USA Boys' Ultimate Team
Chris BRENENBORGHometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Current Residence: Pittsburgh, PA
DOB: 1/16/1988 (age: 18)
Height: 6'1"
Years Playing: 2
High School: Central Catholic HS
College: Pittsburgh
Quote: I play because of that feeling after you've left it all on the field and still get beat, which makes you want to improve, so that you can beat them next time you see them.
Ben FELDMANHometown: Minnetonka, MN
Current Residence: Minnetonka, MN
DOB: 6/16/1988 (age: 17)
Height: 5'10"
Years Playing: 2 1/2
High School: Hopkins HS
Quote: No one is ever refused a chance to participate when it comes to ultimate, and those who are new to the game have the opportunity to improve, just as I did.
Christian FOSTERHometown: Shutesbury, MA
Current Residence: Shutesbury, MA
DOB: 12/26/1987 (age: 18)
Height: 5'10"
Years Playing: 7
High School: Amherst Regional HS
Quote: Ultimate is the greatest sport invented. I have made most of my friends through Ultimate and Tiina Booth has made it a lifestyle at Amherst High school.
Eli FRIEDMANHometown: Eugene, OR
Current Residence: Boulder, CO
DOB: 7/7/1987 (age: 18)
Height: 5'10"
Years Playing: 2 1/2
High School: South Eugene HS
College: University of Colorado
Quote: Share the same idealistic notions and refuse to give up on the inherent goodness of humanity, embodied in a physical, intense, but most of all respectful, battle on the field.
Andrew HOLLINGWORTHHometown: Amherst, MA
Current Residence: Amherst, MA
DOB: 8/22/1988 (age: 17)
Height: 5'11"
Years Playing: 5
High School: Amherst Regional HS
Quote: Ultimate has become my niche in the world where I am able to meet people who share one of my passions and for that I love Ultimate.
Oliver HONDERDHometown: Atlanta, GA
Current Residence: Atlanta, GA
DOB: 1/6/1989 (age: 17)
Height: 6'0"
Years Playing: 4
High School: The Paideia School
Quote: Spring time/Ultimate season is by far my favorite time of the year just because my love for the sport in the happiness it gives me makes every other aspect of my life better.
Casey IKEDAHometown: Seattle, WA
Current Residence: Seattle, WA
DOB: 2/27/1989 (age: 17)
Height: 5'6"
Years Playing: 5
High School: The Northwest School
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Sam KANNERHometown: Amherst, MA
Current Residence: Amherst, MA
DOB: 1/7/1988 (age: 18)
Height: 5'11"
Years Playing: 5
High School: Amherst Regional HS
Quote: In no other sport that I have played, is the competition at such a high level, while there is still a considerable amount of respect for fellow teammates, opponents, and the game, itself.
Alex KAPINOSHometown: Longmeadow, MA
Current Residence: Longmeadow, MA
DOB: 10/7/1988 (age: 17)
Height: 6'3"
Years Playing: 3
High School: Longmeadow HS
Quote: I also play because i got hooked and can't stop thinking about it.
Chris KOSEDNARHometown: Anchorage, AK
Current Residence: Northfield, MN
DOB: 1/10/1987 (age: 19)
Height: 5'11"
Years Playing: 8
High School: East Anchorage HS
College: Carleton College
Quote: Chris loves to play. He is one to always try to bring the level of play of a scrimmage or game to the next level.
Taylor LAHEYHometown: Castro Valley, CA
Current Residence: Castro Valley, CA
DOB: 4/18/1988 (age: 17)
Height: 5'10"
Years Playing: 3 1/2
High School: Castro Valley HS
Quote: Tay will work hard to get the disc and is a hand full to cover.
Grant LINDSLEYHometown: Atlanta, GA
Current Residence: Atlanta, GA
DOB: 5/14/1989 (age: 16)
Height: 5'10"
Years Playing: 3
High School: The Paideia School
Quote: I learned to throw a disk in 3rd grade at Paidea school.
Adam MILLERHometown: Seattle, WA
Current Residence: Lewiston, ME
DOB: 1/18/1987 (age: 19)
Height: 5'11"
Years Playing: 4
High School: The Northwest School
College: Bates College
Quote: Adam reads the game well, is athletic, smart, and plays with a lot of heart.
Jeremy NORDENHometown: Seattle, WA
Current Residence: Seattle, WA
DOB: 4/2/1989 (age: 16)
Height: 6'1"
Years Playing: 6
High School: The Northwest School
Quote: I like the fact that ultimate is a small enough sport that people are not playing for money, just their own love of the game.
