Month: June 2012

Support the Team USA effort in Japan and get your own Team USA Disc, (optionally signed by your favorite team USA players).  Discs are $15, plus s&h if you need it mailed to you.  To get your signed Team USA disc, email Ashlin Joye – asjoye at gmail.com 

Name:
Jordan Jeffery   

Jersey #:
23

Height:
6’4   

Date of Birth:
November 9, 1988   

Place of Birth:
Anchorage, AK   

Current Residence:
Stanford, CA   

College Team:
Stanford Bloodthirsty (2008-2012)   

Club Team:
Boost Mobile (2010, 2011)   

Awards:
1st Team Southwest All-Region 2012   

Favorite Tournament Moment:
Beating Cal in the Backdoor semifinals at SW regionals 2011. Games against Cal are always a battle, and this one saw 3-4 point runs by both teams early in the game, and a ton of big plays. We ended up winning 11-10, and would go on to beat SDSU handily in the backdoor finals to go back to Nationals after a year absence. I also got my first and only Callahan during this game.   

Favorite Player(s) in Formative Years:
Mark Sherwood – Playing every point and being being dominant on both sides of the field.  “More me! More me!”

Tom James – Captain of the team my freshman year and a great, confident team leader. He’s got a devastating mark, pinpoint hucks, and generally makes the difficult things look easy. He also did an 8 minute plank once.

Mac – Not on my team, but I liked watching him play when we played Colorado. I respect a man who uses his lank well.

Favorite Tournament:
College Nationals & Kaimana Klassik   

What makes you so dangerous?
Precision bombs… just keep running.  Also, gangle.   

Theme Song:
The Second Coming-Juelz Santana and Just Blaze   

Pre-game ritual:
Listen to my own or the team’s music. Munch on a clif bar. Get loud during warmups to get myself pumped. Throw for 5-10 minutes. Eat more clif bar, retie my cleats, and have an energy drink if needed.

If I didn’t play ultimate, I would be:
Playing basketball   

Favorite non-ultimate team:
Michael Jordan era Bulls
49ers, Saints
Any team with an Alaskan on it

Favorite Revolver player so far:
Devon, because he drives my sorry car-less self to practice. Also Ashlin, because he kept going deep for me at Flowerbowl and he’s willing to throw the jump ball.   

Something unknown about me:
I’m from the farthest north town in the U.S. (Barrow) and I taught myself how to throw with those free frisbee dvds you get when you buy a Wham-o disc from a department store. I also have the finger-length of a 10 year old.

Name:
Kurt Gibson      

Jersey #:
30

Height:
6’2″  

Date of Birth:
August 28, 1985  

Place of Birth:
New York, NY  

Current City of Residence,
Houston, TX  

College Team:
University of Florida

Previous Club teams:  
Bulge (2003)
Vicious Cycle (2004-2006)
Ironside (2007)
Doublewide (2009-Present)    

Favorite game or tournament moment:
Winning 2006 College Ultimate National Championships      

Favorite tournament:
Centex

Favorite tournament dinner Saturday night:
Chili’s

Favorite Song:
Backstreet Boys – The One      

If I didn’t play ultimate I would be…:
In a boy band  

Favorite sports team outside of ultimate:
Tampa Bay Rays  

Favorite player on Revolver (so far):
Mark Sherwood.  I have a ton of respect for Mark – we played against each other a significant amount in college and it was always a dogfight.  He is a great player, the ultimate competitor, and one of those guys you would take on your team any day.  I can’t say enough good things about him and I’m glad we have the opportunity to play with each other.    

Something unknown about me:
I am a cancer survivor of 3 years.  I was diagnosed Aug. 4 2008 with Stage 3 Colon Cancer.  I underwent surgery and 6 months of chemotherapy causing me to miss the 2008 UPA Club Ultimate season.  I have since bounced back and am very blessed and thankful to be playing at a high level again.

Revolver concluded the tryout process for the 2012 club roster last week and is pleased to announce that Jordan Jeffery and Taylor Lahey will join the rest of the returning team from 2011 to compete for a third national championship in the Fall.  Jordan and Taylor will be filling the roster spots left by the departure of Bart Watson and the leave-of-absence by Eric Halverson, two players who will be sorely missed for their significant contirbutions to the team in past years.  The tryout candidates this year were extremely impressive, the talent level in the Bay Area provides us with a wealth of very good players and some very difficult choices.  Thanks to all the players who participated, in particular Davide Morri for his commitment to trying out all the way from Italy and for showing us a new level of dedication to improving at the sport of ultimate.