Wilmington, Del. - National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) named over 1200 student athletes as 2024-25 Scholastic All-Americans.

Franciscan had nine players earn this honor, the most in a season in program history. Jeremy Lemaignen, Paul Leerkes, Brendan Lacey, Elijah Marculewicz, Nick Patryn, Andrew Phelan, Liam Phelan, Peter Rooney, and Paul Thibault all earned this distinguished honor.

Click here for a full list of 2024-25 Scholastic All-Americans 

This annual program recognizes high performing student athletes across college rugby. To qualify as a Scholastic All-American, student athletes must achieve a cumulative GPA of  3.5 GPA or higher for the fall and spring semesters and be rostered for 50% of the Fall 15s A-side matches or rostered for 50% of the A-side Spring 7s tournaments. 

Nick Patryn concluded an impressive career, as he earned this honor for the fourth consecutive year.

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