Stephen PANASCIHometown: Maplewood, NJ
Current Residence: Maplewood, NJ
DOB: 8/13/1988 (age: 17)
Height: 5'7"
Years Playing: 2
High School: Columbia HS
Quote: There are no big contracts, or college recruits; the sport is played just for the glory of winning and for the fun of it.
Darden PITTSHometown: Amherst, MA
Current Residence: Amherst, MA
DOB: 6/28/1987 (age: 18)
Height: 6'3"
Years Playing: 4
High School: Amherst Regional HS
Quote: Great hands and field sense. Superb ability in the air, whether vertically or horizontally.
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Robin STEWART DEMARTINOHometown: Amherst, MA
Current Residence: Amherst, MA
DOB: 9/9/1987 (age: 18)
Height: 6'1"
Years Playing: 8 1/2
High School: Amherst Regional HS
Quote: I love the one on one battles on both offense and defense, Plus I live for layout blocks!
George STUBBSHometown: Atlanta, GA
Current Residence: Atlanta, GA
DOB: 1/24/1989 (age: 16)
Height: 5'11"
Years Playing: 6
High School: The Paideia School
Quote: Because I love the spirit, love the game, love the people, love the atmosphere, love the tournaments, and I just have fun no matter what, but especially at a high competitive level.
Matt SUNGHometown: Castro Valley, CA
Current Residence: Castro Valley, CA
DOB: 3/3/1988 (age: 18)
Height: 5'9"
Years Playing: 3 1/2
High School: Castro Valley HS
Quote: From my first tournaments, I discovered that ultimate was not only a great sport to play but also a great thing to be a part of.
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Boys' Alternates
Nathan CASTINEHometown: Seattle, WA
Current Residence: Seattle, WA
DOB: 7/22/1987 (age: 18)
Height: 5'11"
Years Playing: 3
High School: Nathan Hale HS
College: Shoreline Community College
Quote: I have rarely seen Nate NOT take over a game defensively. At his current ability Nate would be one of the best defenders in the college game.
Jonathan HIRSCHBERGERHometown: Ithaca, NY
Current Residence: Ithaca, NY
DOB: 10/29/1987 (age: 18)
Height: 6'4"
Years Playing: 2
High School: Alternative Community School
Quote: My team is like my family. Ultimate gives me a chance to expend energy and push myself physically, which is something that I have always needed to do.
Sam KITTROSS-SCHNELLHometown: Seattle, WA
Current Residence: Seattle, WA
DOB: 6/19/1989 (age: 16)
Height: 6'2"
Years Playing: 2
High School: The Northwest School
Quote: love the feeling when you get a disc whether it be in a sky or a d that no body thinks you can get.
Noah SAULHometown: Levittown, PA
Current Residence: Levittown, PA
DOB: 5/9/1989 (age: 16)
Height: 5'11"
Years Playing: 3 1/2
High School: Pennsbury HS
Quote: Ultimate is in my blood. My father and both of my brothers play ultimate... ive been around ultimate my whole life.
Ryan SCHWARTZHometown: Scarsdale, NY
Current Residence: Durham, NC
DOB: 4/19/1987 (age: 18)
Height: 6'4"
Years Playing: 3 1/2
High School: Scarsdale HS/Northfield Mount Hermon
College: Duke University
Quote: Ultimate has taught me countless lessons and skills. The most important to me have been self-discipline, teamwork and sacrifice.
Current Residence: Gainesville, FL
DOB: 8/29/1987 (age: 18)
Height: 6'5"
Years Playing: 2 1/2
High School: Alan D Nease HS
College: University of Florida
Quote: Tall! Huge forehand that is very wind-sound, can read the disc, willing to sacrifice the body, and unselfish with the disc.
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Paul WEEKSHometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Current Residence: Chapel Hill, NC
DOB: 5/3/1988 (age: 17)
Height: 5'11"
Years Playing: 4
High School: Chapel Hill HS
Quote: The best part about ultimate is that the players make all of the calls on the field. The players have to sort out what happened on the field and if there's a disagreement then the disc is sent back. The spirit of the game is what makes ultimate so great.USA Girls' Ultimate Team
Georgia BOSSCHER Hometown: Madison, WI
Current Residence: Wheaton, IL
DOB: 4/13/1987 (age: 18)
Height: 5'7"
Years Playing: 5
High School: Madison West HS
College: Wheaton College
Quote: I play ultimate because the first time I actually played on a team I felt instinctively that I knew what I was doing.
