| Birth Name: | Alexandria Sedrick | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 28 February 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Education: | Life University | ||||||||||||||||||
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Alexandria Sedrick (born February 28, 1998), nicknamed Spiff, is an American rugby union player who plays as a center. She made her debut for the sevens team in 2021, and competed for the United States in rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where the Eagles took home a bronze medal. She also won a gold medal at the 2023 Pan American Games.
Sedrick plays for the American professional women's Sevens league – Premier Rugby Sevens where she won the United Championship in 2023 with the Rocky Mountain Experts. Sedrick has been playing with PR7s since its inaugural season in 2021.
Sedrick played collegiate rugby at Life University. During her time with the Running Eagles, she won several awards, including the MA Sorensen Award.[1] [2]
Sedrick made her international debut at the 2021 Dubai Women's Sevens.[3] In 2022, she was also selected in the United States team for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[4] [5] They lost to France in the bronze medal final and finished fourth overall.[6] [7] Several months later, her team finished in third place in the South Africa Sevens and automatically qualified for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.[8] [9] She would go on to score the game winning-try and conversion in the bronze medal match against Australia.[10]
Sedrick joined the American professional Sevens league – Premier Rugby Sevens during its inaugural season in 2021. Sedrick has played for two teams within PR7s, earning herself two championships. In 2021, Sedrick won the Women's Championship with the Northern Loonies while in 2023 she won the United Championship with the Rocky Mountain Experts.
2021
Sedrick played in all four matches with the Northern Loonies aiding the team to the first-ever PR7s Championship title. Sedrick did not score in these matches, but she did assist three tires and played an incredible support role on the field.[11]
2022
Sedrick returned to PR7s and suited up for the second consecutive season with the Northern Loonies. PR7s moved to a tour-based model where Spiff played in the three tournaments in San Jose, Washington D.C. and Austin. The Loonies fell short this season not being able to repeat as Champions.
2023
Sedrick was traded to the Rocky Mountain Experts where she played alongside USA Rugby teammate in Ariana Ramsey.
Sedrick played in two regular season tournaments in TCO Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn. and PayPal Park in San Jose, Calif. and advanced to play the Championship in Washington D.C. at Audi Field.
She totaled 16 tackles this season and aided the team to a United Championship which is the award given to the franchise with the most points between the men's and women's team. The Experts finished third in the league after defeating the Southern Headliners in the third-place match.