Falcon West Academy Athletes
Every athlete who has joined the Falcon West Academy, newest group first.
The Falcon West Academy introduces motivated rugby athletes to property and casualty insurance: 12 weeks, paid, built around training and games. Several alumni now work at Falcon West, and you can read more about them on our rugby page.
Last updated November 1, 2026.
Group 7
Luke Archibeque
Luke Archibeque was born on Oahu and now lives in California, after moving around the West Coast with his father’s military service. He values family, friends and community, and spends his free time playing outdoor pickleball and Magic: The Gathering. A Design and Merchandising graduate of CSUN, he recently passed his P&C exam.
Luke on LinkedIn
Matthew Carrion
Matthew Carrion competes in Major League Rugby for Anthem RC after a season with the New England Free Jacks, and earned his BBA and a master’s in positive psychology as a collegiate athlete. From building a founding gym membership from zero to consulting with small businesses, his work has come down to understanding people’s situations and helping them get it right. He joined the Academy to learn insurance from the ground up.
Matthew on LinkedIn
Ernest Freeman
Ernest Freeman is from Georgia, moved to Germany for three years at an early age and finished high school in England. He studied psychology with a minor in philosophy at the University of Arizona. He has played professional rugby and is now getting started in sales.
Ernest on LinkedIn
Ciara Clawson
Ciara Clawson is a scrappy rugby player who leads with grit and heart. She is willing to do the work, always looks to learn a better way to do it and loves working in a team.
Ciara on LinkedIn
Group 6
Matthew Anticev
Professional rugby flyhalf for the California Legion and a published author, born and raised in Staten Island. He holds a Master’s degree in Creative Writing and wrote Double Play, a collection of poetry on human nature and sport. He joined the Academy to bring a flyhalf’s decision making to business.
Matthew on LinkedIn
Faith Morley
Professional rugby player at hooker, youth development mentor and head coach at Columbia University. She came to the Academy to learn the sales and brokerage side of insurance, built on trust based relationships.
Faith on LinkedIn
Ethan McVeigh
Professional rugby scrumhalf who turned early doubt into fuel to reach the top levels of the sport. In the Academy he focused on long term client relationships and the analytical side of insurance.
Ethan on LinkedIn
Mikaela Hall
Professional rugby player, coach and artist raised in Tanzania, with a professional stint in France. She plays for the Denver Onyx and balanced NCAA D1 athletics with a background in Studio Art and leadership roles.
Mikaela on LinkedIn
Group 5
Nia Toliver
Professional rugby player, coach and business student raised in South Central Los Angeles. She mentors young athletes and builds programs that open real pathways for them, and joined the Academy to learn policy structuring, risk management and client relationships.
Nia on LinkedIn
James Tenney
Captain of the BYU Men’s Rugby Team and a three time Collegiate All American, completing a degree in Global Supply Chain Management at the BYU Marriott School of Business. His background includes Proposals Associate at Ion Solar and Peer Mentor at BYU’s Career and Experiential Learning Center.
James on LinkedIn
John DuPree
From Northern California, with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering Technology from Central Washington University, where he played Division 1 rugby. Drafted into Major League Rugby, he spent two seasons with the Utah Warriors and earned 8 caps, then served as a Foreman for Groundworks in Seattle.
John on LinkedIn
Group 4
Devin Saavedra
Based in Reno, Nevada, with over four years of third party logistics experience as a Logistics Sales Executive and Service Manager supporting the USPS division. Outside work he snowboards the Sierra Nevada backcountry, camps and works on his motorcycles.
Emily Henrich
Center for Leicester Tigers in England’s Premiership Women’s Rugby since graduating from Dartmouth College in 2023, where she won three NIRA National Championships. She has represented the USA Eagles at the Rugby World Cup and has 29 international caps.
Group 3
Joey Johnston
Safety Instrumented Systems Engineer at Emerson, specializing in control and safety systems for the oil and gas industry, with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering. He is also an avid wine collector.
Joey on LinkedIn
Jake Negrete
Professional rugby player who launched his Major League Rugby career in 2025 with the Houston Sabercats before a trade to the Miami Sharks. He earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts in Exercise Science at Saint Mary’s College of California.
Jake on LinkedIn
Karl Keane
Professional rugby player with Anthem Rugby Carolina in Major League Rugby, born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, with a Communications degree from Saint Mary’s College of California. He spent over a year in Tokyo with the Urayasu D Rocks. Karl now supports Falcon West with multimedia and podcast work; see Falcon West Rugby.
Karl on LinkedIn
Group 2
Jake Turnbull
Loosehead Prop who captains Anthem Rugby Carolina in Major League Rugby and USA Eagle #562. He holds a sports business degree from ACPE in Sydney and was a 2016 Pro Rugby North America Champion with the Denver Stampede.
Jake on LinkedIn
Bart Vermeulen
From the Netherlands, raised in Belgium and educated in Ireland, Bart played for NOLA Gold in Major League Rugby and now plays for Old Glory DC. He went on to join Falcon West as AI Project Lead; see Falcon West Rugby.
Bart on LinkedIn
Abe Turpen
In his second year with NOLA Gold after graduating from the University of Arizona. Competing in the Collegiate Rugby Shield led to his draft into Major League Rugby. Outside rugby he enjoys golf, cooking and travel.
Abe on LinkedIn
Group 1
Dustin Braun
Studied finance at USD while playing rugby, earning First Team All Conference and USD Rugby Rookie of the Year for the 2022 to 2023 season. Before USD he served in the USMC with two deployments to Okinawa, Japan.
Dustin on LinkedIn
Maceo Brown
Played for the U.S. national rugby sevens team from 2018, as both a center and forward, including a win at the 2019 USA Sevens and bronze at the 2019 Pan American Games. Maceo joined Falcon West as a Broker; read his bio.
Maceo on LinkedIn
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