Stephen Tomasin (born September 25, 1994) is an American

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player who plays for the

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in the

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. During his high school years, Tomasin played

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as a

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. In his senior year at Cardinal Newman High School, he was voted North Bay League Offensive MVP. He began playing rugby in high school in 2012."Tomasin trades football for rugby"
June 15, 2013. Tomasin played

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with the

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. In 2013, Tomasin was played with the USA Rugby Men's Collegiate All-Americans during his freshman year of college. Tomasin plays his club rugby with OMBAC in the Pacific Rugby Premiership.

U.S. national sevens team

Tomasin debuted for the U.S. national rugby team as a teenager at the

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."EAGLES ROSTER SET FOR PAN AM GAMES"
Rugby Today, July 2, 2015. He represented the U.S. national team at the

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. He suffered a setback in the fall of 2015, however, when he tore his ACL, and as a result he was out for several months. At 21 years old, Tomasin was the youngest of the 26 U.S. rugby players vying for a place on the U.S. 12-man roster for the 2016 Summer Olympics, but he missed out on national team selection. Tomasin returned to the squad for the 2016-17 Sevens Series. He scored eight tries at the

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, and was one of three U.S. players to make the seven-man dream team. Tomasin returned for the 2017–18 Sevens Series, but was injured and missed several tournaments. Tomasin played some spells at halfback, instead of his usual

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position, due to injuries to scrum-half

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and utility back Maka Unufe. Tomasin had an excellent 2018–19 Series; he played in every match en route to the U.S. best ever second-place finish, and finished as one of the three U.S. players selected for the Dream Team composed of the seven best players. Tomasin was selected to represent the United States at the

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. He competed for the

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at the

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Season by season

Honors

;Individual *World Rugby Men's Sevens Player of the Year nominee: 2019

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tomasin, Stephen 1994 births Living people San Diego State Aztecs athletes Sportspeople from Santa Rosa, California Male rugby sevens players United States international rugby union players Rugby sevens players at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in rugby sevens Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for the United States Cardinal Newman High School (Santa Rosa, California) Rugby union centres Rugby union players from California Old Mission Beach Athletic Club RFC players Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics United States international rugby sevens players