Bios
Austin Ryan
Name: Austin Ryan
Major: Aviation Management
Year: Senior
Height: 5’8″
Weight: 240 lbs
Position: Prop
High School: Charles Page High School, Sand Springs, OK
Previous Sports Played: Football, Powerlifting
Years Playing Rugby: 4
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Having an undefeated (thus-far) rugby career against both the University of Texas and Oklahoma State.
Biggest Influence in my Life: My parents Steve and Leslie, and my sister Natalie.
Goals: Work in management position at an airport or within a commercial airline.
Name: Rob Avery-Phipps
Major: Geography
Year: Sophomore
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 170 LBs
Position(s): Anywhere needed – Hooker to Halfback
Hometown and High School: Nottingham, Trent College UK
Previous Sports Played: Field Hockey
Years Playing Rugby: 10
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Scoring the winning try against a rival High School and coming to the USA and experiencing OU’s passion for rugby
Biggest Influence on your life: Family
Goals: Travel and see the world!
Ryan Bachman
Name: Ryan Bachman
Major: Meteorology
Year: Sophomore
Height: 5′ 11″
Weight: 210 lbs
Position: Flanker, Center
Hometown and High School: Keller High School, Keller, TX
Previous Sports Played: Football
Years playing rugby: 5 years of rugby
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: 2010 Rocky Mountain Challenge Champions U-19 TX All-Stars
Biggest Influence on your life: My Mom
Goals: Graduate with a degree in Meteorology and go into forecasting for the NWS.
Name: Blake Bunch
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Year: Freshman
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 153
Position(s): Weak side Flanker
Hometown and High School: Purcell, OK. Purcell High School
Previous Sports Played: Track & Cross Country
Years Playing Rugby: 1
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Beating school records in track in high school
Biggest Influence on your life: My dad because he’s confined to a wheelchair and never lets it hold him back. Great example to me.
Goals: To graduate with my bachelor’s and be the best I can be.
Andrew Conole
Name: Andrew Conole
Major: General Management
Year: Sophomore
Height: 6′
Weight: 190 lb.
Position: Flanker
Hometown and High School: San Marcos California, MissionHillsHighSchool
Previous Sports: Played High School football and ran the 400meter in track.
Years playing rugby: 1st year of rugby
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Favorite memory, playing at Qualcom Stadium my junior year for the football championship game.
Goals: My goal in life is to serve others by submitting to a life lead by Christ.
Rees Dooley
Name: Rees Dooley
Major: Mathematics
Year: Senior
Height: 6’4″
Weight: 13.6 stone
Position: Lock
Hometown and High School: OKC, Casady School
Previous Sports Played: Cross Country, Wrestling
Years Playing Rugby: 3
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Watching Chase dislocate his thumb scoring a try over Texas.
Biggest Influence on your life: The best there ever was, is or will be Danny ‘The Talent’ Dunlap. Goals: Make it to 30.
Toby Harden
Name: Toby Harden
Major: Chemical Engineering
Year: Freshman
Height:6’0″
Weight: 175
Position(s): Hooker, Flanker
Hometown and High School: Norman, Ok, Norman North High School
Previous Sports Played: Rugby
Years Playing Rugby: 3
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Winning games
Biggest Influence on your life: My parents
Goals: Do good things
Brad Henry
Name: Brad Henry
Major: Letters
Year: Junior
Height: 5’11″
Weight: 170 lbs
Position(s): Winger
Hometown and High School: Norman, OK; Norman High School
Previous Sports Played: Rugby and Soccer
Years Playing Rugby: 6
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: My first try for the Colts, my high school rugby team, during my sophomore year.
Biggest Influence on your life: My mom, I’ve never met a stronger or more capable individual.
Goals: To keep growing, as a rugby player, a scholar, and a person.
Richard Immel
Name: Richard Immel
Major: Journalism
Year: Junior
Height:5’10″
Weight:170
Position(s):flanker, hooker
Hometown and High School: Midwest City, OK. Midwest City High School
Previous Sports Played: Football, wrestling, baseball
Years Playing Rugby: 1
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Winning the state wrestling championship my senior year in high school
Biggest Influence on your life: My friends and family
Goals: I hope to be the best journalist, family man and friend i can be. I also hope to make a positive impact this year on the rugby team.
