Written by Pat Clifton    Thursday, 21 June 2012 17:07    PDF Print Write e-mail
All American Camp Assembling in Houston
Colleges - All Americans

46 players will compete in a four-day camp beginning Thursday for spots on the All-American traveling squad set to visit Ireland in August.  The players will assemble in Houston in conjunction with the Men’s Senior National Team’s final June test match against Italy.

With the National Team staff on hand, All American coach Matt Sherman will put the campers through athletic testing on Thursday, two-a-days on Friday and Saturday and a scrimmage on Sunday. Sherman and his staff will then select 26 players to make the trip to Ireland and take on Munster’s and Leinster’s academy sides.

This is a much larger camp than usual in the absence of the Inter Territorial Tournament (ITT).

"Without the ITTs we haven't been able to see a lot of guys. We've hard a lot of things about them, so this allows us to being in some unknown quantities but guys we've heard a lot about," said Sherman. "The larger numbers also allow us to scrimmage. We'll definitely have to be organized in our approach to manage the numbers and make sure we get value out of all our training sessions, but I think the plus side of that outweighs that, for sure."

Sherman put together a large list of players who are unavailable for camp, but just because a players isn't in Houston this weekend doesn't mean he can't or won't be selected for the Ireland tour.

"There's a couple of guys that have been in the Eagle side or are very known quantities, who we actually allowed them a pass, because now we have the opportunity to bring in another guy we don't know about," Sherman said. 

While this camp is geared specifically for 15s, newly appointed 7s coach Tony Pacheco will be on hand to observe and participate.


USA Rugby Men’s Collegiate All-American Camp Roster | June 21-24
Forwards
Nick Mostyn (Utah)
Jamie Kelm (San Diego State)
Jake Mizell (Arkansas State)
OJ Auimatagi (Life University)
Mike Shepherd (Utah)
Glen Maricelli (Life University)
Jamie Gregory (Kutztown)
Demacus Beach (Davenport)
Jack Bristol (Air Force)
Nate Brakeley (Dartmouth)
Ryan Hargraves (Davenport)
Lester Soloai (Utah)
Jordan Badia-Bellinger (Claremont College)
Mike Erickson (Penn State)
Steyne Benade (Arkansas State)
John Hellman (Penn State)
Alex Menke (Stanford University)
Alec Gletzer (UC-Santa Barbara)
Robert Carlson (St. Mary’s College of California)
James Lynch (Life University)
Shaun Potgieter (Arkansas State)
Robert Hayslip (Arkansas State)
Nick Svob (Arizona)
Seamus Seifring (Navy)

Backs
Chris Saint (Penn State)
Paul Bosco (Cal)
Conor Mils (Texas A&M)
Sam Sirrell (UCLA)
Dean Gericke (Arkansas State)
Nick Evans (Tennessee)
Kalei Konrad (San Diego State)
James Gallo (UC-Santa Barbara)
Tim Stanfill (Central Washington)
Jake Anderson (Cal)
Mathius Harris (Lindenwood University)
Tonata Lauti (Utah)
Pat Sullivan (Arkansas State)
Luke Hickey (Ohio State)
Zac Mizell (Arkansas State)
Tim Maupin (St. Mary’s College of California)
Joe Cowley (Life University)
Jake McFadden (Life University)
Matthew Jensen (Western Washington)
Cody Naber (Arizona)
Darrian Woodson (Life University)
Jack MCCaullife (Navy)

Unavailable for selection
Mikey Su’a (BYU)
Mike Lawrenson (Kutztown)
TJ Allred (BYU)
Kyle Sumison (BYU)
Brendan Daly (Cal)
Sean Paterson (Arkansas State)
Matt Crawford (St. Mary’s College of California)
Kevin Holland-McCann (UC-Davis)
Paul Bester (Life University)
Scott Metcalf (Utah)
Kyle Stroman (Indiana)
Patrick Latu (San Mateo City College)
Fernando Assing (Texas)
Danny Barrett (Cal)
Shaun Davies (BYU)
Will Holder (Army)
Madison Hughes (Dartmouth)
Kingsley McGowan (St. Mary’s College of California)
Dylan Lubbe (BYU)
Anthonty Lombardo (Cal)
Don Pati (Utah)
Hoeseki Kofe (BYU)
Colton Cariaga (Life)
Paul Lasike (BYU)
James Jones (St. Mary’s College of California)
Joe Baker (Penn State)
JP Eloff (Davenport)
Luke Lahman (Colorado)
Luke Markovich (Miami)
Karl Crist (Army)
Ray Forrester (BYU)
Andrew Cooke (St. Mary’s College of California)
Ryan Roundy (BYU)
Cam Dolan (Life University)
Hynia Leaaetoa (BYU)
Seamus Kelly (Cal)

Men’s College All-Americans Staff
Matt Sherman (Head Coach)
Matt Huckaby (Forwards Coach)
Phillip Eloff (Backs Coach)
Craig Brown (Manager)
Chris Mizer, MS AT (Trainer)
Thomas Caldwell (Athletic Trainer)