What is
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.
WHAT IS 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.
MEET THE TEAM
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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
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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
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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
Official Uniform Sponsor of the US National Team
As reigning global champions the US National Team (USNT) and USNT Developmental Academy (USNTDA) were featured on ESPN: The Ocho in 2022.
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.
Application information and eligibility requirements can be found here for the USNT and here for the USNTDA.
25-PERSON ROSTER
Prior to a tournament in which the USNT will compete, the USNT head coach meets with his appointed coaching staff to discuss the approximately 25-person roster. The USNT coaching staff—with the USNT head coach given the final say—then selects a roster of approximately 25 athletes from the standing team roster to be eligible to compete in the upcoming USNT tournament. Alternates are rotated in at the USNT coaching staff’s discretion, should a member of the approximately 25-person roster become incapable of or ineligible for attendance at the upcoming tournament. At no point is a member of the 25-person roster guaranteed a spot on the 21-person roster or play time.
21-PERSON ROSTER
The following tournament roster rules are expected to be enforced at IQA events:
Teams may have a maximum of 25 players on their tournament roster.
For each day of the tournament, coaches may select up to 21 players to include on that day’s roster.
The roster may be edited up until eight hours before the first game of the day, at which point it must be submitted to the IQA Gameplay Department.
Players not included on that day’s roster will have entry into the tournament but cannot enter the player area during a game.
At no point is a member of the 21-person roster guaranteed play time.
Photo Credit: Eric Irish