Colorado Springs, Colo. (Nov. 28, 2017) – USA Ultimate, the national governing body for the sport of ultimate in the United States, is pleased to announce the athletes who have been invited to attend one of two tryouts for the 2018 U.S. National Teams that will compete at the World Junior Ultimate Championships. USA Ultimate will send teams in the boys’ and girls’ divisions to Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, next August.
Nearly 400 youth athletes from all over the country applied to be considered for the 2018 U-20 National Teams. Coaches have selected 101 men and 100 women to attend the tryout camps.
The east coast tryout camp will be held January 27-28, in Chapel Hill, N.C. The west coast tryout camp will be held two weeks later, February 10-11, in Livermore, Calif. Final rosters, selected by each respective team’s coaching staff, will be announced next March.
Boys’ Division U.S. National Team Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Reid Koss (Seattle, Wash.)
Assistant Coach: Andy Neilsen (Chicago, Ill.)
Assistant Coach: Russell Wallack (Amherst, Mass.)
Selection Assistants: Alex Wells, TBD
Girls’ Division U.S. National team Coaching Staff
Head Coach: DeAnna Ball (Columbus, Ohio)
Assistant Coach: Jason Adams (Boston, Mass.)
Assistant Coach: Alyssa Weatherford (Seattle, Wash.)
Selection Assistants: Jessi Jones, Stevie Miller
The 2018 World Junior Ultimate Championships, hosted by the World Flying Disc Federation, will be held Aug. 19-25, 2018, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
WJUC was last held in Wroclaw, Poland, in 2016. The U.S. earned two medals at the event: gold in the boys’ division and silver in the girls’ division.
Boys Tryouts
*final tryout list subject to change based on invite acceptances
| Sion Agami | Mason, OH |
| Axel Agami-Contreras | Mason, OH |
| Turner Allen | Burlington, VT |
| Austin Alvarado | Arlington, VA |
| Dustin Baird | Greenwood, IN |
| Jai Bansal | Eagle, ID |
| Patrick Beckett | Portland, OR |
| James Berger | Edwards, CO |
| Cole Besser | Boulder, CO |
| Max Bradshaw | Carmel, IN |
| Calvin Brown | Irvine, CA |
| Orion Cable | Amherst, MA |
| Matthew Chambers | Highland Village, TX |
| Raymond Chen | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Connor Chin | New York, NY |
| Jack Cioffi | Westfield, NJ |
| Alex Condon | Minnetonka, MN |
| Jonathan Costello | Highland Village, TX |
| Dillon Crowell | Iowa City, IA |
| Ben Dameron | Atlanta, GA |
| Gray Davidson | Seattle, WA |
| Beau De Konnick | Arlington, VA |
| Drew Di Francesco | Atlanta, GA |
| Ryan Dinger | Burlington, VT |
| Aidan Downey | Atlanta, GA |
| Marco Dregni | Portland, OR |
| Nicholas Fellows | Milwaukee, WI |
| Ben Fjetland-Souza | St. Paul, MN |
| Walker Frankenberg | Seattle, WA |
| Gabriel Franklin | Rochester, NY |
| Leo Gordon | Berkeley, CA |
| Scott Grimm | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Sam Hammar | Edina, MN |
| Liam Hardacker | Concord, MA |
| Bradley “Alex” Henderson | Greenwood, IN |
| Dempsey Hope-Wight | Seattle, WA |
| Donovan Hugel | Maplewood, NJ |
| Daniel Humphreys | Gainesville, FL |
| Henry Ing | Bryn Mawr, PA |
| Adam Jemal | Bellevue, WA |
| Garrett Johnston | Arlington, VA |
| Joseph Kennedy | Naperville, IL |
| James Kennelly | Gillette, NJ |
| Noah Krumme | West Chester, OH |
| Collin Lamb | Naperville, IL |
| Daniel Landesman | Altadena, CA |
| Aiden Landis | Gibsonia, PA |
| Josh Lane | Lexington, MA |
| Dylan Latham McGraw | Los Altos Hills, CA |
| Erik Liu | Newton, MA |
| Benjamin Liu-May | Eugene, OR |
| Jack Lokowich | Bozeman, MT |
| Trevor Lynch | Collegeville, PA |
| Jonny Malks | Arlington, VA |
| Casey Mann | Gibsonia, PA |
| Evan Mapes | Atlanta, GA |
| Haroon Matties | Arlington, VA |
| John McDonnell | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Stephen Mock | Lexington, MA |
| Caleb Montgomery | Lexington, KY |
| Elliott Moore | Austin, TX |
| Marc Anthony Munoz | Kent, WA |
| Alex Nelson | Vero Beach, FL |
| Walden Ng | Brighton, MA |
| Jacques Nissen | Washington, DC |
| Amanze Oleru | Seattle, WA |
| Gabe Port | Seattle, WA |
| Ashwin Pothukuchi | Norristown, PA |
| Benjamin Preiss | Arlington, VA |
| Samuel Radack | Washington, DC |
| Kenneth Randby | Chapel Hill, NC |
| June Tabasan Rapisura | Seattle, WA |
| James Reed | Arlington, VA |
| Dylan Reviere | Baton Rouge, LA |
| Zachary Riley | Amherst, MA |
| Benjamin Rogers | Southlake, TX |
| Jacob Rubin-Miller | Madison, WI |