Blake Hodges
Name: Blake Hodges
Major: Sociology -Criminology
Year: Senior
Height: 6’5
Weight: 223
Position(s): Lock
Hometown and High School: Catoosa, Ok. Catoosa High School
Previous Sports Played: Baseball and Football
Years Playing Rugby: 4
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Making the Collegiate All-stars Rugby team
Biggest Influence on your life: My biggest influence is the drive to want to be the best at anything i do. Settling for nothing and always wanting more for myself.
Goals: My career goal would be to get hired as an undercover agent for a federal law enforcement agency.
Matt Koch
Name: Matthew Koch
Major: Energy Management/Finance Double
Year: Sophomore
Height: 5’11
Weight: 183
Position(s): Inside/Outside Center
Hometown and High School: Coppell, TX Coppell High School
Previous Sports Played: Football, Wrestling, Rugby
Years Playing Rugby: 4
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: All Conference Honors in football
Biggest Influence on your life: My Mom
Goals: To be the best that I can be
Michael Lair
Name: Michael Lair
Major: Petroleum Engineering
Year: Senior
Height: 5’10″
Weight: 210
Position(s): Hooker, Prop
Hometown and High School: Edmond, OK – Edmond North High School
Previous Sports Played: Football
Years Playing Rugby: 2 years
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Scoring my first try against OSU
Biggest Influence on your life: My Father
Goals: Become a successful Petroleum Engineer and have a great family
Matt Long
Name: Matt “Ginger” Long
Major: Supply Chain Management
Year: Freshman
Height: 6′ 3″
Weight: 205
Position(s): Second Row
Hometown and High School: Jenks, Oklahoma; Jenks High School
Previous Sports Played: Football, Rugby, Basketball
Years Playing Rugby: 4
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Winning the high school state championship in rugby
Biggest Influence on your life: My Mama
Goals: Keep playing rugby after college, and get going with my life.
Name: Dalton W. Matthews
Major: International Language
Year: Freshman
Height: 6′ 3″
Weight: 250
Position(s): prop
Hometown and High School: Duncan, OK. Home School Educated
Previous Sports Played: soccer
Years Playing Rugby: 1
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: My first Rugby match
Biggest Influence on your life: My Parents
Goals: To represent the United States and play for the US Eagles rugby team.
Will McWhirter
Name: Will McWhirter
Major: Social Studies Education
Year: Sophomore
Height: 5’11
Weight: 235
Position: Prop
Hometown: Southlake, TX
High School: Carroll Senior High School
Previous Sports Played: Football
Years Playing Rugby: 1st year playing rugby
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Playing in front of a sold out SMU stadium when my high school football team played a team from Miami, Florida
Biggest Influence on my Life: My dad and my high school football coach, coach Paul Pinson
Goals: Hope to be a teacher and a principle in Texas one day
Taylor Mokate
Name: Taylor Mokate
Major: Psychology
Year: Senior
Height: 6’4″
Weight: 230lbs
Position(s): 8
Hometown and High School: Dallas, TX Lake Highlands High School
Previous Sports Played: Football
Years Playing Rugby: 7
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: To date: Running out of the tunnel in Las Vegas with 35,000+ screaming for USA Sevens vs. Japan under the lights in my first international sevens cap.
Biggest Influence on your life: My parents have always been my guiding light, I also rely heavily on my faith in God, as well as all my past and present coaches and teammates.
Goals: Play rugby for USA 15s and 7s internationally as well as compete in the 2016 Olympics and earn a professional contract playing rugby overseas.
