Open YCC Coaches

NEW YCC OPEN TRYOUTS SCHEDULE

1. First tryout: Mon, June 11th, 6:00-8:30pm, Solomon Park (E 58th St & Bloomington Ave, Minneapolis, MN, 55417).

2. Second tryout: Tues, June 12th, 3:30-6:00pm, Bossen Field ( 28th Ave S @ E 54th St in Minneapolis, MN).

Coach Bios

Eric Enge - eenge@comcast. net - 612-860-0188
Eric Enge has played 22 years of competitive Ultimate. His career began at Winona State in 1985, where he was team captain for two years, and Winona became the 1st team from the Northwest section to make College Nationals in 1988. Enge has competed in 8 UPA Championship tournaments (3 Sub-Zero, 3 Mpls. Masters, 1 Windy City), finishing as high as 5th with both Sub Zero and Surly. He has also played in 4 World Ultimate Club Championships, finishing as high as 5th in the world with Sub Zero. He also played competitive ultimate in Europe for 1 ½ years in England, Norway, Germany, Holland, and Belgium. For the past 4 years Enge has been the captain of the Mpls. Masters team. He is also the coach of Eden Prairie Cold Front.

Lou Abramowski - hotlou@gmail. com - 612-384-0679
Lou Abramowski began his ultimate career at the University of Minnesota in a year where Minnesota was the last in its section to qualify for Regionals. Four years later, as captain, he helped build the squad into a top 4 team in the Region, where it has remained ever since. This summer will be his 8th playing for a club team. Last Fall, the team on which Lou was on, Flaming Moe, qualified for the UPA Championships for the first time and finished 9th. He has also coached for Hopkins High School for 2 years. In his first year, the team won its second consecutive state title and finished 2nd at UPA Western Championships (one of the two UPA "national" championships) . This past year, the team finished 9th at UPA Westerns and tied for 3rd in the state. This season will be his second year coaching for the Minnesota YCC team. Professionally, he works as a web developer and real estate investor. He is also an expert user of Facebook.

Chris Van Holmes - cvhtoo@msn.com - 612-823-2070
Chris Van Holmes is currently in his second year as head coach of Moose Ultimate Southwest: Southwest High School's Ultimate Frisbee Club. He has been playing ultimate for 32 years since starting as a freshman at Cornell University in 1976. He played for Cornell in the 1978 National Championships and in the first UPA Championships in 1979. Playing with the standout teams Cornell, Windy City, Seattle Sockeye, KWA Local 333, and Minneapolis's Surly, he has participated in a total of 18 UPA championship tournaments over 4 decades and holds 5 UPA and 3 World titles. He earned the UPA's Level II Coaching certification, is a lifetime UPA member, and has served the UPA as a Sectional Coordinator, a Regional Coordinator, and a member and chairman of the UPA's Standing Rules Committee. He designed and implemented Observer Training programs for the UPA's College Division. He has coached every type of ultimate team from youth girls to elite open teams including Cornell University, Windy City, Sockeye, Seattle's Eckstein Middle School, University of Washington, Women on the Verge, MN State YCC Mixed Team (2005) and MN State YCC Open Team (2006). In addition to Ultimate, Chris has extensive experience with guts, disc golf, double disc court, self-caught flight, distance, and discathon competition. Chris is married to three-time World Ultimate Champion: Lori Van Holmes. Their two daughters, Carlin and Madison, play for MÜS and Minnesota's Girls YCC team, Misces.

Dave Klink - daveklink@gmail. com – 651-983-2713
Dave Klink has played 8 years of competitive Ultimate. After several years of Stillwater area pickup, he enrolled at St. John's University in 2001, where he served as team captain for two years. He has played in the Twin Cities Ultimate League since '02 (and captained since '04), and has served on the TCUL board since '05. He has competed with the Mpls. mixed club team Flaming Moe since '02, serving as team captain in '04, '06, and '07. Flaming Moe has steadily improved since it began in '01, qualifying for their first UPA Championships in '06, where they finished 9th. Dave has volunteered at 3 MNHS State Tournaments and 1 YCC Championship, he "TD'd" 2 high school tournaments, and he coached several high school students from CDH, Southwest, and Hopkins on Flaming Moe.

For more information, checkout the YCC webpage on the MNHSUL website (the latest tryouts changes listed above will be updated soo): http://www.mnhsulti mate.org/, or contact one of the coaches (contact Lou, Eric, or Chris this weekend, as Dave will be out of town). Note: the website also has information for the mixed and girls YCC teams.

For those trying out for the open team, there are also two forms on the website that you need to print, fill out, and bring with you on the first day. Please also bring both white and dark shirts and a disc.

We hope to see you on Monday and Tuesday, and bring your friends!