Storied Programs and Historic Rivalries
USA Ultimate's college division is home to some the oldest and most beloved ultimate teams in the country. Each year these teams compete to earn a bid out of their region for a chance to win the College Championship.
D-I Women
North Carolina Pleiades
North Carolina Pleiades
Chapel Hill, NC
Year Founded
1995
Championships
3 - 2021, 2022, 2023
Championship Appearances
12
Callahan Award Winners
Leila Tunnell ('11), Anne Worth ('20), Dawn Culton ('22)
Notable Alumni
Jenny Wei
Colorado Quandry
Colorado Quandry
Boulder, CO
Year Founded
1995
Best Finish
2nd - 2018, 2022, 2023
Championship Appearances
19
Callahan Award Winners
Alex Snyder ('06)
Notable Alumni
Lauren Boyle
British Columbia Thunderbirds
British Columbia Thunderbirds
Vancouver, BC
Year Founded
1997
Championships
1 - 2008
Championship Appearances
16
Notable Alumni
VY Chow, Ellen Au Yang
Vermont Ruckus
Carleton Syzygy
Carleton Syzygy
Northfield, MN
Year Founded
1988
Championships
1: 2000
Championship Appearances
32
Callahan Award Winners
Miranda Roth ('04)
Notable Alumni
Pam Kraus, Liz Penny, Deb (Cussen) Scheibe
Stanford Superfly
Stanford Superfly
Palo Alto, CA
Championships
8: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2016
Championship Appearances
24
Callahan Award Winners
Dominque Fontenette ('97), AJ Johnson ('98)
Notable Alumni
Gwen Ambler
Tufts EWO
Tufts EWO
Medford, MA
Year Founded
1981
Best Finish
3rd - 2012
Championship Appearances
15
Callahan Award Winners
Johanna Neumann ('00)
Notable Alumni
Heather Morris Raker
Washington Element
Washington Element
Seattle, WA
Championships
1: 2012
Championship Appearances
14
Callahan Award Winners
Shannon O'Malley ('10)
California-Santa Barbara Burning Skirts
California-Santa Barbara Burning Skirts
Goleta, CA
Year Founded
1985
Championships
5: 1988, 1990, 1991, 2009, 2011
Championship Appearances
17
Callahan Award Winners
Jasmine Childress ('21)
Notable Alumni
Carolyn Finney, Lisa Picathely
Colorado State Hell’s Belles
Colorado State Hell’s Belles
Fort Collins, CO
Year Founded
2002
Best Finish
9th - 2023
Championship Appearances
2
Northeastern Valkyries
Northeastern Valkyries
Boston, MA
Year Founded
2001
Best Finish
9th - 2008, 2023
Championship Appearances
7
Oregon Fugue
Oregon Fugue
Eugene, OR
Championships
3: 2010, 2013, 2015
Championship Appearances
19
Callahan Award Winners
Jody Dozono ('99), Chelsea Dengler ('03)
Notable Alumni
Jody Dozono, Bethany Kaylor, Jesse Shofner
UCLA Blu
UCLA Blu
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
2003
Best Finish
2nd - 2006
Championship Appearances
12
Virginia Hydra
Virginia Hydra
Charlottesville, VA
Year Founded
1979
Best Finish
3rd - 2016
Championship Appearances
13
Callahan Award Winners
Alika Johnston ('15)
Notable Alumni
Beth Stagner
Chicago Supernova
Chicago Supernova
Chicago, IL
Year Founded
2000
Best Finish
11th - 2021
Championship Appearances
2
Victoria Vikes
Victoria Vikes
Victoria, BC (CAN)
Year Founded
1995
Best Finish
9th - 2015
Championship Appearances
3
Georgia Athena
Georgia Athena
Athens, GA
Year Founded
1990
Championships
1 - 2001
Championship Appearances
13
SUNY-Binghamton Big Bear
SUNY-Binghamton Big Bear
Binghamton, NY
Year Founded
1989
Best Finish
5th - 1989
Championship Appearances
4
Carnegie Mellon Money Mellons
Carnegie Mellon Money Mellons
Pittsburgh, PA
Year Founded
1988
Best Finish
5th - 1990
Championship Appearances
3
Texas-Dallas Whiplash
D-I Men's
North Carolina Darkside
North Carolina Darkside
Chapel Hill, NC
Year Founded
1993
Championships
