About the USNT & USNTDA

USNT

The United States National Team (USNT) is the official Quadball™ team of the United States. The team is regulated by US Quadball and is a national member of the International Quadball Association. The team has won the most IQA World Cup titles, winning the 2012, 2014, 2018, and 2023 titles. The USNT competes in the IQA World Cup every two years and has won the inaugural IQA Pan-American Games in 2019.

USNTDA

Created in April 2019, the United States National Team Developmental Academy (USNTDA) fosters future USNT talent. The team is regulated by US Quadball. Though ineligible to compete in official International Quadball Association events, the USNTDA participates in USNT training camps and competes against international teams in friendlies.

As reigning global champions the US National Team (USNT) and USNT Developmental Academy (USNTDA) were featured on ESPN: The Ocho in 2022.

MEET THE TEAM

  • Kasye Bevers │ Texas Hill Country Heat

    Hayden Boyes │ Texas Copperheads

    Matt Brown │ Boom Train

    Taylor Crawford │ The Warriors

    Lauren Curry │ Twin Cities Quadball Club

    Amanda Dallas │ The Warriors

    Ryan Davis │ The Warriors

    Miguel Esparza │ The Warriors

    Bailee Fields │ Texas Hill Country Heat

    Leo Fried │ Connecticut Quadball Club

    Mohammed Haggag │ The Warriors

    Max Havlin │ Connecticut Quadball Club

    Ryan Hsu │ Boom Train

    Jon Jackson │ Connecticut Quadball Club

    Jackson Johnson │ Texas Hill Country Heat

    Tate Kay │ The Warriors

    Ally Manzella │ Boom Train

    Lindsay Marella │ Connecticut Quadball Club

    Athena Mayor │ Bosnyan Bearsharks

    Ryan Mehio │ Twin Cities Quadball Club

    Darian Murcek-Ellis │ The Warriors

    Emma Persons │ Connecticut Quadball Club

    Kyzer Polzin │ Twin Cities Quadball Club

    Molly Potter │ The Warriors

    Celine Richard │ Carolina Reapers

    Louis Sanchez │ Connecticut Quadball Club

    Lauren Smith │ Mizzou Quadball Club

    Jay Stewart │ Texas Hill Country Heat

    Emma Vasquez │ Boom Train

    Alyssa Villalba │ Texas Hill Country Heat

    Daniel Williams │ The Warriors

    Lulu Xu │ Connecticut Quadball Club

  • Andrew Acosta │ SHSU Quadball

    David Avila II │ Texas State Quadball

    Mimi Baldwin │ Creighton Quadball

    Matt Blackwood │ Texas Hill Country Heat

    Rei Brodeur │ Boom Train

    Cleo Brooks │ Boston University Quadball

    Titus Chan │ CWRUcio Quadball 

    Jahved Cole │ Unaffiliated

    Derek Dearking │ Creighton Quadball

    Ashton Glenn │ Michigan Quadball

    Cat Hay │ Texas State Quadball

    Jackson Herdade │ Mizzou Club Quadball

    Keighlyn Johnson │ Chaos Quadball Club

    Ella Jordan │ University of Texas

    Nathan Jun │Virginia Quadball Club

    Annika Kim │ The Warriors

    Shakthi Kodeswaran │ Brandeis Quadball

    Rhett Krovtiz │ Virginia Quadball Club

    Jessica Lee │ Harvard Horntails

    Shane McConaghie │ DCQC

    Madi Namanny │ Creighton Quadball

    Byron Ng │ Rutgers University Quadball

    TJ O'Connor │ Creighton Quadball

    Neil Peterson │ Chaos Quadball Club

    Gwen Pratt │ Michigan State Quadball

    Izzy Ramirez │ Texas State Quadball

    Will Richardson │ Brown Bears Quadball

    Zan Siddiqui │ Virginia Quadball Club

    Chantal Sidodlarz │ Virginia Quadball Club

    Milena Sousa │ Unaffiliated

    Alex Tidler │ Mizzou Club Quadball

    Riley Usami │ Creighton Quadball

    Jason Wu │ Middlebury Quadball

  • USNT Manager Hanna Reese

    USNT Assistant Manager Joan Boyes

    USNT Head Coach Michael “Yada” Parada

    USNT Assistant Coach Jackson Johnson

    USNT Assistant Coach Ethan Sturm

    USTNDA Head Coach Jack Levy

    USTNDA Assistant Coach Kennedy Murphy

STANDING TEAM

The USNT follows a standing team model; no athlete on the USNT standing roster is guaranteed play time or a tournament roster spot at any point during their time on the USNT standing roster. While there are designated periods for mass additions and cuts, the USNT head coach may add or cut a player when they deem necessary.

Visit the join the USNT/USNTDA page for application information and eligibility requirements.

TRAINING CAMPS

To avoid tryout fatigue, the USNT does not host open tryouts in every region each season.

Training camps are held in late fall and early spring. They are three to four hours in length. Athletes planning to attend are required to pay a registration fee unless they have already been placed on the USNT standing roster or in the USNTDA. The current registration fee is $25. For non-USQ members, it is $35.  These fees go toward the cost of tryouts and USNT fundraising.

In addition to attendance at open training camps, play throughout the USQ and MLQ seasons, public persona and disciplinary history are taken into consideration. Anonymous scouts from across the US have been selected by the head coach to observe prospects. They periodically provide the USNT head coach with their feedback, which is used to make roster decisions.

Closed training camps are held twice a year, at minimum, for the existing standing team roster. The exact dates and times are determined based on the American quadball calendar, however, the following are potential time periods:

  • The week prior to IQA World Cup or the Continental Games

  • A weekend in December/January

  • Sundays following major, recurring regular-season tournaments such as Crescent City Invitational, Oktoberfest Invitational, etc.

Training camps will be listed under USQ events.

Official Uniform Sponsor of the US National Team

Banner Photo Credit: Tori Nutt

USNT & USNTDA Photo Credit: ESPN