Katie Walston, daughter of Senior Group Publisher John Walston, is a standout rugby player at West Chester University.
Katie, a junior majoring in biology/ecology with a minor in environmental health, is a high-scoring member of the WCU Women’s Rugby squad. This year’s team is an enormously talented group and is headed to the USA Rugby Division I Collegiate Women’s Final Four in Palo Alto, CA, on May 9.
Katie’s team breezed to victory in late April at the early rounds of the national playoffs in Marietta, GA, crushing both Georgia Tech and New Mexico. Katie was named MVP of those first and second rounds.
In its 10th season since gaining NCAA status, the WCU Women’s team has won more matches (12), notched its first Mason-Dixon Conference title, and has advanced further in the Division I play than ever before.
WCU will be tested in its semifinal game against undefeated Penn State, a women’s rugby powerhouse with eight National Titles to its name. The games will be streamed live on www.usarugby.com.
Win or lose, Katie heads off to a 10-week summer internship at the El Verde Field Station in the El Yunque National Forest of Puerto Rico, where she will be doing tropical rain forest ecology research.
Congrats, and many good wishes to Katie!
Leave a Reply