University of Michigan Women's Rugby Football Club

This month's featured SISU Player of the Month is a crucial part of our forward pack and has held the title of Apparel Chair and Treasurer on our Admin Board. She's also known for being relentlessly studious in her academics and extremely hard-working at everything she sets her mind to. Let's give it up to our March featured player: Vanessa Rojano! Year: Junior Hometown: Chicago, IL Major: Mechanical Engineering How long have you been playing? 5 years Why rugby? I started pla

Megan Melton Meg is one of our captains and is graduating this year. She has been playing rugby with an indomitable spirit for 4 years now and is always full of optimism on and off the field. We are really excited to see what she gets up to in the years to come!! Year: Senior Major: Actuarial Mathematics Minor: Business Administration Hometown: Buffalo, NY why rugby? Honestly, I came to campus planning on playing club soccer, but ultimately decided not to try out. Thanks to s

This year the girls travelled to Nevada for spring break to compete in and watch the Las Vegas Invitiationals! Thanks to freshman Vicky Whydell who took the time to blog about their time there! 3/1 Rise and shine, Ann Arbor! The UMWRFC travelers were all up and ready to go at 6:30am to make the journey to the transit center and then the airport. After a little bit of a delay with our bus (which was fine, but some of us were mad) and breakfast at McDonald's, the team was airbo

Whitney Smith This month we are featuring one of the team's beloved seniors, the outspoken and spunky Whitney Smith! Whitney is always ready with a comeback, will surprise you with her speed and throws a wicked stiff arm (many of us on the team can attest to this fact from personal experience ). Whitney also recently competed with the team as they represented Michigan Rugby at the Las Vegas Invitiationals over spring break! Year: Senior Major: Computer Engineering Hometown: S

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