Emily DAMON Hometown: Amherst, MA
Current Residence: Palo Alto, CA
DOB: 8/19/1987 (age: 18)
Height: 5'6"
Years Playing: 5
High School: Amherst Regional HS
College: Stanford University
Quote: Standing on the line with six of my teammates, shivering with anticipation to play the game that weeks of running through snow and rain, throwing and catching with numb hands, pushups, sit-ups, and pasta dinners have prepared us for, gives me a rush that I can not live without.
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Alison DOUGLASHometown: Nashville, TN
Current Residence: Nashville, TN
DOB: 7/3/1988 (age: 17)
Height: 5'9"
Years Playing: 3
High School: University School of Nashville
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Quote: I love the feeling of knowing you have pushed your body to its capacity.
Brenna HOKANSON Hometown: Denver, CO
Current Residence: Denver, CO
DOB: 11/18/1988 (age: 17)
Height: 5'7"
Years Playing: 2
High School: Denver East HS
Quote: I play hard-nosed, aggressive defense.
Drew JOHNSON Hometown: Seattle, WA
Current Residence: Seattle, WA
DOB: 11/5/1988 (age: 17)
Height: 5'7"
Years Playing: 2 1/2
High School: Nathan Hale HS
Quote: She is a sharp cutter as a down-fielder and as a handler. Her long throws are great, and her mid-range break throws are especially useful. Drew is tall, fast and strong and is an awesome target going deep.
Hana KAWAI Hometown: Seattle, WA
Current Residence: Seattle, WA
DOB: 12/20/1987 (age: 18)
Height: 5'8"
Years Playing: 3
High School: Nathan Hale HS
Quote: People really give in this sport, and I love that. People give and share and know, and crazy things happen and I'm going to play until they drag me off the field.
Patty KING Hometown: St. Paul, MN
Current Residence: St. Paul, MN
DOB: 5/10/1987 (age: 18)
Height: 5'4"
Years Playing: 3
High School: Cretin-Durham Hall
College: College of St. Benedict
Quote: I know that I would not have made the magnificent friendships I've had without ultimate.
Shannon McDOWELL Hometown: Corvallis, OR
Current Residence: Eugene, OR
DOB: 5/1/1987 (age: 18)
Height: 5'8"
Years Playing: 3
High School: Crescent Valley HS
College: University of Oregon
Quote: I play ultimate because it finds the perfect balance between competitiveness and spirited play.
Emelie McKAIN Hometown: Andover, MA
Current Residence: Andover, MA
DOB: 5/21/89 (age: 16)
Height: 4'11"
Years Playing: 4
High School: Andover HS
Quote: It is not only the people I play with that makes this sport so fulfilling for me; I love the desire to become a better player and push my body to new limits.
Fiona McKIBBEN Hometown: Seattle, WA
Current Residence: Seattle, WA
DOB: 2/25/1989 (age: 17)
Height: 5'5"
Years Playing: 3
High School: The Bush School
Quote: I love making a cut and knowing someone will throw the disc to you because it was such a perfect cut, or not having to watch your throw because you are so confident in your throw and your receiver.
Chelsea MURPHY Hometown: Amherst, MA
Current Residence: Amherst, MA
DOB: 7/11/1988 (age: 17)
Height: 5'3"
Years Playing: 5
High School: Amherst Regional HS
Quote: There is no other sport that gives me the feeling of accomplishment and success, like a moment after laying out and D-ing an opponent.
Shannon O'MALLEY Hometown: Seattle, WA
Current Residence: Seattle, WA
DOB: 4/11/1987 (age: 18)
Height: 5'5"
Years Playing: 6
High School: Nathan Hale HS
College: University of Washington
Quote: Shannon runs the offense with great discipline. By this I mean, she always sets up her cuts, runs good angles, and makes good throwing (or not throwing) decisions.
Maisie RICHARDS Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Current Residence: Atlanta, GA
DOB: 9/25/1988 (age: 17)
Height: 5'8"
Years Playing: 3
High School: The Paideia School
Quote: I live for the days filled with long, hot tournaments when you go back to the hotel covered in mud and scratches.
Amber SINICROPE Hometown: Amherst, MA
Current Residence: Amherst, MA
DOB: 1/10/1989 (age: 17)
Height: 5'5"
Years Playing: 4
High School: Amherst Regional HS
Quote: In those seemingly endless points, I see what I am really made of; can I dig in while my legs are screaming at me to stop and get that D?
