University of Michigan Women's Rugby Football Club

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Stacia Simonsen This month's featured alumna of the month is one of our assistant coaches, Stacia Simonsen! Outside of coaching the UMWRFC, Stacia has been travelling the world and having all sorts of new and fascinating adventures. Here is what she has to say about these experiences and everything that she's learned from them! Graduation Year 2012 Years of Rugby Experience 8 Position(s) Played? Inside center, flanker, hooker What have you been up to since graduation? I've co

Kadie Sanford This month's featured alumna of the month is Kadie Sanford! Since graduating eight years ago, Kadie has continued playing rugby with several other club teams. Let's hear what she has to say about the experience! Graduation Year 2011 Years of Rugby Experience 12 Position(s) Played? Prop, Lock, 8, Flank What have you been up to since graduation? I stayed in Ann Arbor for two years after graduating with a small company and played rugby for Detroit WRFC. I then move

Jamie Frech We last checked in with Jamie Frech back in February of 2016, but a lot can change in 3 years. Let’s hear what Jamie, or should I say Coach Frech, has been up to since then! Graduation Year 1998 Years of Rugby Experience Still going :) Position(s) Played? All but mostly Scrum Half and Flanker What have you been up to since graduation? I've been busy! I am a Mom to three amazing young men, I coach the magnificent UMWRFC, and recently, I started my own consulting bu

Cassie Slattery Our February featured alumna is Cassie Slattery! Since leaving Michigan, Cassie has started a family and moved west, and she uses the skills she learned through UMWRFC every day. We are excited to share Cassie's reflections on her Michigan rugby experience below! Graduation Year: 2002 Years of Rugby Experience: 3 Positions Played: Fullback, Winger What have you been up to since graduation? I worked for 15 years for a wide variety of nonprofit organizations, fo

Kaitie Benedek Our January Alumna Feature is Kaitie Benedek. While at Michigan, Kaitie studied Environmental Science and Ecology. Now, Kaitie is putting her academic skills as well as her rugby background to work in her career! Graduation Year: 2017 Years of Rugby Experience: 3 Position: Prop What have you been up to since graduation? I moved to Rawlins, Wyoming to work as a forestry intern for the Bureau of Land Management, then to Texarkana, Texas (where I am now!!) to work

Ari graduated last year and we already miss her presence on her field. She played scrumhalf for Michigan and continues to play for the Detroit Rugby Football Club! Graduation year: 2017 Years playing rugby: 2 Position: Scrumhalf 1) Where has life taken you since leaving Michigan? To my parents house and trying to figure out what to do in life and find a career that’ll benefit the health of people or benefit the environment. 2) Most memorable rugby experience? Scoring a try ag

Kelly McMahon This month our featured alumnae is Kelly McMahon! She has been playing rugby for many years and we are really excited to hear her advice for current ruggers! Graduation Year: 1996 Years playing rugby: 15+ Position: Flanker 1) Where has life taken you since leaving Michigan? I left Michigan in 1999 to attend Teachers College in NY, NY. I ended up falling in love with the city and stayed there until returning to Ann Arbor to attend graduate school in 2008, which

Ashley Norris This month we are featuring Ashley Norris! We had a great time getting to know her at last year's alumnae weekend so we wanted to connect with her again and learn more about what she has been up to since leaving Michigan! Graduation Year: 2006 Years playing rugby: 7 Position: Center, 2nd row, 8 man 1) Where has life taken you since leaving Michigan? Since leaving Michigan, I moved out to Connecticut and enjoyed living on the east coast for six years. Since then

Emily Glodzik Happy May! In honor of the month where we celebrate our mothers, we are featuring an alum who recently became a mother herself, Emily Miller Glodzik! Congrats and thanks for sharing with us! Graduation Year: 2005 Years playing rugby: 15 Position: Fullback, wing Nickname: Emily Miller What have you been up to and where are you now? Currently living in Washington, DC. 6 years ago I went back to school and got my Masters at GWU for Speech-Language Pathology - now I

As the spring season and the year race to a close, we are taking the time to honor our Head Coach Shaina Warner as our April alumna of the month! Shaina, along with two other alumnae (Anna Daoud and Stacia Simonsen), has dedicated so much of her time this year to the team and to building her skills as a coach. She is also the only certified female referee for the state of Michigan! Way to represent! She also brings us candy and cupcakes, so what more is there to ask for? Shai

It's March! Spring is in the Ann Arbor air and summer is just around the corner, but let's stay focused on the here and now- namely our March Alumna of the Month. Ariana (Ari) Bostian-Kentes Graduation Year: 2005 Years playing rugby: 10 years Position: Scrum half, outside center What have you been up to and where are you now? Currently living in Ann Arbor and working as the Assistant Director at the University of Michigan Spectrum Center! Come see me anytime on the 3rd floor

Every other year, we have the opportunity to invite alumnae back to campus to connect with our roots, reconnect with the women who came before us, hear the epic stories that have made this club what it is, allow adopted ruggers to see their ‘mamma ruggers’ and, unfortunately, get our butts handed to us in a round of 15s. This year we decided to go with a Vegas theme to go along with our Spring Break trip to Vegas this year! We kicked off the weekend with a dinner at Connor O'