The UBC Thunderbirds Women’s Ultimate Sport Club is looking for passionate and skilled players to join our 2024-2025 team. Ultimate is a unique sport that combines athleticism, skill, and spirit; and we value all three aspects of the game. We pride ourselves in promoting an inclusive and fun atmosphere without sacrificing our competitive drive to be one of the top 5 ranked Women’s Ultimate teams in North America. We invite all students interested in competing at high-level women’s ultimate to come to our try-outs.

Our tryout form for the 2024-2025 season will be posted later in August/September.

Eligibility Requirements:

Previous experience with the sport will be an asset, although is not necessarily required to make the team. There is an expectation that players will do their best effort to attend all three practices a week (two evenings and one weekend morning) and all tournaments. Athletes will also be expected to complete required additional individual fitness outside of practice. Lastly, athletes will be required to have a valid passport in order to travel to the United States regularly for tournament play.

Equipment Requirements

The Ultimate player’s mantra when leaving the house: “Light, dark, cleats, water”.

Tryouts: 

Dates: TBA

The first tryout will be an open tryout, then the last two will be closed to help better select the team for this year.

Team Fees: 

Regular season: Team fees will be paid in installments throughout the spring and will roughly total to $700-$800. This cost will cover fields, tournament fees, hotels, etc. Certain tournaments will require flying (Stanford Invite and Nationals) and are the individual responsibility of the player. They will add to roughly $1000-1200 total. There will be significant fundraising efforts made throughout the season to help subsidize these costs.

Practice Schedule:

Practices will start in November and continue until the end of May, leading up to Nationals. There will be two to three practices per week spanning 2 hours each session.

• Two practices will take place on weeknight evenings (7-9 pm or 8-10 pm) and
• One practice will take place Saturday mornings: time TBA.

The exact time and locations will depend on field assignments for the month.

Competition Schedule:

To be announced!

2023-2024 Results:

1st place: Santa Barbara Invite (Santa Barbara, CA)

2nd place: Stanford Invite (Turlock, CA)

1st place: Northwest Challenge (Seattle, WA)

1st place: USAU Cascadia Sectionals (Corvallis, OR)

1st place: USAU Northwest Regionals (Burlington, WA)

5th place: USAU Nationals (Madison, WI)

2022-2023 Results:

1st place: Bellingham Invite (Bellingham, WA)

5th place: Stanford Invite (Fremont, CA)

3rd place: Northwest Challenge (Seattle, WA)

1st place: USAU Cascadia Sectionals (Olympia, WA)

1st place: USAU Northwest Regionals (Salt Lake City, UT)

3rd place: USAU Nationals (Mason, OH)

2021-2022 Results:

5th Place: Northwest Challenge (Seattle, WA)

2nd Place: USAU Cascadia Sectionals (Burlington, WA)

2nd Place: USAU Northwest Regionals (Walla Walla, WA)

5th place: USAU Nationals (Milwaukee, WI)

2018-2019 Results

2nd Place: Northwest Challenge (Seattle, WA)

1st Place: Bellingham Invite (Bellingham, WA)

8th Place: Stanford Invite (Fremont, CA)

1st Place: USAU Cascadia Sectionals (Corvallis, OR)

5th Place: USAU Northwest Regionals ( Walla Walla, WA)

2017-2018 Results

1st Place: Bellingham Invite (Bellingham, WA)
2nd Place: Stanford Invite (Fremont, CA)
1st Place: USAU Cascadia Sectionals (Corvallis, OR)
2nd Place: USAU Northwest Regionals (Walla Walla, WA)
5th Place: USAU Nationals (Milwaukee, WI)

2016-2017 Results
1st Place: Bellingham Invite (Bellingham, WA)
3rd Place: Stanford Invite (Fremont, CA)
1st Place: USAU Cascadia Sectionals (Bellingham, WA)
1st Place: USAU Northwest Regionals (Walla Walla, WA)
3rd Place: USAU Nationals (Cincinnati, OH)

