Skyd All-American Team 2011
By Skyd Magazine
The decision to create our own award was not easy. Our sport already has All-Region teams and Freshmen of the Year, as well as the much coveted Callahan award which honors recipients for their excellence, leadership and spirit. The Callahan award is very much the sport of Ultimate’s MVP award. With these awards in mind, we saw a gap in the recognition of those top players. All-Region teams can be too numerous, where as the Callahan award h0n0rs only one individual in each division. We wanted a middle ground that acknowledged all of the excellence and hard work that the top players bring to the game in a focused manner.
With the Skyd All-American Team, we specifically chose 14 players in each division to call the best in the nation. Our consideration included all of the elements that make up the Callahan award in addition to the theoretical function of these players as an actual team. The Skyd All-American Team is meant to recognize those players and leaders who are, to put it simply, at the top of the college game.
Thanks to Breakmark, in addition to being recognized as a top player in the game, each member of the team will receive a tight sublimated jersey. Thanks, Mat and Breakmark!
Without further ado, here are our selections for the Skyd All-American Teams:
| Open Team | Women's Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | School | Name | School | |
| Bjorklund, Cody | Oregon | Epperson, Hannah | UBC | |
| Evangelides, Alex | Carleton | Fennig, Robyn | Iowa | |
| Feldman, Ben | Wisconsin | Finney, Carolyn | UCSB | |
| King, Matt | Virginia | Madaras, Marie | UCSB | |
| Lindsley, Grant | Carleton | Malinowski, Becky | Michigan | |
| McShane, Jack | Colorado | Mercier, Anne | Ottawa | |
| Mickle, Jimmy | Colorado | Rugg, Caitlin | Stanford | |
| Norris, John | UBC | Sherwood, Julia | Oregon | |
| Rasmussen, Cassidy | UCSC | Tajima, Claudia | Tufts | |
| Spiva, Nicky | Colorado College | Tidwell, Kelly | North Carolina- Wilmington | |
| Stubbs, George | Harvard | Tsou, An Chi | Cal | |
| Sullivan, Cole | Florida | Tunnell, Leila | North Carolina | |
| Thorne, Alex | Pittsburgh | Wilson, Lindsey | Washington | |
| Wynne, Russell | UCSC | Zahniser, Bailey | Oregon |
Congrats to our first All-American roster and thanks to all of those who helped make this selection possible.
