| Owen | Duvall | Junior | 6′ | 240 | 3 | Coastal Dragons | CA |
| Christian | Dyer | Junior | 6'2″ | 185 | 15 | Sacramento Jesuit | CA |
| Kyle | Edington | Junior | 5'10' | 165 | 7 | Jupiter Sharks | FL |
| Elvis | Espinal | Sophomore | 5'7″ | 140 | 13 | Cape Pirates | FL |
| Jacob | Estes | Junior | 5'10' | 165 | 9 | West End RFC | VA |
| Jaidan | Fa'anana-Schultz | Senior | 5'11' | 200 | 7 | Ipswich Boys Grammer | CA |
| Beau | Falco | Junior | 6'2″ | 215 | 5 | SCV Tigers | CA |
| Jeremy | Fleet | Senior | 6'2″ | 195 | 14 | San Diego Mustangs | CA |
| George | Fotu | Junior | 6'6″ | 255 | 4 | Peninsula Green RFC | CA |
| Joey | Freeman | Junior | 5'11' | 215 | 7 | Gonzaga College High School | MD |
| Jack | Freiheit | Senior | 5'10' | 170 | 11 | Greenwich High School | CT |
| Benny | Gonda | Junior | 6′ | 213 | 2 | Santa Monica Dolphins | CA |
| Anthony | Gonia | Senior | 5'8″ | 150 | 15 | Illinois Tornados | IL |
| Drake | Goranson | Sophomore | 5'9″ | 165 | 15 | Penn High School | IN |
| Anton | Grigoriou | Junior | 6'2″ | 190 | 10 | San Clemente Gators | CA |
| Brian | Hannon | Senior | 5'10' | 181 | 10 | Cathedral/Royal Irish Rugby | IN |
| Cormac | Heaney | Senior | 6'3″ | 210 | 6 | Santa Monica Rugby Club | CA |
| Travis | Heer | Senior | 5'11' | 200 | 14 | Back Bay | CA |
| Zach | Heisterkamp | Junior | 5'11' | 195 | 8 | St. Edward Rugby | OH |
| Evan | Holm | Junior | 6′ | 170 | 11 | Edina Rugby CLub | MN |
| Carter | Hunchik | Senior | 5'8″ | 236 | 1 | Plano Rugby Club | TX |
| Tristan | Ingold | Junior | 5'11' | 185 | 9 | Kent Crusader | WA |
| Jack | Iscaro | Senior | 6'1″ | 255 | 3 | Gonzaga College High School | MD |
| Antonio | Jablonski | Senior | 5'10' | 210 | 8 | St. Thomas Aquinas | KS |
| Ryan | James | Sophomore | 6′ | 158 | 11 | Aztec Warriors | CA |
| Liam | Jimmons | Junior | 6'4″ | 230 | 5 | Back Bay | CA |
| Dylan | Johnston | Junior | 5'10' | 175 | 10 | Brownsburg | IN |
| Parker | Kelly | Junior | 6'4″ | 205 | 5 | Greenwich High School | CT |
| Mikaele | Kruse | Junior | 6′ | 185 | 10 | Bullard Rugby Club | CA |
| Cameron | Kruse | Junior | 5'11' | 180 | 11 | Palatine and Tornados | IL |
| Amanaki | Lavaka | Junior | 5'9″ | 165 | 7 | Kau Toa | UT |
| Adam | Leonard | Junior | 5'10' | 200 | 12 | East High Rugby | CO |
| Taylor | Litson | Junior | 5'10' | 175 | 13 | Wasatch Rugby | UT |
| Kevin | Loney | Sophomore | 5'6″ | 135 | 15 | Coastal Dragons | Ca |
| Isaiah | Lutali | Senior | 5'9″ | 140 | 13 | Belmont Shore | CA |
| Patrick | Madden | Sophomore | 5'11' | 185 | 15 | San Diego Young Aztecs | CA |
| Sosefo J | Mailangi-Ray | Junior | 6'3″ | 225 | 9 | Back Bay | CA |
| Kyle | Makaiwi | Senior | 5'9″ | 170 | 10 | Danville Oaks | CA |
| Sim | Mander | Junior | 6'1″ | 190 | 11 | St Paul's Rugby | UK |
| Gabriel | Massey | Freshman | 5'8″ | 160 | 13 | Jesuit High School Bluejays | LA |
| Aaron | Matthews | Senior | 5'10' | 185 | 12 | Back Bay | CA |
| Eamonn | Matthews | Senior | 5'8″ | 160 | 9 | Xavier High School | NJ |
| Evan | McTaggart | Junior | 6'2″ | 230 | 6 | Ducks Rugby | IL |
| Michael | McTiernan | Senior | 5'10' | 158 | 12 | Greenwich High School | CT |
| Patrick | McTiernan | Sophomore | 5'10' | 145 | 14 | Greenwich High School | CT |
| Patrick | Medina | Junior | 6'2″ | 200 | 10 | Lake Travis | TX |
| Gabe | Mellor | Junior | 5'9″ | 220 | 2 | United | UT |
| Jack | Miller | Junior | 6′ | 178 | 7 | Brookline High School | MA |
