Florida Ultimate Team National Champs 2006
As many of you know I played for the University of Florida Ultimate Club Team (UFUCT) in college. It was a great time and I made lifelong friends. We grew the team from humble beginnings into a Sectional and Regional force.
This year, UFUCT made it’s first ever appearance at Nationals. The 16 team tournament is the pinnacle of College Ultimate. Florida went undefeated in the tourney to become the 2006 College Ultimate Champions defeating Wisconsin 15-12.
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This team was truly special, accumulating a final record of 49-1. They won the Florida Winter Classic, Trouble in Vegas and Stanford Invite tournaments in the regular season. Florida continued their domination by capturing the AC South Sectional and Atlantic Coast Regional titles to become the top seed at Nationals.
Anchoring the team in his final season was Captain Tim Gehret. His dominating play on offense and defense showed he was clearly the best player in the country. It was made official as he won the 2006 Callahan Award, given annually to the top college player.
Check out CSTV for the broadcast of the final: Schedule
UFUCT, UFUCT, UFUCT U!
Congrats on winning upa college nationals! I saw your web site and need to correct a fact on your site…This was NOT the first UFUCT appearance at Nationals. I was a founding member and we went to Nationals in Wilmington, N.C. in ‘89. We won a few pool play games (I think SUNY-Purchase & Indiana). Nevertheless, your team’s accomplishment is fantastic. I actually saw a broadcast of the tourney on CSTV the other nite. Anyway, continued success to UFUCT! (P.S., UF is now the first college to ever win a Footbll, Basketball & Ultimate National title!)