The teams that will represent the United States at next winter's World Beach Ultimate Championships.
December 5, 2024 by Ultiworld in News with 0 comments
USA Ultimate released the three rosters for the USA National Teams that will compete at the 2025 WFDF World Beach Ultimate Championships next November in southern Portugal. 54 players — three rosters of 18 players each — were selected from the 200 players that received tryout invites.
Returning players from the 2023 USA Beach National Team are marked with an asterisk
MIXED DIVISION
| Name | Hometown | 2024 Club Team |
|---|---|---|
| Lukas Ambrose | Los Angeles, CA | Seattle BFG |
| Conor Belfield | Seattle, WA | Seattle BFG |
| Marques Brownlee* | Closter, NJ | New York PoNY |
| Danielle Byers | Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis Drag'N Thrust |
| Abby Cheng | Queens, NY | New York XIST |
| Caleb Denecour* | St. Paul, MN | Minneapolis Drag'N Thrust |
| Brandon Van Deusen | Lakewood, CA | LA Lotus |
| Khalif El-Salaam* | Seattle, WA | Seattle Mixtape |
| Dena Elimelech* | Sacramento,CA | San Francisco Fury |
| Harper Garvey* | Brooklyn, NY | New York PoNY |
| Kaela Helton* | Coronado, CA | San Diego Flipside |
| Simon Higgins* | Alameda, CA | San Francisco Revolver |
| Cheryl Hsu | Seattle, WA | Seattle BFG |
| Kelly Hyland* | Woodcliff Lake, NJ | Boston Brute Squad |
| KJ Koo | Newbury Park, CA | SoCal Condors |
| Sarah Meckstroth* | St. Paul, MN | Minneapolis Drag'N Thrust |
| Kaitlynne Roling | Seattle, WA | Seattle BFG |
| Erynn Schroeder | Madison, WI | Madison Heist |
OPEN DIVISION
| Name | Hometown | 2024 Club Team |
|---|---|---|
| Raekwon Adkins | Alameda, CA | San Francisco Revolver |
| Christian Boxley* | Washington, DC | Washington DC Truck Stop |
| Calvin Brown* | New York, NY | New York PoNY |
| Antoine Davis* | Greenwich, CT | New York PoNY |
| Aidan Downey | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta Chain Lightning |
| Thomas Edmonds | Washington, DC | Washington DC Truck Stop |
| Jack Hatchett* | Portland, OR | Portland Rhino Slam! |
| Raphy Hayes* | Portland, OR | Portland Rhino Slam! |
| Brett Hulsmeyer | Madison, WI | Atlanta Chain Lightning |
| Ben Jagt* | Queens, NY | New York PoNY |
| Daniel Lee* | Portland, OR | Portland Rhino Slam! |
| Jonny Malks* | Arlington, VA | Washington DC Truck Stop |
| Lukas McClamrock | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta Chain Lightning |
| Charlie McCutcheon | Arlington, VA | Washington DC Truck Stop |
| Rowan McDonnell* | Washington, DC | Boston Dig |
| AJ Merriman* | Berryville, VA | Washington DC Truck Stop |
| Tyler Monroe* | Washington, DC | Washington DC Truck Stop |
| Xavier Payne | Louisville, KY | Chicago Machine |
WOMEN’S DIVISION
| Name | Hometown | 2024 Club Team |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Barnett | Chapel Hill, NC | Raleigh Phoenix |
| Madison Cannon | Austin, TX | Austin Disco Club |
| Dawn Culton | Chapel Hill, NC | Raleigh Phoenix |
| Jamie Eriksson* | Seattle, WA | Seattle Riot |
| Robyn Fennig* | Sacramento,CA | Sacramento Tower |
| Shayla Harris | Oakland, CA | San Francisco Fury |
| Sadie Jezierski* | Seattle, WA | Seattle BFG |
| Ella Juengst | New York, NY | New York BENT |
| Becky Malinowski* | Northampton, MA | Boston Brute Squad |
| Maketa Mattimore | Grand Rapids, MI | Michigan Hybrid |
| Lindsay McKenna* | Malvern, PA | Philadelphia AMP |
| Bridget Mizener* | Carrboro, NC | Raleigh Phoenix |
| Kristen Pojunis | San Diego, CA | San Diego Flipside |
| Sam Rodenberg* | Seattle, WA | Seattle BFG |
| Maggie Ruden* | Oakland, CA | San Francisco Fury |
| Jordan Sorensen | Washington, DC | Washington DC Grit |
| Claudia Tajima* | Portland, OR | Portland Schwa |
| Abby Thorpe | Denver, CO | Denver Mile High Trash |
Coaches
Mixed: Eileen Murray (head), Manisha Daryani (assistant)
Open: Bryan Jones (head), Mario O’Brien (assistant)
Women’s: Samantha Broaddus (head), Sean McCall (assistant)
Notes
- The club teams with the most representation are Washington DC Truck Stop (6 players, all on the Open team), Seattle BFG (6 players), and New York PoNY (5 players)
- More than half of the players (29) are returning from the 2023 USA National Team
- The Open and Women’s team will be defending their Gold medal performances from 2023; the Mixed team fell in semifinals to France before taking Bronze with a win over Germany