Anna SNYDERHometown: Seattle, WA
Current Residence: Seattle, WA
DOB: 9/23/1989 (age: 16)
Height: 5'8"
Years Playing: 1
High School: Northwest School
Quote: Every single coach that I have had in Ultimate appreciated and loved the game to a point where it was contagious. I learned from them to respect and revel in how much fun I have when I play.Back to the top
Claire SUVER Hometown: Seattle, WA
Current Residence: Seattle, WA
DOB: 2/6/1987 (age: 19)
Height: 5'3"
Years Playing: 7
High School: Nathan Hale HS
College: University of Washington
Quote: Claire has some of the best disc handling skills I have seen in anyone, let alone a junior. She is a natural with the disc. She sees the field very well, and makes veteran choices.
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Molly SUVER Hometown: Seattle, WA
Current Residence: Eugene, OR
DOB: 2/6/1987 (age: 19)
Height: 5'3"
Years Playing: 7 1/2
High School: Nathan Hale HS
College: University of Oregon
Quote: I have yet to find a community that is as committed to their sport as the Ultimate community is.
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Autumn TOCCHI Hometown: Eugene, OR
Current Residence: Eugene, OR
DOB: 11/5/1988 (age: 17)
Height: 5'5"
Years Playing: 2
High School: Churchill HS
Quote: Pushing myself beyond previously thought limits makes me feel like I can do the impossible.
Leila TUNNELL Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Current Residence: Atlanta, GA
DOB: 7/17/1988 (age: 17)
Height: 5'9"
Years Playing: 6
High School: The Paideia School
Quote: I play ultimate because it is unlike, and makes me more happy than any other sport I've ever played.
Samantha VALESANO Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Current Residence: Minneapolis, MN
DOB: 10/20/1987 (age: 18)
Height: 5'9"
Years Playing: 2
High School: Southwest HS
Quote: She has been the best player on almost every team she's played on and yet you'd never know it unless you watched the games in detail.
Dory ZIPERSTEIN Hometown: Amherst, MA
Current Residence: Amherst, MA
DOB: 3/24/1988 (age: 18)
Height: 5'7"
Years Playing: 3
High School: Amherst Regional HS
Quote: At first, I was taken back, more confused if I wanted to give up my jersey, but then I couldn't think of a better person to have my jersey. We both took our sweaty, dirty, jerseys off our backs and gave them to each other. Every time I look at her jersey, it not only reminds me of that game, but of her as a player, and how much I liked guarding and playing against a good player that I admire on the field.
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Girls' Alternates
Aubri BISHOPHometown: Eugene, OR
Current Residence: Eugen, OR
DOB: 11/29/1988 (age: 17)
Height: 5'10"
Years Playing: 1
High School: Churchill HS
Quote: Its hard for me to have a bad day if I know I get to go to Ultimate practice at the end of it.
Hazel CROWLEYHometown: Amherst, MA
Current Residence: Gambier, OH
DOB: 2/14/1987 (age: 19)
Height: 5'5"
Years Playing: 4
High School: Amherst Regional HS
College: Kenyon College
Quote: I love the feeling of completing a good throw, a good play, or catching something you didn't think you had, among players who feel the same way and respect you as a player. pretty much i think ultimate is the best.
Emma FULLERHometown: Seattle, WA
Current Residence: Chicago, IL
DOB: 1/21/1987 (age: 19)
Height: 5'8"
Years Playing: 6.5
High School: The Northwest School
College: University of Chicago
Quote: I think the best part about ultimate, and probably the real reason that i play it, is that it is impossible for you to score without the rest of your team. There is no way you can do it. In soccer, or basketball, or any other team sport, there's a way for you to bypass the team, (if you're good enough), but no matter how good you are, you depend on your teammates on the field.
Katie SHAFERHometown: Lexington, MA
Current Residence: Pittsburgh, PA
DOB: 2/8/1987 (age: 19)
Height: 5'2"
Years Playing: 4
High School: Lexington HS
College: Carnegie Mellon
Quote: I play Ultimate because I don't know what I would do if I didn't.
Elizabeth SILVERSTEINHometown: Evanston, IL
Current Residence: Evanston, IL
DOB: 4/30/1989 (age: 16)
Height: 5'5"
Years Playing: 2
High School: Evanston Township HS
Quote: I love this sport because it challenges you in all aspects of your play (mental and physical).
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