2002	United States Underwater Hockey Teams

The US has been participating in the underwater hockey world championships since the beginning in 1980.   The teams below have worked hard and long and in most or all cases have financial support from only theirselves and their families.  They have spent at least the last year trying out for the team in multiple clinics, tournaments, and in everyday practice.   They all have commited all their available time and energy towards attaining the goal of the gold medal in Calgary this July.  Good luck to them.  Go USA!!!!

The tournament will held Mon, Jul 15, 2002 - Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at the Lindsay Park Sports Center or now called the Talisman Center.   The official website is located at http://worlds2002.net.
 

US Underwater Hockey World Competition History
Year	Venue	Mens	Womens	Open Masters	Women Masters	Youth
1980	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	5th	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1982	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Officially None Unoffically	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1984	Chicago, Illinois, USA	4th	Bronze	N/A	N/A	N/A
1986	Adelaide, So. Austrailia, Australia	5th	Bronze	N/A	N/A	N/A
1988	Amersfoort, Netherlands	6th	Silver	N/A	N/A	N/A
1990	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	6th	Bronze	N/A	N/A	N/A
1992	Kilbernie, Wellington, New Zealand	7th	4th	N/A	N/A	N/A
1994	Grand Couronne, France	Bronze	5th	5th	N/A	N/A
1996	Durbin, South Africa	7th	5th	4th	N/A	N/A
1998	San Jose, California, USA	6th	Bronze	Bronze	N/A	N/A
2000	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	8th	4th	4th	5th	N/A
2002	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

OPEN MEN

Photo	Name	Club	Years Played	World Competitions	Position
	Kendall "Great One" Banks	Club Puck,  San Jose CA	25	1980,1984,1986,1988,1990,1992, 1994,1996,1998,2000	Foxy Midfield
	Doug "Duck" Roth	Club Puck,  San Jose CA	16	1990, 1992, 1994	Bunny
	Mike "Ethiopian" Grimm	Club Puck,  San Jose CA	Many moons	all of them	Hand of God stopper
	Daniel "Wonderboy" Graves	Virginia Tech VA	4	none	Mid, Forward
	John "little general" Kulsa	Seahammers Seattle WA	16	1992, 1994, 1998	The Box
	"Leon" Meschi Schmidt	San Diego CA	23	1995	Bull
	Scott "Apricot" Tucker	Santa Rosa CA	10	1998, 2000	Forward
	Lyndon "Everclean" Rive	Club Puck,  San Jose CA	10	1996, 1998	mid-mid
	Greg "Tunneler" Appling	Charleston Blockade Runners SC	6	none	Bull and Back but not the back of the bull
	Chris Tommaso	Fighting Illini IL	4	none	midfield
	Jeremy "Spanky" Manier	Fighting Illini IL	8	2000	Forward, Front side boneless on the squee-squab.
	Brian Armstrong	Canada			Coach

OPEN WOMEN

Photo	Name	Club	Years Played	World Competitions	Position	Comments
	Susan Banks	Club Puck,  San Jose CA	10	1994,1996,1998,2000,2002	Forward
	Madeleine Rive	Club Puck,  San Jose CA	9	1996, 1998, 1999(Southern Hem)	Forward, back and mid
	Mary Jo Ferris	Club Puck,  San Jose CA	18	1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000	Forward, Back
	Brigit Grimm	Club Puck,  San Jose CA	18	1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000	Defense	This could be the best team ever! Look out, World!
	Andrea Arenovski	Club Puck,  San Jose CA	11+	1996, 2000	Forward, Back, Mid, Stopper
	Missy Kehoe	Fort Collins, CO and Florida	11	1994, 1998	Forward
	Maria Jose Bravo	Seahammers, Seattle, WA	9	First	Back
	Monika Tkaczyk	Club Puck,  San Jose CA	3	First	Forward
	Renata Foucre	Fighting Illini Illinois	3	First	Forward
	Karen McDowell	Club Puck,  San Jose CA	11	1998, 2000	Back
	Ginga Newton	Seahammers, Seattle, WA	2.5	First	Back
	Dawn Charnetzky	Denver, CO and Florida	11	1994, 1998	Back
	Ricardo De LaFuente	Miami, FL	14	1992, 1994, 1996	Coach

OPEN MASTERS

Photo	Name	Club	Years Played	World Competitions	Position
	Chris McDowell	Club Puck,  San Jose, CA	10	First	Forward
	John Fisher	Club Puck,  San Jose, CA	14	1992, 1996, 1998, 2000	Back
	James Luce	BeeHammers, Bellingham, WA	16	1990, 1992, 1994, 1998	Back/Mid
	"Gentle" Ben Erickson	Minnesota	20	First	Back
	Mark Voelker	Club Puck,  San Jose, CA	lots	1998	Mid
	Mark Zvilius	Club Puck,  San Jose, CA	15	1996, 1998, 2000	Mid
	Rich Gray	Club Puck,  San Jose, CA	17	1990, 1992, 1994, 1998	Mid/Back
	Yori Huynh	Club Puck,  San Jose, CA	11	1996, 1998, 2000	Mid
	Steven Shephard	Club Puck,  San Jose, CA	10	1996	Mid/Back
	Patrick Carboneau	SeaHammers, Seattle, WA	19	1990, 1994	Mid
	Herb Baylon	San Diego, CA	8	1998	Forward
	Gary Christianson	San Diego, CA	17	1998	Mid
	Terry Sutton	Club Puck, San Jose, CA	20	1994, 1996, 1998, 2000	Coach
	Sean Avent	Club Puck, San Jose, CA	8	1998	Coach

WOMEN MASTERS

Photo	Name	Club	Years Played	World Competitions	Position
	Agnes Debrunner	Denver, CO	12	1996, 1998	Back
	Karen Erickson	St. Paul, MN	5	First	Back
	Sharon Flynn	Dallas, TX	5	2000	Back/Mid/Forward
	Vicki Gezon	BeeHammers, Bellingham, WA	21	1988, 1990, 1992, 1998	Forward
	Constance Gramlich	San Diego, CA	11	First	Back
	Patty Green	Chicago, IL	5	First	Forward
	Elizabeth Letourneau	Blockade Runners, Charleston, SC	7	2000	Back/Mid/Forward
	Wanda Heringa	Club Puck,  San Jose, CA
	Wendy Okafuji	Club Puck,  San Jose, CA	9	1998, 2000	Forward
	Kim Zayas	Portland, OR	3	First	Forward
	Marsha Tufft	Cincinnati, OH	2	First	uswm team manager
	Matthew Kelley	West Palm Beach, FL	13	1994, 1996, 1998	Coach
	Elsa Debrunner	Denver, CO	0.5	First	Mascot

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