SGT Anthony Welmers

Rugby Sevens

Anthony started playing Rugby his sophomore year in high school. It was a new sport to the school – but he immediately took to it. In 2010, his high school rugby team won the Michigan State championship. Only weeks after his graduation that year, he went to basic training with the Army, after which he took whatever opportunity he could to hone his rugby skills – including playing on his college team and playing with NATO members on an Afghanistan deployment. Now a WCAP member, he trains full time with the USA Rugby Sevens national team.