USA Rugby recognized more than 250 student-athletes as members of the 2015-16 Collegiate Academic Honor Roll and the list includes 33 players from D1A Rugby.
The Lions have been ranked No. 3 in the D1A Top 20 the entire season, and have been rewarded with an opening round Playoff match at home against Rugby East’s Wheeling Jesuit.
Indiana, Life, Saint Mary’s, and Utah earned first round byes after claiming conference championships, and won’t feature in the opening round of D1A’s four-week playoff.
Schools are reaching outside of their conferences in order to play top tier talent, and this weekend might be the biggest example of that so far this season.
The USA Falcons recently left for South America to compete in two international tournaments, and three D1A Rugby players have been selected to the squad.
