Abby Gustaitis (born May 9, 1991) is an American

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player. She debuted for the against

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2016. She was selected for the squad to the

2017 Women's Rugby World Cup The 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup was the eighth edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup and was held in Ireland in August 2017. New Zealand became the 2017 champions by beating England 41–32 in the final on 26 August. Matches were held in Dubl ...

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. Gustaitis was introduced to the sport of rugby by a friend while attending the

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

. After the 2017 World Cup she was recruited to the University of Canberra's sevens team.

Personal life

Gustaitis is the daughter of Stan and Tammy Gustaitis. She has two older brothers. She attended North Harford High School, where she played basketball and graduated in 2009. She attended the University of Maryland, College Park and graduated with a degree in

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and Neurobiology in 2013. .

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Abby Gustaitis
at USA Rugby * * * * * * 1991 births Living people American female rugby union players American people of Lithuanian descent United States women's international rugby union players University System of Maryland alumni American female rugby sevens players Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Rugby sevens players at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players of the United States 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-rugbyunion-bio-stub