USA Ultimate Announces Women's Team for 2016 World Ultimate & Guts Championship
Posted: February 11, 2016 08:00 AM
Colorado Springs, Colo. (Feb. 11, 2016)—USA Ultimate, the national governing body for the sport of ultimate in the United States and member of the U.S. Olympic Committee, announced today the 24 athletes who will represent the United States this summer on the women’s national team at the 2016 WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championships (WUGC), June 18-25 in London.
This historic announcement marks the first time USA Ultimate has held an open tryout for what is considered to be the pinnacle of international ultimate competition.
Previously, USA Ultimate’s reigning national championship clubs represented the U.S. at the quadrennial event.
"Understandably there will be a lot of focus on the final rosters," said women's team head coach Matty Tsang. "I would like to acknowledge the full roster of 200 plus national team members that we saw in Phoenix and Orlando. The collection of talent was unprecedented, and it was a pleasure to watch these athletes compete over the course of two weekends. Even more impressive was the level of spirit and camaraderie amongst longtime opponents and players vying for final roster spots. From veterans to players still in college, the quality of athletes and teammates was high, and it was obvious that the foundation for our national team programs is very strong. It was an honor to be a part of this process."
In all, 71 athletes were selected to the U.S. National Team in three gender-based divisions – men’s, mixed and women’s. These players are some of the world’s best and arguably represent the greatest collection of talent ever assembled. The final rosters were chosen after two weekends of tryouts that included more than 200 participants chosen by coaches from a pool of nearly 600 applicants. The team includes world champions, national champions, college champions, Callahan Award winners and more.
The 2016 WUGC is the 14th edition of the tournament which dates back to 1983. Since its inception, the United States has won 35 medals: 25 gold, five silver and five bronze.
This year’s incarnation will host 121 teams from 41 nations and feature five total divisions, including men’s and women’s masters. The U.S. will continue to be represented by the current national champions in those two divisions.
At the most recent WUGC, in Sakai, Japan in 2012, the U.S. National Team won three medals, a pair of golds in the men’s division and women’s masters division and a silver in the women’s division.
2016 WFDF World Ultimate & Guts Championships
U.S. National Team
Women’s Division
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City, State |
College |
Club Team |
| Sarah Anciaux |
St. Paul, Minn. |
University of Minnesota |
Minneapolis Drag’n Thrust |
| Georgia Bosscher |
Raleigh, N.C. |
University of Wisconsin |
Madison Heist |
| Calise Cardenas |
Seattle, Wash. |
Seattle University |
Seattle Riot |
| Claire Chastain |
Denver, Colo. |
UNC-Wilmington |
Denver Molly Brown |
| Katy Craley |
Seattle, Wash. |
University of Oregon |
Seattle Riot |
| Claire Desmond |
San Francisco, Calif. |
UC-Berkeley |
San Francisco Fury |
| Jenny Fey |
Arlington, Va. |
Mary Washington |
Washington, D.C. Scandal |
| Katey Forth |
Houston, Texas |
University of Bristol (UK) |
Austin Showdown |
| Sarah Griffith |
Seattle, Wash. |
University of Michigan |
Seattle Riot |
| Kami Groom |
Boston, Mass. |
Washington University |
Boston Brute Squad |
| Lien Hoffmann |
Somerville, Mass. |
Northwestern |
Boston Brute Squad |
| Kaela Jorgenson |
San Francisco, Calif. |
UC-Santa Barbara |
San Francisco Fury |
| Hana Kawai |
Seattle, Wash. |
Brown |
Seattle Riot |
| Anna Nazarov |
San Francisco, Calif. |
UCLA |
San Francisco Fury |
| Octavia Payne |
Washington, D.C. |
University of Pennsylvania |
Denver Molly Brown |
| Maggie Ruden |
Berkeley, Calif. |
Sonoma State |
San Francisco Fury |
| Lauren Sadler |
Seattle, Wash. |
American |
Seattle Riot |
| Amber Sinicrope |
Somerville, Mass. |
Smith College |
Boston Brute Squad |
| Dena Slattery |
Denver, Colo. |
Indiana University |
Denver Molly Brown |
| Tina Snodgrass |
Denver, Colo. |
University of Oregon |
Denver Molly Brown |
| Alex Snyder |
San Francisco, Calif. |
University of Colorado |
San Francisco Fury |
| Rohre Titcomb |
Seattle, Wash. |
Dartmouth |
Seattle Riot |
| Leila Tunnell |
Amherst, Mass. |
University of North Carolina |
Boston Brute Squad |
| Mira Walker |
Atlanta, Ga. |
Agnes Scott College |
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