Here are the players that will compete for a chance to represent the US at the World Ultimate and Guts Championships.
November 25, 2015 by Charlie Eisenhood in News
USA Ultimate just announced the 210 players — 105 men, 105 women — selected to tryout for Team USA that will compete at the 2016 World Ultimate and Guts Championships. Three teams — Men’s, Women’s, and Mixed — will represent the United States1 Over 600 players applied for tryouts.
There are two tryout camps: West (Phoenix, AZ, on Jan. 23-24) and East (Orlando, FL, on Jan. 30-31). Here are the players that will compete for spots on the three teams:
Men’s Tryouts
| NAME | TEAM | TRYOUT |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Gillick | Blackbird | West |
| Mac Taylor | Blackbird | West |
| Asa Wilson | Bucket | East |
| Ryan Tucker | Chad Larson Experience | West |
| Christian Olsen | Chain Lightning | East |
| Elliott Erickson | Chain Lightning | East |
| Jason Clark | Chain Lightning | East |
| Tyler Bacon | Condors | West |
| Brandon Malecek | Doublewide | East |
| Jeff Loskorn | Doublewide | West |
| Kiran Thomas | Doublewide | West |
| Kurt Gibson | Doublewide | East |
| Will Driscoll | Doublewide | West |
| Austin Lien | Drag'n Thrust | East |
| Brian Schoenrock | Drag'n Thrust | East |
| Jay Drescher | Drag'n Thrust | East |
| Mike Clark | Drag'n Thrust | East |
| Chris LaRocque | Florida United | East |
| Michael Meilstrup | High Five | East |
| Alex Simmons | Ironside | East |
| Christian Foster | Ironside | East |
| Daniel Clark | Ironside | East |
| Jack Hatchett | Ironside | East |
| John Stubbs | Ironside | East |
| Josh Markette | Ironside | East |
| Russell Wallack | Ironside | East |
| Tom Annen | Ironside | East |
| Bennett Lohre | Johnny Bravo | West |
| Ernest Konker | Johnny Bravo | West |
| Hylke Snieder | Johnny Bravo | West |
| Jackson Kloor | Johnny Bravo | West |
| Jimmy Mickle | Johnny Bravo | West |
| Owen Westbrook | Johnny Bravo | East |
| Ryan Farrell | Johnny Bravo | West |
| Sean Keegan | Johnny Bravo | West |
| Jack McShane | Love Tractor | West |
| Bob Liu | Machine | East |
| Brett Matzuka | Machine | East |
| Jonathan Helton | Machine | East |
| Kevin Kelly | Machine | East |
| Walden Nelson | Machine | West |
| Colin Camp | Madison Club | West |
| Dave Wiseman | Madison Club | East |
| Kevin Brown | Madison Club | West |
| Patrick Shriwise | Madison Club | East |
| Peter Graffy | Madison Club | East |
| Khalif El-Salaam | Mixtape | West |
| Gabriel Colton | Patrol | East |
| Patrick Diviney | Patrol | East |
| Gregory Marliave | Polar Bears | West |
| Chris Kocher | PoNY | East |
| Christopher Mazur | PoNY | East |
| Jack Marsh | PoNY | West |
| Michael Drost | PoNY | East |
| William Katz | PoNY | East |
| Abe Coffin | Prairie Fire | East |
| Christian Simpson | Prairie Fire | West |
| Jay Froude | Prairie Fire | West |
| Ashlin Joye | Revolver | West |
| Beau Kittredge | Revolver | West |
| Cassidy Rasmussen | Revolver | West |
| Chris kosednar | Revolver | West |
| Eli Kerns | Revolver | West |
| Joel Schlachet | Revolver | West |
| Kevin Cocks | Revolver | West |
| Lucas Dallmann | Revolver | West |
| Marcelo Sanchez | Revolver | West |
| Martin Cochran | Revolver | West |
| Nathan White | Revolver | West |
| Robbie Cahill | Revolver | West |
| Russell Wynne | Revolver | West |
| Samuel Kanner | Revolver | West |
| Simon Higgins | Revolver | West |
| Dylan Freechild | Rhino | West |
| Eli Friedman | Rhino | West |
| Jacob Janin | Rhino | West |
| Jonathan Nethercutt | Ring of Fire | East |
| Justin Allen | Ring of Fire | East |
| Noah Saul | Ring of Fire | East |
| Shane Sisco | Ring of Fire | East |
| Jeffrey Smith | Slow White | East |
| Aly Lenon | Sockeye | West |
| Daniel Karlinsky | Sockeye | West |
| Duncan Linn | Sockeye | West |
| Joseph Sefton | Sockeye | West |
| Mark Burton | Sockeye | West |
| Matt Russell | Sockeye | West |
| Matthew Rehder | Sockeye | West |
| Philip Murray | Sockeye | West |
| Reid Koss | Sockeye | West |
| Steven Milardovich | Streetgang | West |
| Nicholas Stuart | Sub Zero | East |
| Simon Montague | Sub Zero | East |
| Alex Thorne | Temper | East |
| Trent Dillon | Temper | East |
| Tyler DeGirolamo | Temper | East |
| Alan Kolick | Truck Stop | East |
