Member Profile – Laurie Rupe

 

First Name: Laurie

 

Last Name: Rupe

 

Nickname: Boom Boom

 

Home City, Country: Minneapolis, USA

 

Home Club: Minnesota Freeze

 

USAFLUA Membership: Current

 

 

 

Accreditations: 

 

Field: Level 2

 

Goal: Level 1

 

Coach: In training

 

First year umpiring: 2015 as a goal umpire, 2016 as a field umpire

 

Favorite AFL team: North Melbourne

 

Willing to travel, outside of Regional and National Tournaments: Y

 

Proudest Umpire Moment: Winning the Golden Whistle at AFL Europe’s 2016 Euro Cup as the best umpire of the tournament

 

Funniest Umpire Moment: At the 2019 80/35 tournament, I forgot the hand signal for running too far so I made up something.  Well I got caught and it’s been a running joke every since.  I can guarantee that I will never forget that hand signal ever again!

 

Other: IC17 Umpires Association Scholarship winner, UA board member, one of my goals is to umpire on all 6 continents – I’ve been able to check off 4 so far so I just need Asia and Africa!