Beau Kittredge

Beau Kittredge is a semi-professional Ultimate player for the New York Empire of the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL), author, illustrator, and mobile video game entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the greatest Ultimate players of all time, noted for his top-end speed and athleticism.[1] As of 2020, Kittredge has won one college title (three finals), six USA Ultimate club titles (nine finals), seven world championships, and five AUDL titles.[2] He is popularly known for a video in which he jumped up over an opponent to catch the disc while playing with the University of Colorado.[3]

Beau Kittredge
Personal information
Born (1982-06-23) June 23, 1982
Fairbanks, Alaska
Alma materUniversity of Colorado
OccupationSemi-professional Ultimate player and video game developer
EmployerNew York Empire
Sport
SportUltimate
College teamUniversity of Colorado
LeagueAUDL and USAU Open Club Division
Club
  • Johnny Bravo (2005-08)
  • Revolver (2009-17)
  • PoNY (2018-present)
Team

Personal life

Kittredge was born in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1982. He then went to Lathrop High School before going to the University Of Colorado.[4] He currently lives in Greenwich, Connecticut in a home provided by the New York Empire as a part of his contract.[5]

Ultimate career

Amateur Club

Kittredge played Ultimate for University of Colorado Mamabird, winning one collegiate championship, before playing for club teams Johnny Bravo, Revolver, and PoNY, winning a total of six club titles. He has also played for the United States national team, winning two WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championships and three World Games titles. He has two world championships representing Revolver in the Open division at the WFDF World Ultimate Club Championships.

Semi-Professional

In 2013, Kittredge signed with the San Francisco Dogfish of the now-defunct Major League Ultimate. After a season with the Dogfish, he moved to the San Jose Spiders, an AUDL team. In his first season for the Spiders, Kittredge recorded 36 goals, 32 assists and 31 blocks,[6] whilst starting all 15 games. The Spiders finished the season by beating Toronto Rush 28–18 to win the 2014 AUDL Championship, resulting in Kittredge being named league MVP.[7] Kittredge helped the Spiders to a second straight Championship victory in 2015 a 17–15 win against Madison Radicals. Over the season, he recorded 33 assists, 66 goals and 24 blocks.[8] He was also named the league MVP for the second year in a row.[9] In 2016, Kittredge signed for the Dallas Roughnecks for their inaugural season in the league. Injury meant that Kittredge was unable to have a full season, as he tore his ACL and MCL in a game against Charlotte Express. Despite this, he recorded 9 assists, 22 goals and 9 blocks during the season,[10] with the Roughnecks still managing a perfect 15–0 record for the season to win the 2016 AUDL Championship. Beau signed for the San Francisco FlameThrowers for the 2017 season, winning the championship over the Toronto Rush, and in 2018 went to the New York Empire where he won a championship in 2019. Although he currently (2021) will not "commit to retirement," he is not playing.[11]

Career AUDL Statistics

Regular season
SeasonTeamGames PlayedGoalsAssistsBlocks
2014SJ12363231
2015SJ13663324
2016DAL62299
2017SF812136
2018 NY 12 19 15 10
2019 NY 11 8 3 14
Totals6216310594

[12]

Postseason
SeasonTeamGames PlayedGoalsAssistsBlocks
2014SJ31323
2015SJ3242
2016DAL2632
2017SF3 13 7 1
2018 NY 3 3 3 2
2019 NY 3 0 1 3
Totals17372013

Honors
  • UPA College Championships: 2004
  • USAU Club Championships: 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018
  • World Ultimate and Guts Championships: 2012, 2016
  • World Ultimate Club Championships: 2010, 2014
  • World Games: 2009, 2013, 2017
  • AUDL Championships: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
  • AUDL MVP: 2014, 2015

Other

Beau is a writer for Skyd Magazine, an author of five children's books, an ambassador for Early Recognition Is Critical (E.R.I.C., an organization which teaches children about early cancer awareness with the help of Ultimate), and the founder of Snowsuit Studios, a company that develops mobile video games.[13]

References
  1. Gessner, David (2017-06-16). "No Disc-Respect". Outside Online. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  2. Seidler, Joe (November 2, 2019). "Individual & Team Special Accomplishments: Most National + World Championships". app.box.com. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  3. Best Catch In Ultimate Frisbee History, retrieved 2019-09-22
  4. "Ultimate Goes Pro". Alumni Association. 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  5. Eisenhood, Charlie (2018-04-12). "Beau Kittredge Signs Two-Year Contract With New York Empire". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  6. "Player Stats | 2014". Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  7. "2019 AUDL MVP Finalists". AUDL. 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  8. "Player Stats | 2015". Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  9. Eisenhood, Charlie. "Beau Kittredge Wins 2015 AUDL MVP". Ultiworld. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  10. "Player Stats | 2016". Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  11. "Beau Kittredge is more than just the GOAT of ultimate frisbee". FanSided. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  12. "League Players".
  13. "Beau Kittredge". LinkedIn. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
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