| David Cranston | Truck Stop | East |
| Markham Shofner | Truck Stop | East |
| Nathan Castine | Truck Stop | East |
| Nicholas Spiva | Truck Stop | East |
| Peter Prial | Truck Stop | East |
| Tom Doi | Truck Stop | East |
| Byron Liu | Turbine | West |
| Ian Engler | Wild Card | East |
Women’s Tryouts
| NAME | TEAM | TRYOUT |
|---|---|---|
| Kristen Pojunis | 7 Figures | West |
| Allysha Dixon | AMP | East |
| Raha Mozaffari | AMP | East |
| Alexi Zalk | Bent | East |
| Megan Randall | Bent | East |
| Amber Sinicrope | Brute Squad | East |
| Becky Malinowski | Brute Squad | East |
| Cassandra Wong | Brute Squad | East |
| Claudia Tajima | Brute Squad | East |
| Courtney Kiesow | Brute Squad | East |
| Emily Baecher | Brute Squad | East |
| Kami Groom | Brute Squad | East |
| Laura Bitterman | Brute Squad | East |
| Leila Tunnell | Brute Squad | East |
| Lien Hoffmann | Brute Squad | East |
| Magon Liu | Brute Squad | East |
| Shellie Cohen | Brute Squad | East |
| Sarah Pesch | Chad Larson Experience | West |
| Leah Farris | Dauntless | West |
| Jessica LeDonne | Dish | East |
| Emily Regan | Drag'n Thrust | East |
| Erica Baken | Drag'n Thrust | East |
| Sarah Anciaux | Drag'n Thrust | East |
| Sarah Meckstroth | Drag'n Thrust | East |
| Alex Snyder | Fury | West |
| Anna Nazarov | Fury | West |
| Carolyn Finney | Fury | West |
| Claire Desmond | Fury | West |
| Cree Howard | Fury | West |
| Kaela Jorgenson | Fury | West |
| Lakshmi Narayan | Fury | West |
| Lisa Pitcaithley | Fury | West |
| Maggie Ruden | Fury | West |
| Manisha Daryani | Fury | West |
| Marika Austin | Fury | West |
| Ness Fajardo | Fury | West |
| Sabrina Fong | Fury | West |
| Katie Ryan | Green Means Go | West |
| Elizabeth Minor | Heist | East |
| Georgia Bosscher | Heist | East |
| Robyn Wiseman | Heist | East |
| Rebecca Poznansky | KOD | East |
| Emily Smith | Mental Toss Flycoons | West |
| Paige Kercher | Mental Toss Flycoons | West |
| Erynn Schroeder | Millers | East |
| Claire Revere | Mixtape | West |
| Roberta Abbot | Mixtape | West |
| Ashley Daly Morgan | Molly Brown | West |
| Claire Chastain | Molly Brown | East |
| Crystal Davis | Molly Brown | East |
| Dena Slattery | Molly Brown | West |
| Kirstin Johnson | Molly Brown | West |
| Lauren Boyle | Molly Brown | West |
| Megan Cousins | Molly Brown | West |
| Octavia Payne | Molly Brown | East |
| Paige Applegate | Molly Brown | West |
| Rebecca Miller | Molly Brown | West |
| Sally Lambert | Molly Brown | East |
| Tina Snodgrass | Molly Brown | West |
| Briana Cahn | Nightlock | West |
| Claire Sharman | Nightlock | West |
| Loryn Kanemaru | Nightlock | West |
| Hannah Leathers | Ozone | East |
| Katherine Wooten | Ozone | East |
| Meg Harris | Ozone | East |
| Mira Walker | Ozone | East |
| Jessi Jones | Phoenix | East |
| Marisa Mead | Polar Bears | West |
| Morgan Paulson | Polar Bears | West |
| Alyssa Weatherford | Riot | East |
| Calise Cardenas | Riot | West |
| Charlie Katie Mercer | Riot | West |
| Fiona McKibben | Riot | West |
| Hana Kawai | Riot | West |
| Jaclyn Verzuh | Riot | East |
| Katy Craley | Riot | West |
| Kelly Johnson | Riot | West |
| Kristin Eide | Riot | West |
| Lauren Sadler | Riot | West |
| Qxhna Titcomb | Riot | West |
| Rohre Titcomb | Riot | West |
| Sarah Davis | Riot | West |
| Sarah Griffith | Riot | West |
| Shannon O'Malley | Riot | West |
| Shira Stern | Riot | West |
| Jenny Fey | Scandal | East |
| Jessica O'Connor | Scandal | East |
| Kathleen Ratcliff | Scandal | East |
| Kelly Hyland | Scandal | East |
| Molly Roy | Scandal | East |
| Sandy Jorgensen | Scandal | East |
| Sarah Itoh | Scandal | East |
| Alex Ode | Schwa | West |
| Jesse Shofner | Schwa | West |
| Julia Sherwood | Schwa | West |
| Katey Forth | Showdown | West |
| Michelle Arceneaux | Showdown | East |
| Sarah Levinn | Showdown | East |
| Sharon Tsao | Showdown | East |
| India Stubbs | Slow White | East |
| Brittany Winner | Steamboat | East |
| Katherine Killebrew | Viva | West |
| Caitlin Fitzgerald | Wicked | West |
| Alyson Heath | Wild Card | East |
| Katharine Sullivan | Wild Card | East |
Men’s and Women’s Masters teams will also play as Team USA. There is no tryout for those teams; instead, the 2015 Masters Championships winners earned that spot. ↩
