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Ken Pape 2023 HS

Ken Pape

Ken Pape enters his fourth season at Lander. Pape was named the head women's rugby coach on August 2, 2022 and was first hired in July of 2020.

2022-23 saw Lander continue to grow as the squad began its first full in NIRA. The Bearcats went 11-7-1 under Pape with back-to-back the S.C. State Collegiate Rugby Tournament being claimed by Lander for the second straight year.

Jessica Burt, Bailey Burt and Abbigail Melton were named NIRA All-Americans after the 2022 fall season.

Bailey and Jess Burt were also named to the USA U21 women's rugby team.

The 2021-22 saw the Lander women's squad go 20-7 overall that featured the inaugural S.C. State Collegiate Rugby Tournament.

Pape joined the staff after spending three years at Division III Colby-Sawyer. Pape went 18-5 as head women’s coach of the Chargers, including conference championships in both 7’s and 15’s.

Prior to that, Pape spent four years as head coach at Rutgers. He also was a USA Rugby Girls High School All-Americans assistant coach/analyst and head coach of the Empire GU All-Stars.