Whiz Kid: Monrovia High School Football Player Promotes Rugby

Who:  Cody Caspar, 18, is a student at .

Accomplishment:  Cody promotes the sport of rugby among his fellow students and recruits players from Monrovia.

Key to Awesomeness:  Football player Cody Casper is also passionate about rugby, so passionate that he is only considering colleges with rugby teams. He first learned about the sport when he began playing it as a student at John Barrett Middle School in Sacramento. After he moved to Monrovia, he was able to continue playing with the Pasadena Rugby Club.

When his team lost a lot of members in 2010, Cody created flyers and canvassed his school for new players. "They say soccer is a gentlemen’s sport played by hooligans, and rugby is a hooligan’s sport played by gentlemen," Cody says. The team, which is led by coaches Alan Jackson and Roche Sanchez, a rugby coach at Azusa Pacific University, has about 15 members. Cody’s Monrovia recruits make up over a third of the team.

In addition to contributing as a valuable member of Monrovia High School’s football team, Cody has proven his leadership skills and determination to promote the sport of rugby.