5: 2015, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
Championship Appearances
16
Callahan Award Winners
Jonathan Nethercutt ('15), Matt Gouchoe-Hanas ('19)
Notable Alumni
Larry Schindel
Massachusetts Zoodisc
Massachusetts Zoodisc
Amherst, MA
Year Founded
1982
Championships
1: 1986
Championship Appearances
10
Notable Alumni
Ben Sadok, David Ellsworth, Jeremy Seeger
Cal Poly SLOCORE
Cal Poly SLOCORE
San Luis Obispo, CA
Year Founded
1978
Best Finish
3rd - 1987, 2019
Championship Appearances
8
Vermont Chill
Vermont Chill
Burlington, VT
Year Founded
1986
Best Finish
5th - 1990
Championship Appearances
5
Brown Brownian Motion
Brown Brownian Motion
Providence, RI
Year Founded
1974
Championships
3: 2000, 2005, 2019
Championship Appearances
14
Callahan Award Winners
Fortunat Mueller ('99), Justin Safdie ('00), Josh Ziperstein ('05), Azeez Adeyemi ('21), John Randolph ('22)
Notable Alumni
Mac Hecht, Billy Rodriguez, Kyle Weisbrod
Oregon Ego
Oregon Ego
Eugene, OR
Year Founded
1980
Championships
1: 1992
Championship Appearances
18
Callahan Award Winners
Ben Wiggins ('03), Eli Friedman ('10), Dylan Freechild ('13)
Pittsburgh En Sabah Nur
Pittsburgh En Sabah Nur
Pittsburgh, PA
Year Founded
1998
Championships
2: 2012, 2013
Championship Appearances
18
Callahan Award Winners
Trent Dillon ('16), Michael Ing ('20)
Notable Alumni
Tyler Digeralimo, Sean McComb, Alex Thorne, Max Thorne
Texas TUFF
Texas TUFF
Austin, TX
Year Founded
1978
Best Finish
2nd - 1988
Championship Appearances
27
Notable Alumni
Pat Lee, Mike Natenburg
California Ursa Major
California Ursa Major
Berkeley, CA
Year Founded
1989
Best Finish
2nd - 2004
Championship Appearances
8
Carleton CUT
Carleton CUT
Northfield, MN
Year Founded
1977
Championships
4: 2001, 2009, 2011, 2017
Championship Appearances
29
Callahan Award Winners
Alex Nord ('01)
Notable Alumni
Pat Baylis, Sam Kanner, Sam O'Brien, Chase Sparling-Beckley, Joe White
Colorado Mamabird
Colorado Mamabird
Boulder, CO
Year Founded
1992
Championships
2: 2004, 2014
Championship Appearances
24
Callahan Award Winners
Josh Ackley ('04), Jimmy Mickle ('14)
Notable Alumni
Pawel Janas, Beau Kittredge, Mac Taylor
Georgia Jojah
Georgia Jojah
Athens, GA
Year Founded
1980
Best Finish
2nd - 2021
Championship Appearances
22
Notable Alumni
Will Deaver, Dylan Tunnel
California-Santa Cruz Slugs
California-Santa Cruz Slugs
Santa Cruz, CA
Year Founded
1986
Championships
1 - 1991
Championship Appearances
10
Minnesota Grey Duck
Minnesota Grey Duck
Minneapolis, MN
Year Founded
1996
Championships
1: 2016
Championship Appearances
10
Notable Alumni
Michael Arenson, Kyle Gill, Ben Jagt, Josh Klane, Ryan Osgar
Michigan MagnUM
Michigan MagnUM
Ann Arbor, MI
Year Founded
1997
Best Finish
3rd - 2021
Championship Appearances
19
Callahan Award Winners
Will Neff ('09)
Washington Sundodgers
Washington Sundodgers
Seattle, WA
Year Founded
1998
Best Finish
5th - 2005, 2017, 2018, 2021
Championship Appearances
11
Tufts Elephant Men
Tufts Elephant Men
Medford, MA
Year Founded
1972
Best Finish
5th - 1984, 2002, 2012
Championship Appearances
12
Callahan Award Winners
Mike Zalisk ('02)
Utah State Scotsmen
Utah State Scotsmen
Logan, UT
Year Founded
2014
Best Finish
13th - 2022
Championship Appearances
3
Cornell Buds
Cornell Buds
Ithaca, NY
Year Founded
1973
Best Finish
2nd - 1992
Championship Appearances
21
Notable Alumni
David Blau, Paul Brenner, Jon Cohn, Jim Herrick, Seth Reinhardt, Christopher Van Holmes, Danny Weiss
North Carolina State Alpha
North Carolina State Alpha
Raleigh, NC
Year Founded
1978
Championships
1 - 1999
Championship Appearances
11