Collegiate Rugby Names 2025 Player Winners

National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) has unveiled its 2025 Men’s Player of the Year Award winners, recognizing four exceptional collegiate athletes chosen from over 10,000 players across 332 teams. These prestigious awards, highlighted by NCR’s Director of Men’s Rugby Brad Dufek, celebrate young men who consistently deliver in crucial moments, elevate program standards, and embody the character vital for US rugby development. Division I honoree Alex Nyamunda, Wheeling’s explosive junior center, amassed 16 tries, 35 tackles, and 17 turnovers, while Division I-AA’s Philip Tracey, Bowling Green’s senior back-rower, recorded 21 tries (105 points) and an 89% scrum win rate, leading his Falcons to a MAC title. Rounding out the selections are Grand Valley State senior fly-half Reinhardt Stipp, a Division II star with 22 tries, 168 points, and six 50/22 kicks, and Franciscan sophomore scrum-half Joseph Moleski, whose elite attacking and 82 tackles were key to his Division III team’s historic national championship.