| Connor Ryan | Seattle, WA |
| Ted Schewe | Madison, WI |
| Caleb Seamon | Leverett, MA |
| Luke Sedor Protti | Shutebury, MA |
| Matthew Shu | Decatur, GA |
| Joshua Sims Speyer | Middlebury, VT |
| Kodi Smart | Olympia, WA |
| Charlie Smith | Boca Raton, FL |
| Leonide Sovell-Fernandez | St. Paul, MN |
| Nick Spaulding-Tansey | Durham, NC |
| Hayden Stone | Austin, TX |
| Coleman Tappero | Atlanta, GA |
| Jake Taylor | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Jake Thorne | Alameda, CA |
| Jesse Thornton | Merion Station, PA |
| Kevin Tsui | Westfield, NJ |
| Tony Venneri | Seattle, WA |
| Dylan Villeneuve | Berkeley, CA |
| Michael Walsh | Golden, CO |
| Eli Weaver | Westfield, NJ |
| Aaron Wynmor | Burlington, VT |
| Tristan Yarter | Maplewood, NJ |
| Cole Zielske | St. Paul, MN |
| Josiah Zulauf | Jackson, MI |
Girls Tryouts
*final tryout list subject to change based on invite acceptances
| Grace Alston | Chevy Chase, MD |
| Nina Alworth | Seattle, WA |
| Mira Anderberg | Lexington, MA |
| Robin Anthony-Petersen | Alameda, CA |
| Olivia Arellano | Highland Village, TX |
| Claire Babbott-Bryan | Northampton, MA |
| Margaret Barry | Sugar Grove, NC |
| Tess Barton | Mercer Island, WA |
| Tanya Bearson | Berkeley, CA |
| Benish Nandhana Benjamin | Plainsboro, NJ |
| Ali Beskind | Atlanta, GA |
| Tova Breen | Minneapolis, MN |
| Cara Burks | Los Altos, CA |
| Danielle Callard | Canandaigua, NY |
| Carly Campana | Kirkland, WA |
| Lauren Carothers-Liske | Oakland, CA |
| Emma Chin | New York, NY |
| Anna Clements | St. Paul, MN |
| Cordelia Collinson | Arlington, VA |
| Ally Constantino | Seattle, WA |
| Dawn Culton | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Charlotte Dawson | Bryn Mawr, PA |
| Leona DeRango | St. Paul, MN |
| Julia Desrosiers | Amelia, OH |
| Alexis Dimitriou | Montague, MA |
| Anna Dreher | Portland, OR |
| Alyssa Ehrhardt | Sugar Grove, NC |
| Bethany Eldridge | Wynnewood, PA |
| Harper Ellsworth | Denver, CO |
| Ikran Elmi | Seattle, WA |
| Skye Fernandez | Highland Village, TX |
| Stacy Gaskill | Golden CO |
| Esther Gendler | Minneapolis, MN |
| Helena Gilbert-Snyder | El Cerrito, CA |
| Anna Goddu | Seattle, WA |
| Emily Goodwin | Oakland, CA |
| Kennadi Hairston | Seattle, WA |
| Ava Hanna | Del Mar, CA |
| Lauren Hanna | Del Mar, CA |
| Leija Helling | Amherst, MA |
| Rachel Hess | Arlington, VA |
| Allison Huresky | Green Brook, NJ |
| Nikka Ibale | Seattle, WA |
| Tess Johnnson | Lexington, MA |
| Makayla Jones-Klausing | St. Louis Park, MN |
| Ella Juengst | Arlington, VA |
| Makayla Keate | Highland, UT |
| Miranda Kosowsky | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Sophia Kosowsky | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Jenna Krugler | Nevada City, CA |
| Kate Lanier | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Athena Lynch | Kensington, CA |
| Megan Ma | Warren, NJ |
| Elizabeth Manturuk | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Cordray McCann | Seattle, WA |
| Erin McCann | Minneapolis, MN |
| Kennedy McCarthy | North Hampton, NH |
| Emma Mickelson | Madison, WI |
| Olivia Munns | Brigham City, UT |
| Mirenli Negron | Snellville, GA |
| Hannah Neiditz | Decatur, GA |
| Amy Nguyen | Seattle, WA |
| Jennifer Nguyen | Seattle, WA |
| Maya Nir | Arlington, VA |
| Rachel Oram-Brown | Amherst, MA |
| Hazel Ostrowski | Seattle, WA |
| Gaby Payoyo | Seattle, WA |
| Marie Perivier | Atlanta, GA |
| Sierra Petrash | Atlanta, GA |
| Clil Phillips | Chapel Hill, NC |
| Stephanie Phillips | Seattle, WA |
| Emma Piorier | St. Paul, MN |
| Katelynn Powell | Atlanta, GA |
| Mindy Radike | Naperville, IL |
| Evelyn Reding | Seattle, WA |
| Anna Reed | Berkeley, CA |
| Kaia Roast | Seattle, WA |
| Peixian Rong | Seattle, WA |
| Katherine Sandstrom | Naperville, IL |
| Katherine Sanz | Arlington, VA |
| Bailey Shigley | Seattle, WA |
| Jesse Song | Warren, NJ |
| Catherine Soto Lozada | Indianapolis, IN |
| Phoebe Stern | Nashville, TN |
| Clara Stewart | Arlington, MA |
| Allie Swiatek | Naperville, IL |
| Caroline Tornquist | Arlington, VA |
| Anna Tortorici | Mt. Pleasant, SC |
| Claire Trop | Seattle, WA |
| Maggie Tynan | Denver, CO |
| Janey Vandegrift | Bethel, OH |
| Margaret Walker | Mount Vernon, IA |
| Thalia Ward | Oakland, CA |
| Cidney Weng | Warren, NJ |
| Summer Wilson | Austin, TX |
| Jacqueline Wood | Birmingham, AL |
| Ada Wright | Seattle, WA |
| Michelle Yee | Seattle, WA |
| Emily Yin | Plainsboro, NJ |
| Ellen Yu | Chapel Hill, NC |
