Mike Petri
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 188 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Professional rugby union player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Zachary Petri (born 16 August 1984 in Brooklyn) is an American rugby union Template:Scrum-half who is set to join the English club Sale Sharks for the 2010–11 season. He is a member of the United States national rugby union team and participated with the squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.[1]
Before moving to England, he had been captain of NYAC in New York City, and led them to the Rugby Super League title in his final season there in 2010. He began his rugby career at Xavier High School in New York City.
Mike has been playing rugby since he was a freshmen at Xavier High School. He then attended Penn State University where he was selected to the Collegiate All-American Team four years in a row. He also captained the U-19 and All-American Squad as well as won the 2006 Collegiate All-Stars Tournament MVP and the 2006 Doug Edwards Award.
Rugby wasn't the only sport Mike excelled in in High School, he was also a skilled soccer player, lettering in both varsity sports -- Soccer and Rugby. Mike graduated from Penn State in 2006 with a Bachelor's in Life Science and was on the Deans List, the Alpha Epsilon Delta National Pre-Health Honors Society and the Phi Eta Sigma National Honors Society. In his spare time, Mike enjoys playing basketball, soccer, surfing and snowboarding.
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