2016 College Awards (D-I All-Region)



USA Ultimate is proud to announce the 2016 D-I College All-Region Teams and Players of the Year!

Instituted in 2002, these awards are a way for individual college players to be honored by their peers for their skill, athleticism, integrity, and leadership during the season.

D-I All-Region teams were determined by a peer voting process open to all college players on a roster for the 2016 college postseason. Players highlighted in green have won Player of the Year honors in their region/division.



2016 College Awards:



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2016 D-I College All-Region Teams







D-I All-Region (Men's Division)

Atlantic Coast Men's D-I All-Region ( 1st team) Matt Gouchoe-Hanas [North Carolina] JD Hastings [North Carolina] Aaron Warshauer [North Carolina] Jake Mcgoogan [North Carolina State] Jack Williams [North Carolina-Wilmington] Xavier Maxstadt [North Carolina-Wilmington] Dominique Gibson [Virginia Commonwealth] Atlantic Coast Men's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Nico Lake [Georgetown] Nathan Kwon [North Carolina] Davis Mossman [North Carolina State] Andrell Caldwell [South Carolina] Joshua Armitage [William & Mary] Patrick So [William & Mary] Henry Trotter [William & Mary]

D-I All-Region (Women's Division)

Atlantic Coast Women's D-I All-Region (1st team) Lisa Kowalski [George Washington] Allison Wallace [James Madison] Sarah Lord [Maryland] Qing (Jenny) Wei [North Carolina] Ashley Powell [North Carolina State] Klara Calderon-Guthe [North Carolina-Wilmington] Lindsay Soo [Wake Forest] Atlantic Coast Women's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Grace Champion [American] Mackenzie Smith [American] Kathryn Ritzmann [Delaware] Michelle Carey [Georgetown] Jocelyn Keung [North Carolina] Elisabeth Parker [North Carolina] Rebecca Meeker [Virginia]

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D-I All-Region (Men's Division)

Great Lakes Men's D-I All-Region (1st team) Michael Pardo [Chicago] Percy Stogdon [Chicago] John Saniat [Illinois] Nick Prozorovsky [Illinois] Noah Backer [Michigan] Sam Greenwood [Michigan] Benjamin Spielman [Northwestern] Great Lakes Men's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Nathan Page [Eastern Illinois] Prayag Patel [Illinois] Zachary Goulson [Michigan] Kyle Condron [Northwestern] Michael Koho [Northwestern] Nathan Yeazel [Northwestern] Jeremy Doyle [Notre Dame] Bobby Leroy [Purdue] D-I All-Region (Women's Division) Great Lakes Women's D-I All-Region (1st team) Joline Chang [Illinois] Vivian Chu [Illinois] Hannah Henkin [Michigan] Tracey Lo [Michigan] Phoebe Evans [Northwestern] Alexandra Hu [Northwestern] Julia Butterfield [Notre Dame] Great Lakes Women's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Hani Pajela [Chicago] Rachel Enyeart [Indiana] Mikayla Anderson [Illinois] Bianca Delgado [Illinois] Talia Barth [Michigan] Emma Boyd [Michigan] Jennifer Evans [Northwestern]

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D-I All-Region (Men's Division)

Metro East Men's D-I All-Region (1st team) John Wodatch [Connecticut] Joe Thompson [Cornell] Jaime Perez [NYU] Jesse Rice [NYU] Zane Friedkin [Princeton] Shashank Alladi [Rutgers] Andrew Auyeung [Rutgers] Metro East Men's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Michael Rice [Connecticut] Robert Rickert [Cornell] Jordan Diamond [Cornell] Rohith Rao [NYU] Gerald Tigol [NYU] Connor Fortin [RIT] Alexander Kong [Rutgers] D-I All-Region (Women's Division) Metro East Women's D-I All-Region (1st team) Becca Arbacher [Columbia] Sophie Hulbert [Columbia] Veronica So [Columbia] Isabelle Bedard [Ottawa] Lyra Olson [Princeton] Sally Yu [Princeton] Amy Zhou [Rutgers] Metro East Women's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Stephanie Huang [Columbia] Sarah Angle [Cornell] Kimberly Brown [Cornell] Lilly Mendoza [Cornell] Olivia Olson [Cornell] Camille Bedard [Ottawa] Michelle Landis [Rochester] Janine Hlavaty [Rutgers]

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D-I All-Region (Men's Division)

