About Texas Ultimate
Texas Ultimate is a nationally competitive UT club team and one of the perennial national ultimate powerhouses. We have won 5 of the 6 last South Regional championships, and have gone to Nationals 7 out of the last 9 years.
Texas Ultimate hosts a number of tournaments annually, including College Centex, an event that brings together the hottest teams from across the nation. In addition, we also try to give back to the community that supports us, hosting youth clinics and participating in several volunteer activities.
History
Courtesy of Michael Natenberg
Texas Ultimate was born back in the 80's and rose to a finals finish in '88 and semi-finals in '89 under the leadership and big throws of G.C. and huge grabs by Bagger. Texas continued to compete at Nationals through the early 90's under strong teams lead by Homey and Chris Stone. Unfortunately, Texas went missing throughout the mid to late 90's.
The new millennium brought a new team name, SLUT, and the renewed goal to compete at Nationals again under the guidance of Skippy, ScottyB, and Bchill. After a loss in the finals at Regionals in 2000, in the following season (2001) the program was born when UT established their first ever B team, Virgins. The focus was to grow stronger by bringing in new talent and developing returning players.
After UT RecSports threatened to cut team funds if the name wasn't changed, the team agreed on TUFF (Texas Ultimate Frisbee Friends) just before the 2002 spring season. Focused training earned TUFF their bid to Nationals after a Regionals Championship in Little Rock, Arkansas. Since then, the team has qualified for Nationals 7 out of the last 9 years and has become one of the premier teams in the country.
Past Results
| South Regionals | Nationals | |
| 2010 | 3rd | -- | 2009 | 1st | 3rd |
| 2008 | 1st | 11th |
| 2007 | 1st | 5th |
| 2006 | 1st | 5th |
| 2005 | 1st | 5th |
| 2004 | 3rd | -- |
| 2003 | 1st | 5th |
| 2002 | 1st | 15th |
All-Region Award Winners (award instituted in 2002)
All-Region award winners are players who exhibit excellence in skill, athleticism, integrity, and leadership during the current college season. Each year, an All-Region Team of 7 players and a Freshman of the Year are selected for each college region.
| 2010 | Jeff Loskorn, 1st Team All South Region Chris Brooks, 1st Team Freshman of the Year Will Driscoll, 2nd Team Freshman of the Year |
| 2009 | Jeff Loskorn, 1st Team All South Region Stephen Presley, 1st Team All South Region Matt Bierschenk, 2nd Team All Region Steven Darroh, 2nd Team All Region |
| 2008 | Chase Hudson, All South Region Stephen Presley, All South Region |
| 2007 | Matt Clark, All South Region Stephen Presley, All South Region |
| 2006 | David Melancon, All South Region Stephen Presley, All South Region |
| 2005 | David Melancon, All South Region Michael Natenberg, All South Region Stephen Presley, Freshman of the Year |
| 2003 | Scott Berens, All South Region |
| 2002 | Scott Berens, All South Region Michael Natenberg, All South Region |
Callahan Award Winners (award instituted in 1996)
Named after Henry Callahan, the Callahan award has been established to recognize the most valuable players in college ultimate. Each year the Callahan trophy is presented to the man and woman who combine superior athleticism with outstanding sportsmanship, leadership, and dedication to the sport of ultimate. It is comparable to the Heisman Award in college football.
| 2009 | Stephen Presley, 3rd Place |
| 2008 | Stephen Presley, 5th Place |
| 2005 | Michael Natenberg, 2nd Place |