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Eric Greenwood 2011

Name:
Eric Greenwood
*Photo by Scobel Wiggins.

Jersey #
18

Height:
5’6″

Date of birth:
18 April 1985

Place of birth:
Montreal, Canada

Current city of residence:
San Francisco, CA

Occupation:
Affiliate Manager at Buzzillions.com

College team(s):
Oregon EGO (2004-2008)

Former teams:
Rhino (2006-2007)
Mischief (2009)
Wolf (2010)

How I came to join Revolver:
I moved from Oregon to SF in 2008, played with a few other Bay Area teams before finally making the cut in 2011.

Funniest moment or joke on Revolver:
The “whoop” cut.

Favorite game or tournament moment on Revolver:
Labor Day finals 2011

Favorite game or tournament moment outside of Revolver:
College Regionals in Vancouver with EGO, 2006. 2 bids to nationals. The team was really young with 9 true freshmen we went in seeded 3rd behind Stanford and UBC. Saturday started miserably cold, windy, and rainy. Pool play games against Stanford-B and Humboldt went relatively easily. Whitman’s morale had been decimated by the weather and injuries. We finished the game very fast, setting up a 2-hour bye before our crossover game against UBC. We spent the bye in a laundromat, drying our clothes and refueling, then opened the game against UBC with 3 straight breaks — since known as a “laundromat” — before fighting out to a 15-11 victory. Beating UBC set up a finals against Stanford, who we beat 15-10 to take the first bid to Nationals!

Favorite Ultimate player(s) in formative years:
1. Elden Montagne
2. Rodney Jacobson
3. The Wigginses
4. Markus Brown
5. Doug MacKenzie
6. Brian Linkfield

Favorite tournament:
Potlatch

What makes ___ so dangerous?
No look backhand hucks.

Theme song:
Treehouse – I’m From Barcelona

What I like to eat on Saturday night of a tournament:
Super chicken burrito

If I didn’t play Ultimate, my main pastime outside of work would be:
Bouldering/sport climbing

Favorite sports team outside of Ultimate:
Go Ducks!

In terms of Kanners, how tan are you?
0.3

Something unknown about me:
My high school coach built Score Reporter.

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Josh Wiseman 2011

Name:
Josh Wiseman
*Photo credit unknown.

Nicknames:
Iceman

Jersey #
6

Height:
5’8″

Date of birth:
13 December 1982

Place of birth:
Wilmington, DE

Current city of residence:
San Francisco, CA

Occupation:
Software Engineer at Facebook

College team(s):
Stanford Bloodthirsty (2000-2004)

Former teams:
Kaos (2003-2005)
Revolver (2006-present)

How I came to join Revolver:
It was the natural progression of the early ‘aught Stanford crew. The leadership from Nick Handler and the other founders was exactly what I was looking for in a team.

Funniest moment or joke on Revolver:
There are apparently two Popocafepetls in Prague. We passed out invitations to our massive Worlds party at one of them and showed up at the other. I don’t remember the rest of the night.

Favorite game or tournament moment on Revolver:
A gritty, fast game against Buzz Bullets in the semifinals at Worlds 2010, with a [quarter-]stadium full of people.

Favorite Ultimate player(s) in formative years:
Shreyas Vijaykumar, Stanford. He was ultra-reliable with the disc and on defense, stepped up in the big games, and had a completely cool and respectful demeanor on the field.

Favorite tournament:
Worlds 2010, Prague

What makes ___ so dangerous?
I run fast in straight lines and chase things. Like a dog.

If I didn’t play Ultimate, my main pastime outside of work would be:
Work. Wait…

Favorite sports team outside of Ultimate:
Philadelphia Eagles

In terms of Kanners, how tan are you?
0.5 Kanners

Something unknown about me:
For my first couple years of Ultimate, I was convinced that I could be a great player without ever throwing a flick. Eight years later, I’ve barely recovered.

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Patrick Baylis 2011

Name:
Patrick Baylis
*Photo by Chris Kosednar.

Jersey #
44

Height:
5’9″

Date of birth:
5 April 1986

Place of birth:
San Antonio, TX

Current city of residence:
Oakland, CA

Occupation:
Graduate student in Agricultural and Resource Economics

College team(s):
Carleton CUT (2004-2008)

Former teams:
Sub Zero (2006-2008)
Bodhi (2009)
Emerald City Ultimate (2010)

Accolades:
Central All-Region (2008)

How I came to join Revolver:
After getting cut in 2010 I stepped up my game in 2011, bringing Robbie lunch at work, sending Dutchy hilarious YouTube links, doing Bart’s laundry, washing Ryo’s car, and letting Martin know that I ALWAYS use Google as my primary search engine.

Funniest moment or joke on Revolver:
Icebathing in the river after Saturday games at ECC.

Favorite game or tournament moment on Revolver:
Playing the Buzz Bullets under the lights in Seattle.

Favorite game or tournament moment outside of Revolver:
My first year on CUT, beating Wisconsin 15-11 in the 2005 Central Regional final on our home turf.

Favorite Ultimate player(s) in formative years:
Dan Ackerstein was my high school coach and longtime mentor, who taught me to play the game for the right reasons.

Favorite tournament:
Nationals

What makes ___ so dangerous?
I have this 65 cm exercise ball that I sit on instead of a desk chair. It’s brilliant. I’m basically making my core stronger every moment of the day. That means that for every single hour my opponents spend on a traditional office chair my ab and back muscles are that much stronger than theirs. And that adds up in October.

Theme song:
The Tallest Man on Earth – Graceland

Pre-game ritual:
I take a moment to remind myself why I play. That usually puts a smile on my face and I feel ready to go.

What I like to eat on Saturday night of a tournament:
Chocolate milk + anything else.

If I didn’t play Ultimate, my main pastime outside of work would be:
Rock climbing

Favorite sports team outside of Ultimate:
Texas Longhorns

In terms of Kanners, how tan are you?
0.6 Kanners

Something unknown about me:
One time, in Japan…