Tommy Moses
Name: Thomas Donald Moses
Major: Pre-Law Philosophy
Year: Sophomore
Height: 5’8″
Weight: 165 lbs
Position(s): Hooker,Flanker
Hometown and High School: Oologah, Oologah-Talala Public schools
Previous Sports Played: Swimming, Rowing
Years Playing Rugby: 1
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: When Sophomore Year of High School my team won First overall at the 24th Rose Invitational
Biggest Influence on your life: My Father Tom Moses and my Mother Eva Moses
Goals: To never miss a pass and never give just 99%
Nor Ashraf Norazman
Name: Nor Ashraf Norazman
Major: Petroleum Engineering
Year: Sophomore
Height: 66.5 inches
Weight: 134 lbs
Position(s): Wing
Hometown and High School: Langkawi, Malaysia. MRSM Langkawi.
Previous Sports Played: Badminton, Soccer, Basketball, Hockey, Softball, Tennis, Ping Pong, Parkour, Rugby, Body Building, Dodge ball, Running, Volleyball, Swimming, Cycling, Brawling, Ice Skating, Skating, Gymnastics
Years Playing Rugby: 9 years
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Tackling huge people on the field
Biggest Influence on your life: My dad. He has 12 kids.
Goals: Be awesome, rich, famous, and be loved by all.
William Pham
Name: William Pham
Major: Zoology/Pre-Med
Year: Freshman
Height: 5’8″
Weight: 150 lbs.
Position(s): Fullback, Scrumhalf, Wing
Hometown and High School: Tulsa, OK and Jenks High School
Previous Sports Played: Football, Basketball, Track
Years Playing Rugby: 2
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: The feeling before a big game
Biggest Influence on your life: My brother, Charles Pham
Goals: Become a radiologist and staying healthy
Heath Thompson
Name: Heath Thompson
Major: Business Marketing
Year: Junior
Height: 5’10”
Weight:195
Position(s): Wing
Hometown and High School: Bixby , Oklahoma; Bixby HIgh Schol
Previous Sports Played: Football, Track, and Hockey
Years Playing Rugby: 5
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Looking up in the stands to seeing my family there in support.
Biggest Influence on your life: My mother, her work ethic alone has shown me that nothing is unreachable in life.
Goals: To graduate from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Business Marketing. Then proceed to go where life takes me and to hopefully continue playing rugby wherever I end up.
Paul Watkins
Name: Paul Watkins
Major: BM Organ Performance
Year: Senior
Height: 5’7″
Weight: 185
Positions: Hooker, Flanker
Hometown and High School: Tulsa, Booker T. Washington
Previous Sports Played: None
Years Playing Rugby: 1
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Playing at the regional tournament in Dallas
Biggest Influence on your life: My Father
Goals: To tour Europe as a concert organist.
Kelton Miller
Name: Kelton Lee Miller
Major: health exercise science- pre med
Year: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, or Senior- junior
Height:6’2
Weight:210
Position(s): fly
Hometown and High School: mustang
Previous Sports Played: football, rugby, bball, wrestling, soccer
Years Playing Rugby: 12
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: yet to be satisfied
Biggest Influence on your life (parent, mentor, sibling, etc.):father, always inspired me by his work ethic
Goals (Career, Life, Athletic – You pick):still searching
Meaad Muse
Name: Meaad Muse
Major: Architecture
Year: Sophomore
Height: 6’3
Weight: 220 lbs
Position: Second Row
Hometown and High School: Middletown Delaware and Middletown High School
Previous Sports: Football
Years Playing Rugby: First year
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Winning a football high school state championship
Biggest Influence on your life: both my mother and father
Goals: Progress at rugby at a fast rate to hopefully have a future with it after college
Name: Arrynn Wilkinson
Major:Psychology
Year: Senior
Height: 5’9
Weight:182
Position(s): Fullback, Center, Flyhalf
Hometown and High School: Union High School,l Tulsa, Ok
Previous Sports Played:Football, Baseball, and Basketball
Years Playing Rugby: 7 years
Favorite Memory as an Athlete: Winning the second of Back to Back state Championships in Football and Baseball
Biggest Influence on your life (parent, mentor, sibling, etc.): My parents
Goals (Career, Life, Athletic – You pick): My goals are to hold nothing back and live life for as long as i can and experience as much as i can.
