2013 U-23 Tryouts
Posted: January 4, 2013 02:32 PM
Over 500 players from across the United States applied and from those applications 96 men and 88 women were chosen by the selection committee to attend one of two training camps. The East Coast camp will take place in Orlando, FL on Feb 2nd and 3rd. The West Coast camp will take place in Los Angeles on January 26 and 27th.
Players will be vying to be selected for one of three teams competing in the 2013 U-23 World Ultimate Championships to be held Toronto Canada July 22-28, 2013.
Here is the complete coaching staff for U-23 Team USA.
| Team |
Head Coach |
Assistant Coaches |
| U-23 Mixed |
Martin Aguilera |
Jaime Nuwer, Jason Simpson |
| U-23 Open |
Bob Krier |
Hector Valdivia, Joe Durst |
| U-23 Women |
Mike Whitaker |
Jit Bhattacharya, Carolyn Matthews |
Men's Tryouts
| Player |
Current / Most Recent Team |
Tryout |
| Tom Abell |
Illinois State |
East |
| Javid Aceil |
Georgia |
East |
| Nick Adolph |
Tufts |
East |
| Justin Allen |
Ring of Fire |
East |
| Tom Allen |
Lions |
East |
| Chip Andrews |
Maryland |
East |
| Adrian Banerji |
Tufts |
East |
| Matthew Barnes |
Brown |
East |
| Matthew Baum |
Connecticutt |
East |
| Matthew Thomas Bode |
Ring of Fire |
East |
| Michael Brenner |
Pittsburgh |
East |
| Eugene Buonaccorsi |
Tufts |
East |
| Lewis Chosewood |
West Point |
East |
| Alex Cooper |
Ironside |
East |
| Stefan J. Dicker |
Manhattan Project |
East |
| Wright Dickerson |
Georgia |
East |
| Luke DiOrio |
Hartford |
East |
| Will Driscoll |
Texas |
East |
| Ian Engler |
Dartmouth |
East |
| Elliott Erickson |
Georgia |
East |
| Lee Farnsworth |
Wildcard |
East |
| Andrew Fickley |
William & Mary |
East |
| Mischa Freystaetter |
Central Florida |
East |
| Charlie Furse |
Renegade |
East |
| Hector G. Toro |
Longside University |
East |
| Graham Gilley |
Tanasi |
East |
| Jack Hatchett |
Ironside |
East |
| Christian Johnson |
Ring of Fire |
East |
| Chris Kocher |
George Washington |
East |
| Byron Liu |
Chain Lightning |
East |
| Christian M. Olsen |
Emory |
East |
| Xavier Madstadt |
North Carolina-Wilmington |
East |
| Chip McGee |
North Carolina-Wilmington |
East |
| Carter Mize |
Old Dominion |
East |
| Brian Moore |
Alabama |
East |
| Gavin Murphy |
Tufts |
East |
| Mike Ogren |
Central Florida |
East |
| Logan Pruess |
Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
East |
| Thomas Sayre-McCord |
North Carolina |
East |
| John Stubbs |
Bucket |
East |
| Carter Thallon |
Tufts |
East |
| Ian Toner |
Ring of Fire |
East |
| Savi Tuber |
Boston College |
East |
| Douglas Urbino |
SUNY-Fredonia |
East |
| Greg Wakeman |
SUNY-Fredonia |
East |
| Aaron Watson |
Pittsburgh |
East |
| Dylan Wolff |
Boston College |
East |
| Garrett Yetman |
LSU |
East |
| Joshua Zvi Klane |
Minnesota |
East |
| Aaron Adamson |
Oregon State |
West |
| Kelsen Alexander |
Wisconsin |
West |
| Peter Bender |
Montana |
West |
| Mitchell Bennett |
Texas |
West |
| Tyler Boyd-Meredith |
Stanford |
West |
| Kevin Brown |
Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
West |
| Patrick Buermeyer |
Oregon State |
West |
| Tyler Cable |
Oregon |
West |
| Colin Camp |
Wisconsin |
West |
| Stephane Carlisle |
Cal Poly - Pomona |
West |
| Bryan Cheng |
Stanford |
West |
| Julian Childs-Walker |
Carleton College |
West |
| Nils Clauson |
UCLA |
West |
| Jesse Cohen |
California-San Diego |
West |
| Conor Crowley |
Colorado College |
West |
| Topher Davis |
Oregon |
West |
| Travis Dunn |
Arizona State |
West |
| Khalif El-Salaam |
Washington |
West |
| Andrew Featherston |
Occidental |
West |
| Dylan Freechild |
Oregon |
West |
| Jay Froude |
Missouri |
West |
| Brian Hart |
Wisconsin |
West |
| Will Herold |
Carleton College |
West |
| Simon Higgins |
Las Positas |
West |
| Eric Hopfenbeck |
Puget Sound |
West |
| Matthew Jaffe |
California |
West |
| Jacob Janin |
Whitman |
West |
| Andrew Johnson |
St John's |
West |
| Elijah Kerns |
California-Davis |
West |
| Thomas Li |
Claremont |
West |
| Ben Lohre |
Rhino |
West |
| Ben McGinn |
Rhino |
West |
| Jimmy Mickle |
Colorado |
West |
| Cody Mills |
Stanford |
West |
| Simon Montague |
Carleton College |
West |
