Round 2 of Throw of the Year starts now!
March 20, 2025 by Ultiworld in Awards, Opinion
Ultiworld’s 2024 Throw of the Year bracket is presented by Spin Ultimate; all opinions are those of the author(s). Find out how Spin can get you, and your team, looking your best this season.
One of our most popular series to begin each year, it’s time to look back at last year and let our readers decide some of the top plays of the year from 2024.
Our subscriber culled and seeded the initial nomination list down to the final sixteen (eight from MMP and eight from FMP) in this article. Now it’s time for the wider public to decide which play is the best of the best! Round 2 starts now and closes on Monday, March 24 at noon Eastern.
Female-Matching Players
Matchup 1: Cárdenas vs. Dos Santos
Valeria Cárdenas (Backhand) – Colombia Women’s (WFDF WUC)
Would it even be Throw of the Year without Vale? This one came under pressure, with the reset cut off and trapped on the sideline. But then Cárdenas spotted Cartagena going and absolutely cannoned a backhand a country mile.
Brit Dos Santos – Canada Women’s (WFDF WUC)
The first duo ever featured in this bracket? BDS sized up a well-taken IO backhand out to Beaudry, tailing perfectly away from one of the best defenders in the world, for another gorgeous Team Canada score that left jaws on the floor.
2024 Throw of the Year Round 2 Matchup 1 (Results)
- Valeria Cárdenas
- Brit Dos Santos
Matchup 2: Beaudry vs. Monnerat
Anouchka Beaudry – Canada Women’s (WFDF WUC)
The powerful Beaudry showed off the technique and the muscle with this standstill forehand smash to frequent collaborator Brit Dos Santos. What flat mark?
Fantine Monnerat – France Women’s (WFDF WJUC)
Up against Team USA, you gotta bring your best, and Monnerat showed off a beautiful forehand. Setting up the mark with the pivot, she flipped a loopy flick fully exposed the break side.
2024 Throw of the Year Round 2 Matchup 2 (Results)
- Anouchka Beaudry
- Fantine Monnerat
Male-Matching Players
Matchup 1: Brown vs. Hasbrook
Calvin Brown – Cal Poly SLO SLOCore (USAU College)
How wide is an ultimate field? Why, it’s 40 yards, right? Maybe for you; not for Calvin Brown. He uses the width of the field and then some on this bending backhand that left the sideline, and us, stunned.
Austin Hasbrook – Utah Zion Curtain (USAU College)
It didn’t take long for the 2024 college season to start providing the highlights. Hasbrook’s perfectly set up behind the back assist has a gorgeous arc and functionality with defense in the area. We are all the defender, left with our hands on our heads in disbelief.
2024 Throw of the Year Round 2 Matchup 3 (Results)
- Calvin Brown
- Austin Hasbrook
Matchup 2: Kurono vs. Garvey
Masashi Kurono – Japan Open (WFDF WUC)
It is hard to get more accurate than this break forehand, slicing through a thin lane but ending out to space, but with enough touch to slow down and be catchable in bounds. The shimmy setup from Kurono is icing on the break cake.
Harper Garvey – New York PoNY (Dream Cup)
Standstill forehand. End zone line to just inside the backline. Perfectly flattens out. Over two defenders. Harper Garvey. Wow.
2024 Throw of the Year Round 2 Matchup 4 (Results)
- Masashi Kurono
- Harper Garvey