| Korbin | Miller | Junior | 6′ | 170 | 11 | Charlotte Tigers | GA |
| Nic | Mirhashem | Senior | 5'11' | 192.5 | 6 | Rugby Club Sitges | Spain |
| Dallas | Moaliitele | Senior | 6′ | 260 | 1 | Back Bay | CA |
| Kalisi | Moli | Senior | 6'2″ | 262 | 3 | Herriman High School | UT |
| Olan | Moon White | Senior | 6'1″ | 175 | 15 | Santa Monica Rugby Club | CA |
| Maxwell | Nail | Junior | 5'11' | 200 | 2 | Fort Hunt | VA |
| Soh | Nakayama | Junior | 5'8″ | 140 | 9 | Greenwich High School | CT |
| Brian | Nault | Senior | 6'2″ | 231 | 8 | Shelton R.F.C | WA |
| Dmontae | Noble | Junior | 5'7″ | 180.9 | 13 | Warrenton Wolfpack | VA |
| Kevin | O'Hara | Junior | 6′ | 185 | 6 | Cathedral/Royal Irish Rugby | IN |
| Ian | Pearson | Sophomore | 6'1″ | 176 | 4 | Greenwich High School | CT |
| Quinn | Perry | Sophomore | 6′ | 215 | 12 | Santa Monica Dolphins | CA |
| Darian | Power | Senior | 5'11' | 175 | 10 | United | UT |
| Kelsin | Pupunu | Junior | 5'10' | 170 | 10 | Wasatch Rugby | UT |
| Torran | Raby | Senior | 6'2″ | 208 | 12 | San Diego Mustangs | CA |
| Cory | Ratka | Sophomore | 5'9″ | 175 | 9 | Kenmore Rugby Club | NY |
| Alexander | Rayton | Sophomore | 6'1″ | 175 | 7 | The Woodlands | TX |
| Cal Zeb | Roberson | Sophomore | 6'3″ | 168 | 10 | Colorado Springs | CO |
| Teague | Roberts | Junior | 6′ | 175 | 7 | Lake Travis | TX |
| Matthew | Rogers | Senior | 5'9″ | 150 | 9 | Granite Bay | CA |
| Kyle | Saalfeld | Junior | 6′ | 185 | 7 | Kent Crusaders | WA |
| Joshua | Schnell | Sophomore | 6'3″ | 165 | 5 | Katy Barbarians | TX |
| Chase | Schor Haskin | Sophomore | 6'1″ | 195 | 6 | Okapi Wanderers | FL |
| Patrick | Sheehy | Junior | 5'9″ | 160 | 10 | Gonzaga College High School | MD |
| Ryan | Shogan | Sophomore | 5'9″ | 182 | 13 | San Diego Young Aztecs | CA |
| Nathaniel | Short | Senior | 5'10' | 170 | 9 | Dixon Rugby Football Club | CA |
| Dillon | Shotwell | Junior | 5'11' | 225 | 1 | Kingwood Rugby Club | TX |
| Charlie | Siarkas | Junior | 6'3″ | 245 | 1 | MD Exiles | MD |
| Casey | Smith | Senior | 6′ | 175 | 14 | Penn High School | IN |
| Austin | Taefu | Senior | 5'7″ | 175 | 9 | Tempe Rugby | AZ |
| Christopher | Taliu | Senior | 6′ | 285 | 3 | Back bay | CA |
| Justus | Tavai | Junior | 6′ | 230 | 8 | Los Angeles Rugby | CA |
| Bronson | Teles | Junior | 6'2″ | 195 | 7 | Katy Barbarians | TX |
| Noah | Thompson | Junior | 5'9″ | 170 | 11 | Lake Travis | TX |
| Albert | Toa | Senior | 6′ | 255 | 3 | Kau Toa | UT |
| Tomasi | Tonga | Junior | 6′ | 180 | 15 | Herriman High School | UT |
| Luis | Turbyfield | Senior | 5'11' | 180 | 15 | Baltimore Poly | MD |
| Cedric | Vakalahi | Junior | 5'10' | 200 | 13 | Penn High School | IN |
| William | Vakalahi | Sophomore | 5'10' | 205 | 12 | Penn High School | IN |
| Joshua | Warnock | Junior | 6'4″ | 217 | 5 | Peninsula Green RFC | CA |
| Nathan | Watts | Junior | 6'3″ | 250 | 3 | Richardson Rugby Club | TX |
| Ben | Webber | Senior | 5'11' | 178 | 12 | United | UT |
| John (Jack) | Weigold | Senior | 6'1″ | 210 | 7 | Greenwich High School | CT |
| Chance | Wenglewski | Senior | 6'2″ | 230 | 1 | URC | OK |
| Jack | White | Sophomore | 6'2″ | 205 | 8 | Penn High School | IN |
| Cale | Williams | Senior | 5'6″ | 136 | 9 | New York Rugby Club | NY |
| Tyler | Worthing | Junior | 5'10' | 205 | 7 | Kiski Valley Titans | PA |
| Noah | Wright | Freshman | 5'6″ | 120 | 9 | Liberty | WA |
