Stanford Women's Rugby has been a place where people can make some of their best friends in college and in life. In order to keep those friendships going, we are trying to build an active alumni community. We've put together an alumni email list to keep you updated on team events and reunions. If you're interested in joining, please contact our webmaster, Johanna, at jnagy@stanford.edu

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Team History

Student Leslie Potts founded the Stanford Women's Rugby team in 1976. Among its members that first season was student Sally Ride, who was to become in later years the first U.S. woman astronaut.

In 1994, Franck Boivert, the head coach of the USA Women's National Team took charge of the Stanford Women's and Men's Rugby Programs. In his tenure at Stanford Franck headed the program as well as coached the University of South Pacific teams during the American collegiate off-season. He left Stanford in 2003 to work full time as the national director of Rugby in Fiji.

The chief coach for the Stanford Women's team from 1995 to 2002 was Emile Bruneau; one of the star players of the #2 ranked Stanford men's team. Philippe Farner joined the program in 2002 as the women's coach. Philippe, who has competed internationally for many years, most recently played Lock for the Eagles. In 2003 Stanford Rugby welcomed former Air Force coach Rob Holder as the new director of Stanford Rugby.

In 2005, Jonathan Griffin joined the Stanford rugby program as the new head coach of the women's team. The Irish coach had previously lived in the UK where he coached a successful program at Loughborough University. Griff arrived at Stanford in late January of 2005 and, within a few months, was able to help the women's team achieve a second National Collegiate Championship win. The team won a second consecutive National Championship in 2006. The Stanford Women's Rugby Team qualified for the National Championship Final 4 in 2006, 2005, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1995, 1993, and 1992, and won the National Championship in 1999, 2005, 2006, and 2008. The team also won the National Championship Plate Division in 1998.

2005 National Championship

The Stanford program has produced many top-notch players who have competed nationally and internationally.

Among our alumni:

• Jennifer Chue, class of '82, played for the USA National team, the Eagles, as a hooker and a flanker.
• Jennifer Crawford, class '86 and current captain of the National team.
• Kalei Kim, flanker for the national team.
• Megan Himan, reserve hooker for the national team.
• Ann Latham class of '86, played #8 for the national team.
• Kerry Kelly class of '87 law school, played scrum half for the national team.
• Pam Irby class of '87, and a '93 grad from the medical school, played wing for the national team and also currently plays for the National 7's team.
• Susie Hoffman, class of '98, All-American (fullback)
• Brittney Blunt, class of '01, All-American (center)
• Sue Landsittel, All-American (prop), two caps as a hooker for Eagles in '03
• Heather Littlejohn, class of '02,
• Katrina Logan, class of '03, All-American, flanker/prop for U23 National Team

For more recent alumni and their accomplishments (including several players with full international caps), please see our recent alumni roster.

Stanford Women's Rugby has a long and rich tradition. The team is proud of our past successes and is working hard to keep the national championship title at Stanford.