{"id":24587,"date":"2019-01-15T18:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T23:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=24587"},"modified":"2023-01-06T19:20:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T00:20:59","slug":"discovering-her-uniqueness-and-beauty-through-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/discovering-her-uniqueness-and-beauty-through-rugby\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering her uniqueness and beauty through rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_24589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"685\" data-attachment-id=\"24589\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/discovering-her-uniqueness-and-beauty-through-rugby\/rugby\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,685\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D810&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1518874261&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;330&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rugby\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-24589\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby-580x441.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby-610x464.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby-250x190.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby-526x400.jpg 526w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby-262x200.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Twenty-year-old Allie Schrenker was selected as the second-youngest player in the Rugby Americas North 10s championship.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Why did Allie Schrenker decide to sign up for the women\u2019s rugby club team at UTC despite never having played before?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wanted to hit people,\u201d she says with a laugh. \u201cI just walked up to a booth at orientation and asked, \u2018Women can play rugby?\u2019 I had no idea. I signed up right there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What started as a way to get out some aggression has turned into a full-blown, self-described obsession and future career. A senior majoring in communications, Schrenker is co-captain of the UTC women\u2019s club team and spent a week this past summer competing in an international tournament in Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>After completing a grueling tryout process with USA Rugby South, the 20-year-old was selected as the second-youngest player to join the team in the Rugby Americas North 10s championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was unreal to be in another country playing the sport that I love, surrounded by so many like-minded people. It was honestly a dream come true,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Schrenker and her teammates went on to win the tournament after facing off against squads from the Bahamas, Mexico and Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>Schrenker loves to win but for her, rugby is more about the camaraderie. She spent her childhood playing multiple sports such as swimming and basketball in her hometown of Bristol, Tennessee, and feels that she\u2019s found true, lifelong friends in her rugby teammates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is this intense bond in rugby that I\u2019ve never, ever come close to experiencing in any other sport,\u201d she says. \u201cRugby is such a cultural sport. Every player has so much respect for the game and for their teammates and opponents. It\u2019s the only sport I\u2019ve ever played where you can dominate a team and then have a beer with them after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe high intensity of the sport demands respect. You get hit so hard and you don\u2019t think you can get back up, but you have to. And you do it over and over and over again. It is a challenge in every sense of the word. It takes a certain kind of person to play rugby, and I think every single rugby player knows that. That\u2019s where the respect comes from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The women on the rugby team are now some of Schrenker\u2019s best friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re wonderful people, so relentless and loving. I know that any one of them would do anything for me because they already have during practices and games. I sprained my wrist last fall and had to be taken out of a game. I was crying so hard. I was in a lot of pain, but I was mostly worried about not being able to continue to play the sport I love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had so many teammates come up to me crying afterward. I was like, \u2018Why are you crying? Are you hurt, too?\u2019 They said, \u2018No, we thought you wouldn\u2019t be able to play anymore. We know this is your dream.\u2019 It was amazing to realize that many people understand you so well and will be there for you like that. I have goosebumps right now just remembering it. I love them so much. I really do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rugby has given Schrenker more than a sense of community; it\u2019s helped her with self-acceptance as well. At 5-9, 187 pounds, she dominates on the rugby pitch\u2014what the field is called in the sport\u2014but fitting in with her high-school peers wasn\u2019t so easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore rugby, I had never really been that confident in myself. I come from a small town where all the popular girls were small and feminine. In rugby, everyone is encouraged to be themselves. Being a \u2018big girl\u2019 is admired in the rugby community. Ever since I started playing, I\u2019ve become so much more confident in who I am. Not to be clich\u00e9, but rugby has really shown me that my uniqueness is beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schrenker encourages women of all shapes and sizes to try rugby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll body types are necessary in rugby. The team needs someone who\u2019s very small or 6-feet-tall or 300 pounds to fill all the positions,\u201d she explains. \u201cFor my position, you have to be big. You have to have force. But there\u2019s another position where the person needs to be tiny to really excel. Rugby needs everybody, and we appreciate everybody. No other sport really offers that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For now, Schrenker is finishing up her bachelor\u2019s degree and hopes to try out for some professional rugby teams in Europe after she graduates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew I loved playing rugby since my sophomore year, but I had never allowed myself to think that I could do something with it,\u201d she says. \u201cIt seemed like a frivolous idea to me until my coach told me about these upper-level camps I could go to after I graduate. He said I could have a legitimate rugby career. I remember calling home that night and saying, \u2018Mom, I think rugby is going to open a lot of doors for me.\u2019 And it has.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"700\" data-attachment-id=\"24590\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/discovering-her-uniqueness-and-beauty-through-rugby\/rugby1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D810&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1518874263&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;350&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rugby1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-24590\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby1.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby1-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby1-768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby1-580x451.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby1-610x474.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby1-250x194.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/rugby1-514x400.jpg 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allie Schrenker is finishing up her bachelor\u2019s degree and hopes to try out for some professional rugby teams in Europe after she graduates.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UTC\u2019s Allie Schrenker competes in international rugby<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/discovering-her-uniqueness-and-beauty-through-rugby\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":24590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,61,4866,64,661],"tags":[83369,83368],"class_list":{"0":"post-24587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athletics","8":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","9":"category-communication","10":"category-news","11":"category-students","12":"tag-allie-schrenker","13":"tag-rugby","14":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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