Albany Knickerbockers Rugby Club in Albany, NY
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THE COACHES

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Lori Staples

Head Coach
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Beth Fairall

Backs Coach​
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Christina "Chia" Chiappetta

Forwards Coach

THE TEAM

  
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Megan "Dubz" Reed

Position: Scrumhalf
12 years playing
Former Captain & former Board member
Fun fact: Most of my garden harvest goes to the local neighborhood. 


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Elizabeth Calderon-Papajohn

Position: Prop/Flank
4 years playing
Current Secretary
Fun fact: I love to knit and PBR

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Christina "Chia" Chiappetta

Position: Prop
15 years playing (retired)
Current Director for the club, former President and Secretary
Fun fact: Has 1 dog, 2 cats, 2 goldfish, and 8 chickens :-
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Nicole "Nevada" Gonyeau

Position: Hooker
16 years playing
Current board member, Webmaster, and Former Vice President
Fun fact: 
I cross stitch sassy sayings

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Kailey "Batsh*t" Strafford

Position: Back
4 years playing
Current DEI Chair
Fun fact: I perform stand-up comedy

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Lucia "Luch" Cappiello

Position: Lock/Prop/Flank
11 years playing
7s Coordinator, Social Chair, and former Secretary


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Meghan "MTV" Gillen

Position: Flank/Lock/Wing
3 years playing
Current Treasurer


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Ally "MF" Seney

Position: Second Row
9.5 years playing
 Former Social Chair
Fun fact: 
Monday NYT crossword puzzle record is 4:13

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Michie "Smash" Williamson

Position: Prop / Second Row
14 years playing
Fun fact: 
A pre-school student once told me that I had "princess hair and batman muscles"

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Melanie "Melman" Weils

Position: Prop
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Amy Hait

Position: Back
9 years playing
Current Captain
Fun fact: 
I have a really long arm hair

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Kate "Trunch" Lowerre

Position: Flyhalf/ Inside Center
16 years playing
Fun fact: I love to sing, my dog daisy is my favorite hiking buddy

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Stephanie "No Sub Steph" Tucker 

Position: 8 (wo)man
8 years playing
Fun fact: 
I can move my ears up and down at the same time or alternating.

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Emily Hickmott

Position: Back
1 year playing
Fun fact: I play quidditch

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Rosa De Jesus

Position: Scrum half/wing
7 years playing
Current social chair
Fun fact: 
I can solve up to a 7x7 Rubik’s cube

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Shweta Mane

Position: Scrum half
3 years playing
​Fun fact:
 I use to make music remix playlists

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Michaela "Mick" Conway

Position: Lock/flank/8 man
11 years playing
Current Captain
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​Fun fact: 
I’m legally blind without contacts or glasses

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Kylie Lecomte

Position: back
4 years playing
Current field manager
Fun fact: Cabot cheese enthusiast

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Megan Knickerbocker

Position: Prop
6+ years playing 
Recruitment chair

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Alexis Vanitski

Position: Lock/flank
5 years playing
​Current Match Secretary

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Victoria "Pretzel" Cahill

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Scrumhalf / Hooker

Ashley "Stretch" Johnston

Outside Center / Second Row

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Caitlyn "SLEAVS" Sleasman

Prop

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Riley Shannon

Scrumhalf / Wing

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Nancy Allen

Inside Center

Amber Acosta

Wing

Alicia Backus

Second Row

Kathryn "STEVE" Stephan

Second Row / 8-man

Clare Dorsey

Outside Center

Amy Hait

Flanker / Wing

Liz "RV" Henderson

Flanker / Utility Forward

Erika Huard

Flanker

Camilla "Cams" Osses

Flyhalf

Allyssa "AP" Phillips

Flanker

Leah Rice

Wing / Fullback

Tonya "Tone" Roloson

Prop

Julie Shetterly

Wing

**MORE TO COME**
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