New England Men's D-I All-Region (1st team) Mac Hecht [Brown] John Stubbs [Harvard] Mark Vandenberg [Harvard] Jeffrey Babbitt [Massachusetts] Tannor Johnson [Massachusetts] Conor Kline [Massachusetts] Thomas Edmonds [New Hampshire] New England Men's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Eli Motycka [Brown] Alexander Hem [Harvard] Brett Gramann [Massachusetts] Ben Sadok [Massachusetts] Michael Dillard [Tufts] Nicholas Roberts [Tufts] Skyler Tom [Tufts] D-I All-Region (Women's Division) New England Women's D-I All-Region (1st team) Angela Zhu [Dartmouth] Eliza Chang [Harvard] Mei Bruist [Northeastern] Nicole Canning [Northeastern] Jojo Emerson [Tufts] Corey Atkins [Vermont] Kyle Weatherhogg [Vermont] New England Women's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Jaclyn Verzuh [Dartmouth] Elizabeth Pugh [Harvard] Hannah Walter [Northeastern] Alina Li [MIT] Laura Fradin [Tufts] Meaghan Foley [Vermont] Rayna Wachs [Vermont]



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D-I All-Region (Men's Division)

North Central Men's D-I All-Region (1st team) Jesse Bolton [Carleton College] Justin Lim [Carleton College] Eric Taylor [Carleton College] Ben Jagt [Minnesota] Ryan Osgar [Minnesota] Avery Johnson [Wisconsin] Aaron Speiss [Wisconsin] North Central Men's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Solomon Yanuck [Carleton College] Cullen Raasch [Iowa State] Ian Andre-Knudsen [Luther] Sam Berglund [Luther] Marty Adams [Minnesota-Duluth] Craig Cox [Wisconsin] Sterling Knoche [Wisconsin] D-I All-Region (Women's Division) North Central Women's D-I All-Region (1st team) Sarah Anciaux [Minnesota] Amanda Borders [Nebraska] Elizabeth Diffey [Nebraska] Nadine Rowen [Nebraska] Lorraine Guerin [Wisconsin] Anna Hrovat-Staedter [Wisconsin] Anneke Vermaak [Wisconsin] North Central Women's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Katie Ciaglo [Carleton College] Caroline Sheffield [Carleton College] Claire Thallon [Carleton College] Elizabeth Gronert [Iowa] Linda Behrer [Iowa State] Brittnee Grimshaw [Iowa State] Sara Stuedemann [Iowa State]



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D-I All-Region (Men's Division)

Northwest Men's D-I All-Region (1st team) Peter Yu [British Columbia] Colton Clark [Oregon] Connor Matthews [Oregon] Adam Rees [Oregon] Christopher Strub [Oregon] Steven Benaloh [Washington] Khalif El-Salaam [Washington] Northwest Men's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Will Lohre [Oregon] William Watkins [Oregon] Eric Callahan [Oregon State] Jacob Ramsey [Oregon State] Hunter Levis [Utah] Joshua Zdrodowski [Utah] Cooper Schumacher [Washington] D-I All-Region (Women's Division) Northwest Women's D-I All-Region (1st team) Mira Donaldson [British Columbia] Olivia Bartruff [Oregon] Bethany Kaylor [Oregon] Jesse Shofner [Oregon] Nora Landri [Washington] Corinne Dunwoody [Victoria] Naomi Redmond [Victoria] Northwest Women's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Kate Scarth [British Columbia] Abbie Abramovich [Chaos (Independent)] Alexandra Ode [Oregon] Hayley Wahlroos [Oregon] Sarah Edwards [Washington] Arianne Lozano [Whitman] Claire Revere [Whitman]

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D-I All-Region (Men's Division)

Ohio Valley Men's D-I All-Region (1st team) Joseph Marmerstein [Case Western Reserve] Paul Arters [Ohio State] Marcus Thaw [Penn State] Codi Wood [Penn State] Trent Dillon [Pittsburgh] Patrick Earles [Pittsburgh] Max Thorne [Pittsburgh] Ohio Valley Men's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Tarik Akyuz [Case Western Reserve] Anthony Dario [Case Western Reserve] Milo Korman [Case Western Reserve] Jacob Lunn [Case Western Reserve] David Shields [Pennsylvania] Doug Roman [Pennsylvania] Paul Klimkowski [Temple] D-I All-Region (Women's Division) Ohio Valley Women's D-I All-Region (1st team) Danielle Runzo [Case Western Reserve] Sophia Knowles [Case Western Reserve] Amel Awadelkarim [Penn State] Malti McKinnon [Penn State] Linda Morse [Pittsburgh] Carolyn Normile [Pittsburgh] Vaughan Skinker [Pittsburgh] Ohio Valley Women's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Iris Javersak [Akron] Sadie Jezierski [Ohio State] Myranda Armstrong [Penn State] Joanna Chen [Penn State] Sarah Russek [Pittsburgh] Danielle Byers [West Chester] Liz Hart [West Chester]

