"HERSTORY"
The team was founded by Kathy Hinchcliffe in Spring 1996. Having been the only who had ever played rugby before, she began her quest to build the first women's rugby team.
Some of the inaugural "rookies" were:
Julie "Hoochie" Bayne, Lynne "Timex" Bruger, Cindy Chow, Kim Craddock, Jean Marie Dunn, Crystal Elias, Erin "Beast" Ellison, "Nurse" Akwugo (Janet/AK) "One Step" Emejulu, Harmony "Blue Hawaii" Fabrizio, Johanna "Blonde Boy Toy" Gregory, Katrina "Thumbalina" Haugen, Jennifer "Trixie" Okezie, Bridget "B-Shea" Shea, Merri Snow, Angela "Pucahontas" Stahle, Tiffany "Spacey" Trott, and Rachel Vasey.
Fall 1996: Lara Bold, Addie "Supergirl" Boswell, Erin Greer,
Spring 1997: Jodi Curci, Sarah Hennessey, Lori Lyons, Jessica Nerney, Meghan (Maig) "Essential" Nolan, Heather "Slut" Richards, Mary Francis "Frankie" Styczynski, Kim Williams
Fall 1997: Laura "Red" Del Gauuadio, Lauren "Flim-Flam" Flammio, Laurie "Glick" Glick-Bbuckman, Jenica "Ghetto" Leonard,
Spring 1998: Liz "Bledsoe" Brassel, Sarah "Pink Eye" Goggin, Brenna "Fat girl" Murphy,
Fall 1998: "Princess" Laura "B" Betancourt, "Concussion" Kate LaSota, Robyn "Husky" Pickens, Kelly Shannon, Angela Tressler, Jackie "Chan" Vorhauer, Emily Olson
Spring 1999: Denise Kelley, Nicole "Vulch" Kureshi,
Fall 1999: Mary Bobbitt, Liza Fuentes, Melle Nolan, Lilya Haynes, Melissa "Mel" Kanuk, Julie Hollo, Jo Imbriani, Alaina Ledden, Liz Lowney, Allyson Neville, Becky Phelps, Lindsay Sampson, Ingrid Studenmeyer, Erica Vargas, and Maria Vastola
Spring 2000: Amanda Plant, Casey "1" Rebholz, Sarah Shank, Joanna "Karate Kid" Radman, and the "infamous Fran"
Fall 2000: Christine Canavan, Casey "2" Hatcher, Kathleen Meagher, Allison "Squirt" Miller, Emily Parsons, Michelle Tracy, Melissa Stile, Catherine "Bob" Shields, and Lindsay Webster
Spring 2001: Liz Bolton, Melissa Stile, Maureen Matthews, Emily Ellison, Lynde Kunkle, Brennan Hogan
Fall 2001: Mikaela Pollock, Chrissy Fehskens, Lenora Stiles, Julie Berry, Joyce Pankowicz, Nicole "Puff" Proviano, Tomomi Yamane, Vicky Alt, Julia Wolfe, Celeste Fiore
Spring 2002: Karen DeFilippi, Mel Brockley, Amanda Farrell, Amanda Iger, Beth Nehrling
Fall 2002: Abby Witt, Kristen Barnes, Maddy Gitomer "from Rugby," Anat Yatziv, Sophie Jackson, Whitney Howard, Kaleena Francis, Rachel Houhoulis, Amrith "Quickie" Fernandes-Prabhu, Lindsay Marles, Jess "Santi" Santiago, Femi King
Spring 2003: Willa Suter, Betsy "Boots" Dillner,
Fall 2003: Amanda Lamb, Amy Carroll, Ann Marie Tropiano, Annie Ehrlich, Azusa Hashimoto, Beth Degi, Courtney Richards, Heather Wyllie, Jessica Heads, Kellie Cavalier, Lynn Blubaugh, Pooja Virani, Susan Cordek
Spring 2004: Aditi Dussalt, Jen Dymicki, Christin Flint, Colleen McHugh, Lisa Pelletier
Fall 2004: Sara Altman, Lisa "Sally" Collins, Katherine De Juan, Jessie Garth, Hope Herron, Kim Hodge, Joanna Ison, Elizabeth Janeczko, Faye Karabelski, Kristen Keen, Elizabeth "Scrappy" King, Natsuko Koike, Melanie Lawton, Tori Martin, Becka McKnight, Bethany McMillion, Kayly Ober, Katie Olsen, Mattie Ressler, Siedeh Resaei-Kamalabad, Jessica Roper, Rachelle Rogers, Heather Sinn, Allison Smith, Katherine Stump
Spring 2005: Lucia Acampora, Sarah Balgord, Jessie Biele, Vanessa Dawson, Sara Lenardo, Hallie Marin, Lindsey Nugent, Evelyn Pruneda, Laura Warman
Fall 2005: Char Bachman, Megan Dewey-Wood, Lyndsey "Nips" Gibson, Micah Hartman, Allison Hayes, Krysi Hermes, Natalie "Nads" Kakovitch, Melissa Lynch, Katie Mee, Anne "Pink" Paschke, Stephanie Petrides, Rachel "Colorado" Rosenthal, Nafiza Stephard, Erica "E$" Snyder, Katie "Sota" Suplick
Spring 2006: Kim Bailey, Caroline Beirne, Kristin "Billie" Billanti, Kristin Clements, Raquel Fernandez, Sheri Villa
Fall 2006: Ali Bartle, Kat Beckett, Sarah "H" Brown, Amanda Chary, Amanda Dox, Lisa "Presley" Espinosa, Megan "Fill" Fillebrown, Jacqui French, Alyssa "Bean" Geisler, Hailee Lucero, Emily "Germany" McKnight, Caitlin "Mick" Miller, Stephanie Mitola, Erin Owens, Liz Roberts, Julie Rothfarb, Adi Vecchio, and Kristen "Wallie" Walling
Spring 2007: Rachel Clark, Jai Rogala, Amelie Hopkins, Emily Willard
These are all those that toughed it out and survived to say they played rugby here at American University for at least one full semester.
***DISCLAIMER***
If there is anyone who has been left out, misspelled, or misplaced, we apologize, but as you know, sometimes we have difficulty remembering the particulars such as dates, names, etc. Our only excuse...RUGBY! Please understand. If you want to be added to the list of survivors, please contact the Webmistress.