2015-2016 Results:
3rd Place: Stanford Invite (Fremont, CA)
2nd Place: Northwest Challenge Cup (Burlington, WA)
5th Place: USAU Nationals (Raleigh, NC)

UBC TSC Executives of the Year, 2015-16 Season

Individual Awards:

• 2024 D1 Women’s All-American Second Team: Mika Kurahashi
• 2024 D1 Women’s All-American Second Team: Madison Ong
• 2024 D1 Women’s All-American Second Team: Anna Goddu
• 2024 D1 Women’s Offensive Player of the Year Second Runner-Up: Madison Ong
• 2024 Callahan Award Finalist: Anna Goddu
• 2023 D1 Women’s All-American First Team: Mika Kurahashi
• 2023 D1 Women’s All-American Second Team: Madi Ong
• 2023 D1 Women’s Offensive Player of the Year Second Runner-Up: Mika Kurahashi
• 2023 D1 Women’s 2023 Coaches of The Year Second Runner-Up: Danie Proby, Robbie Brennan, Daisy Lin
• 2023 Callahan Award Finalist: Madi Ong
• 2023 TSC Athlete of the Year: Madi Ong
• 2022 D1 Women’s Rookie of the Year Second Runner-Up: Mika Kurahashi
• 2022 D1 Women’s Offensive Player of the Year Second Runner-Up: Madi Ong
• 2022 D1 All-American First Team: Madi Ong
• 2018 Callahan Award Finalist: Ellen Au-Yeung
• 2018 Northwest Coach of the Year: Candice Chan
• 2018 All-Region First Team: Ellen Au-Yeung, Naomi Morcilla
• 2018 All-Region Second Team: Julia Zhang, Janelle Siwa
• TSC Athlete of the Year 2016-2017: Ellen Au-Yeung
• 2016-2017 Second Team All-American, USAU: Ellen Au-Yeung
• 2017 All-Region First Team: Ellen Au-Yeung
• 2017 All-Region Second Team: Ellen Au-Yeung
• 2017 Rookie of the Year Runner-Up: Kaitlyn Harper
• 2017 Breakout Player of the Year Runner-Up: Janelle Siwa
• 2015-2016 First Team All-American: Mira Donaldson
• 2016 Callahan Award Finalist: Mira Donaldson
• 2015 Rookie of the Year: Ellen Au-Yeung

Founded in 1997, the Women’s Ultimate team has competed yearly in the USAU College Series and holds a National Championship Title from 2008. A high level of achievement has been maintained over the years, with a 5th place finish in 2016 and 2022, 3rd place finishes in 2015, 2017, and 2023.

The team consistently is ranked among the top teams in North America and seems to have an endless flow of young talent from the Junior Ultimate Programs in BC. Vancouver has a strong junior ultimate scene which has provided a talented pipeline for the UBC team. In fact, many rookies join the team with years of high-level playing experience already under their belt, be it with Team BC or Team Canada. Many UBC players have represented Canada at U20 and U23 junior worlds in the past, bringing home bronze, silver, and gold medals. UBC leads the country in the growth of elite women’s Ultimate, with the current 2023 U24 Canadian team being represented by many Thunderbirds as well.

Beyond the many players who have competed on the U19 and U23 Canadian National Teams, UBC’s distinguished alumni Candice Chan, Mira Donaldson, Catherine Hui, Kira Frew, Rena Kawabata, and Rachel Moens have all competed for the Canadian World Games Team, playing at the highest level on the world stage.

In previous years, the Women’s Ultimate team has existed as part of the UBC AMS Ultimate Club – a community that still exists for students who do not wish to compete at a competitive level.

We host numerous fundraisers throughout the season including 5v5 tournaments, alumni events, and replica jersey sales happening at various points throughout the season. Stay tuned!

To view tournament previews, recaps, results, rankings, and highlight videos for both the UBC Thunderbirds Women’s and Men’s Ultimate Sport Clubs, please visit Ultiworld.

For more information regarding recreational Ultimate, please email an Executive at womensultimate.sc@ubc.ca or visit the AMS UBC Ultimate Club website.