Nate Augspurger

Picked up rugby when he was 11 years old, introduced to the sport through his father who played after college. Augspurger played basketball, wrestling and American football all through high school and focused on rugby in college.

In 2012, he earned Collegiate All-American honors in 7s and made his debut with the senior national team at the Dubai stop of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Augspurger went on to win bronze in the Pan American Games 2015 and, in June of 2016, earned his first cap in XVs against Italy. He then went back to sevens where he was selected as a traveling reserve for the Olympic Games Rio 2016. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.