Scholz Award Nominees Released

The nominees for the Rudy Scholz Award have been released.

The award is named after former Santa Clara rugby star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Rudy Scholz, and since 2016 has been given annually to the best men's college rugby player in the country.

Sponsored by the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle, WA, the Scholz Award is selected each spring and officially presented during a gala event in June. This year the event, once again held at the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle, will be held June 8.

The nominees were selected by a panel of college coaches and administrators, overseen by FloRugby Senior Editor Alex Goff. One nominee was voted on by the fans, and the fans will have a heavy hand in deciding the finalists.

If you are a fan, you can vote for which nominee should be a finalist in the poll below.

If you are a coach, director of rugby, or captain of a college team, you can vote for which nominee should be a finalist here >>

Nominees for the 2018-19 Rudy Scholz Award
Name	School	Position
Bailey Abercrombie	Army	No. 8
Spencer Craig	Navy	No. 8
Eamonn Matthews	St. Bonaventure	Scrumhalf
Aaron Matthews	Saint Mary's	Center/Flyhalf
Nic Mirhashem	Cal	Flanker
Tanner Pope	Arkansas State	Prop
Matt Rogers	Arizona	Scrumhalf
Marcus Viscardi	Saint Mary's	Flanker
Chance Wenglewski	Lindenwood	Prop
Harley Wheeler	Life	Wing
Tosh Wilcox	BYU	Flanker

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