| Timothy Morrissy |
Colorado |
West |
| Justin Norden |
Carleton College |
West |
| Trevor Purdy |
California-San Diego |
West |
| Jordan Rhyne |
Kenyon |
West |
| Cody Rondeau |
Winona |
West |
| Daniel Rowan |
Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
West |
| Scott Schriner |
Cincinnati |
West |
| Christian Simpson |
Praire Fire |
West |
| Dalton Smith |
Doublewide |
West |
| Mikhail Stal |
On the Rocks |
West |
| Steven Stallis |
Missouri |
West |
| Nicholas Stuart |
Carleton College |
West |
Women's Tryouts
| Player |
Current / Most Recent Team |
Tryout |
| Hailey Alm |
Tufts |
East |
| Hannah Baranes |
Wild Card |
East |
| Alexandra Sasha Bugler |
Maryland |
East |
| Vicki Chang |
Slow White |
East |
| Claire Chastain |
North Carolina-Wilmington |
East |
| Shellie Cohen |
North Carolina |
East |
| Lisa Couper |
North Carolina |
East |
| Sarah Craddock |
Michigan State |
East |
| Julie Eagle |
Phoenix |
East |
| Rebecca Enders |
Wisconsin |
East |
| Devon Eriksen |
Virginia |
East |
| Leah Fury |
Washington |
East |
| Melissa Gannon |
Phoenix |
East |
| Kami Groom |
Washington University |
East |
| Mary Colleen Hannon |
North Carolina-Wilmington |
East |
| Claire Henly |
Brute Squad |
East |
| Jaqueline Jarik |
Michigan |
East |
| Jessi Jones |
Phoenix |
East |
| Aimie Kawai |
Brown |
East |
| Kelsey Kline |
Tennessee-Chattanooga |
East |
| Lindsay Lang |
Woods Hole |
East |
| Hannah Leathers |
Georgia |
East |
| Ana Leon |
Bowdoin |
East |
| Magon Liu |
Iowa State |
East |
| Emily Lloyd |
Ozone |
East |
| Rebecca Miller |
Iowa State |
East |
| Becky Moore |
Michigan |
East |
| Cami Nelson |
Iowa State |
East |
| Jessica O'Connor |
Maryland |
East |
| Shereen Rabbi |
Texas |
East |
| Sara Rubin |
NYU |
East |
| Lauren Sadler |
Scandal |
East |
| Lane Siedor |
Georgia |
East |
| Julia Snyder |
Carleton College |
East |
| Paige Soper |
Ohio State |
East |
| Lili Steponatis |
MIT |
East |
| India Stubbs |
Harvard |
East |
| Cassie Swafford |
Ohio State |
East |
| Claudia Tajima |
Brute Squad |
East |
| Edith Tang |
Texas |
East |
| Leah Tsinajinnie |
Georgia Tech |
East |
| Hannah Yee |
Amherst Regional HS |
East |
| Alexi Zalk |
Slow White |
East |
| Theresa Zettner |
Michigan |
East |
| Abby Abramovich |
Western Washington |
West |
| Paige Applegate |
Colorado State |
West |
| Brittany Cabriales |
Safari |
West |
| Diana Charrior |
Texas |
West |
| Kimber Coles |
Oregon |
West |
| Megan Cousins |
Colorado |
West |
| Radmila Dancikova |
7 Figures |
West |
| Sophie Darch |
Oregon |
West |
| Beth Daviess |
Whitman |
West |
| Sarah Davis |
Washington |
West |
| Claire Desmond |
Fury |
West |
| Sabrina Fong |
UCLA |
West |
| Emma Frankel |
Brute Squad |
West |
| Brittany Gartner |
Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
West |
| Amanda Good |
Colorado |
West |
| Barbara Hoover |
Washington |
West |
| Taylor Kanemori |
Colorado College |
West |
| Bethany Kaylor |
Oregon |
West |
| Amanda Kostic |
Washington |
West |
| Alysia Letourneau |
Washington |
West |
| Elisabeth Lohre |
Colorado College |
West |
| Callie Mah |
Riot |
West |
| Sarah Meckstroth |
Minnesota |
West |
| Michela Meister |
Stanford |
West |
| Christina Mickle |
Colorado |
West |
| Alex Ode |
Oregon |
West |
| Emma Peaslee |
Kenyon |
West |
| Sarah Jean Pesh |
Iowa State |
West |
| Lisa Pitcaithley |
Polar Bears |
West |
| Natalie Plaza |
Colorado |
West |
| Marissa Rafter |
Nightlock |
West |
| Kayla Ramirez |
Texas |
West |
| Elise Rasmussen |
Carleton College |
West |
| Erynn Schroeder |
Pop |
West |
| Shira Stern |
Bigfoot |
West |
| Alicia Thompson |
California-Santa Barbara |
West |
| Anna Thorn |
Golden Spike |
West |
| Sharon Tsao |
Texas |
West |
| Abby VanMujien |
Nightlock |
West |
| Emily Wheeler |
Rice |
West |
| Lucy Williams |
Washington |
West |
| Natasha Won |
Polar Bears |
West |
| Kristie Wong |
NYU |
West |
| Bailey Zahniser |
Oregon |
West |
Selecting players for these camps was incredibly difficult given the incredible amount of talent across our championship divisions. USA Ultimate is very exicted at the pool of tryouts and are looking forward to our first time competing at WFDF's U-23 championships.