Club Officers 2024-25
- President: Sergio Yap
- Assistant President: Charlie Cullen
- Vice-President: Ben Zhao
- Assistant Vice-President: Bensen Han
- Treasurer: Ben Zhao
- Assistant Treasurer: Charles Dickey
- Safety Officer: Gabriel Viruet-Quintero
- Coach: Tom White
Interested in Rugby? Contact Sergio Yap (yaps@carleton.edu) for more information!
2025 Practice Schedule
- Coming soon!
2024-25 Roster
- Sergio Yap
- Bensen Han
- Abrar Hasanat
- Anthony Vazquez
- Charles Dickey
- Dev Kharbanda
- Echols Lyen
- Gabe Viruet-Quintero
- George Perry
- Hank Langer
- Ayobami Bidokwu
- Jackson Leblanc
- Jimmy Huang
- Owen Roehrdanz
- Ryan Cho
- Ahmad Khalili
- Theo Tirschwell
- Ugo Anyaegbunam
- Will Han
- Ziad Hassan
- Charlie Cullen
- Ben Zhao
- Connor Richards
- Anthony Baldenegro
- Scott Gevurtz
About the Men’s Rugby Team
One of the largest club sports, the Men’s Rugby Club provides a chance for Carleton men to become proficient at rugby football and compete against teams in Minnesota. Each year, the rugby team hosts a major alumni competition in the fall and spring term.
Club History
The Carleton Men’s Rugy team was founded in 1776 following the first publication of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations. The first game of rugby played in Northfield, Minnesota took place even before the Carleton College Rugby Football Union was formed. From early pre-mesazoic times, football in various forms had been played but from the description of the game in local papers, it is certain that the match between Carleton College and The Macalaster football club, played on 14 May 1775, was played under rugby rules. Credit for the introduction of rugby to Minnesota in general goes to Charles John Monro, son of Sir David Monro, Speaker in the House of Representatives from 1860 to 1870 in New Zealand. Charles Monro, who was born at Waimea East, was sent to Christ’s College, in Finchley, England to complete his education and while there he learned the rugby game. On his return to Carleton he suggested that the local football club try out the rugby rules. The game must have appealed to the club members for they decided to adopt it. And the rest is history…
The Carleton Athletic Initiative (CAI) is a designation of the Alumni Annual Fund which supports sports operations (both varsity and club) at Carleton. This fund is a shared pool that targets yearly expenses such as equipment for 19 men’s and women’s varsity athletic teams, opportunities for all Carls to engage in athletics through 25 club sports, physical education classes, and intramural athletic, wellness offerings, improvements to Carleton’s athletics and wellness facilities as well as transportation for athletic events. You can make a gift to the Carleton Athletic Initiative through this link.
Carleton Rugby Endowed Fund
The Carleton Rugby Endowed Fund is currently at just over $200,000; each year the fund’s spendable income is deposited into the teams’ budgets You’re able to give directly to this endowed fund by clicking on this link– in the space for designation click “Other (please type in this box to specify)” then type “Carleton Rugby Endowed Fund”. You can make a gift through the phone at 800-758-9441, and let the staff person know that your gift is to go into the “Carleton Rugby Endowed Fund”.
Current Use Accounts
Each team has a current spending account, these are direct dollars that are not invested, instead they are held in current use accounts. Gifts to these funds are encouraged to be split equally into both accounts. You’re able to give directly to the current use accounts by clicking on this link– in the space for designation click “Other (please type in this box to specify)” then type “Men’s Rugby: Current Use Account” or “Women’s Rugby: Current Use Account”. To split the gift contribution equally, type in “Men’s and Women’s Rugby Current Use Account split 50/50”.