Jane Paar

Class of 2012

  • Year inducted: 2023

  • Outstanding Player

Originally from Milwaukee, WI, Jane Paar served in the Marine Corps as a Military Police Officer before earning her Doctorate in Psychology.  She is now a Clinical Psychologist at Tufts University.  Jane was a 4-year starter at fly-half and captained the 2012 team to the National Elite Eight.  She was selected for the USA Rugby U23 team before becoming a permanent fixture on both the USA Women’s National 15s and 7s teams.  She played in numerous World Series Sevens tournaments to include Hong Kong, Dubai and Las Vegas.  She was capped on the 15s team playing in matches against NZ, England, France and captained the 15s squad in a defeat over Canada in 2015.  Jane was selected as the Women’s Eagle player of year in 2015 and was finalist (top 20) for the 2016 USA Women’s Sevens Olympic team in Rio de Janeiro.