Sam O'Brien started playing Ultimate in 1997, and since has been privileged to learn from amazing teammates as a member of US Junior Worlds('98), Carleton Ultimate Team ('98-'02), Minneapolis Sub Zero ('99-'02) and Seattle Sockeye ('03-07). He's won a world, college, and two club championships - as well as a Pan American gold with Sockeye '11. He currently works as a Montessori high school teacher in St Paul. Sam gets out play, talk, and coach ultimate when his two kids let him out of the house.
Sockeye went to the Pan American Ultimate Championships to play in a sweet tournament. We returned with perspective. As players who spend bundles of time and money traveling to compete, we…