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D-I All-Region (Men's Division)

South Central Men's D-I All-Region (1st team) Pawel Janas [Colorado] Mark Rauls [Colorado] Jay Froude [Missouri] Kai Marshall [Oklahoma] Joel Clutton [Texas] Dillon Larberg [Texas] Dalton Smith [Texas A&M] South Central Men's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Kaplan Maurer [Arkansas] Wesley Chow [Colorado] Cody Spicer [Colorado State] Jason Finkelstein [Kansas] Trent Kuhl [Kansas] Michael Hays [Texas] Benjamin Lewis [Texas A&M] D-I All-Region (Women's Division) South Central Women's D-I All-Region (1st team) Kirstin Johnson [Colorado] Nhi Nguyen [Colorado] Chloe Rowse [Colorado College] Heather Kraft [Denver] Caitlin Fitzgerald [Kansas] Clare Frantz [Kansas] Andrea Esparza [Texas] South Central Women's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Kelsey Bennett [Colorado] Megan Ives [Colorado] Patricia Weicht [Colorado College] Kaci Cessna [Colorado State] Grace Roth [Kansas] Jordan Alonzo [Kansas] Shiru Liu [Texas]



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D-I All-Region (Men's Division)

Southeast Men's D-I All-Region (1st team) Ryan Landry [Auburn] Michael Fairley [Central Florida] Bobby Ley [Florida] Parker Bray [Georgia] Samuel Little [Georgia] Benjamin Lamport [Tulane] Evan Walter [Tulane] Southeast Men's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Blake Galloway [Auburn] Eric Sjostrom [Auburn] Jack Baba [Tulane] Jackson Cochran [Tulane] David Mondschein [Tulane] Connor Holcombe [Florida State] Nathan Haskell [Georgia] D-I All-Region (Women's Division) Southeast Women's D-I All-Region (1st team) Shayna Brock [Central Florida] Janina Freystaetter [Central Florida] Lisa Fitton [Florida State] Kristin Lloyd [Florida State] Ashley Brown [Georgia Tech] Taylor Hartman [Georgia Tech] Julia Ting [Georgia Tech] Southeast Women's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Stephanie Williams [Central Florida] Jaime Estes [Florida] Tori Taylor [Florida] Skylar Taggart [Florida State] Caroline Marsh [Georgia] Charlotte Doran [Vanderbilt] Jin-Mi Matsunaga [Vanderbilt]

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D-I All-Region (Men's Division)

Southwest Men's D-I All-Region (1st team) Joel Anton [Cal Poly-SLO] Nathan Pettyjohn [Cal Poly-SLO] Ian Sweeney [Cal Poly-SLO] Cody Kirkland [California-San Diego] William Turner [California-Santa Barbara] Austin Barden [Chico State] Elliott Chartock [Stanford] Southwest Men's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Aaron Flegenheimer [Arizona State] Andrew Kohl [Arizona State] Grant Novins [California-Santa Barbara] Tyler Grenier [Chico State] Jessep Macfarlane [Chico State] Zeke Ivers [San Diego State] Joshuah Kapilivsky [Stanford] D-I All-Region (Women's Division) Southwest Women's D-I All-Region (1st team) Marisa Rafter [California] Jazmin Jordan [California-Davis] Elizabeth Cowan [California-San Diego] Dena Elimelech [California-San Diego] Anne Rempel [Stanford] Monisha White [Stanford] Han Chen [UCLA] Kristen Pojunis [UCLA] Southwest Women's D-I All-Region (2nd team) Jackelyne Nguyen [California] Veronica Chan [California-Davis] Cheryl Hsu [California-Davis] Lindsay Hedgecock [California-Davis] Amanda Meroux [California-Davis] Juliana Jordan [California-San Diego] Linda Venema [Southern California] Courtney Gegg [Stanford]





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