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JULY / AUGUST 2017 9 Rugby's shining stars Two of college rugby's brightest stars stepped off the turf and into the ballroom at the WAC in June. Ilona Maher of Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, and Bryce Campbell of Indiana University took center stage at the second annual Sorensen & Scholz Collegiate Rugby Player of the Year awards. e Maryanne Sorensen Award goes to the best female Division I collegiate player in the nation, and the Rudy Scholz Award honors the best male Division I player. College players around the country and a panel of coaches and media vote on both awards. e Washington Athletic Club is home to the Sorensen & Scholz awards, deliv- ered in conjunction with the Goff Rugby Report. e awards ceremony took place in front of a full house at a dinner reception in the Crystal Ballroom. Former USA National Team Captain Ines Rodriguez served as guest speaker. C O U R T E S Y B R Y C E C A M P B E L L A N D Q U I N N I P I A C U N I V E R S I T Y J O H N B A N G C O U R T E S Y S E AT T L E S T O R M WAC Night at Seattle Storm Join your fellow WAC members and watch the Seattle Storm take on the Minnesota Lynx on Wednesday, August 16, at 7 pm in KeyArena! Visit storm. wnba.com/wac and use the promo code "WAC17" to purchase discounted tickets. See you there! e WAC is a Seattle Storm partner and proudly supports women's sports in Seattle. first take host a sailor / WAC night at seattle storm Host a Sailor Here comes the Navy! For the fourth year in a row, the WAC will host a group of U.S. sailors in honor of Seafair Fleet Week. Join us for this ever-popular Clubhouse reception on Wednes- day, August 2, to mingle with active military men and women. If you would like to reserve a spot at our Host A Sailor meet- and-greet and take a service member—or a small group—to dinner or otherwise introduce them to your favorite Seattle hangouts aerward, please contact Katherine Jensen at kjensen@wac.net or 206.839.4788. A special invitation is ex- tended to WAC members who have served in the armed forces. e WAC is proud to support our service members. u Bryce Campbell and Ilona Maher were honored as the nation's two best rugby players. wac.net/host-a-sailor