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Mitchel MacCartney is a professional Rugby Union player from Chesapeake, Virginia. He currently plays in Spain for [Club de Rugby Ciencias]

College
MacCartney attended the University of South Carolina on an academic scholarship. Despite being a 3 sport athlete in high school (baseball, basketball, and football) and playing some Junior ice hockey outside of school, he did not accept any of his collegiate athletic scholarship offers. After finding rugby while at university, Mitchel briefly walked on to both football and track. Once he returned to rugby he was offered a full rugby scholarship and graduate program to Wheeling Jesuit University.

Senior Club
Mitchel MacCartney has played with several Senior rugby clubs, including the Norfolk Blues, Las Vegas Selects 7's, and most notably [Club de Rugby Ciencias].

Community Outreach
In 2013 MacCartney was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. He joins only a handful of athletes in the world to be a professional athlete with such a disease. MacCartney is an advocate for active lifestyles, and as such has been a speaker at many seminars and organizations for youth and their families who may be affected by G.I. issues.