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USADSF Announces Team USA Roster

Athletes will represent the United States at the 21st Summer Deaflympics

SIOUX FALLS, SD — April 1, 2009 — The Games Preparation Committee has released the list of athletes who will represent the United States at the 21st Summer Deaflympics in Taipei, Taiwan on September 5-15, 2009. These athletes, along with their coaches and media team, have been approved by the USADSF Executive Board. The final roster list will be established by August 1, 2009.

Update: The final entry consists of 144 athletes (64 females and 80 males) and 54 team officials (five different categories: coach/assistant coach, delegate, interpreter, medical, leader/director/manager).

Revised (Final): 17 August 2009

ATHLETICS
Andrew Cohen (Monroeville, Pennsylvania)
Jolyisa Davis (Pontiac, Michigan)
Onyemachi Davis (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Roman Drymalski (Darien, Wisconsin)
Darius Flowers (Springville, Alabama)
Delvin Furlough (Dallas, Texas)
Thomas Guidon (Bothell, Washington)
Josh Hembrough (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Erin LaFave (Troy, Michigan)
Joanel Lopez (Brooklyn, New York)
Hannah Maenius (Blanco, Texas)
Amber Nash (Stanwood, Washington)
Erika de la Puente (San Clemente, California)
John Quatroche (East Lyme, Connecticut)
Mariah Ransom (Snellville, Georgia)
Craig Saalfeld (David City, Nebraska)
Michael Saalfeld (Seward, Nebraska)
Ana Shelton (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Patrick Southern (Lone Tree, Colorado)
Terrell Sumers (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

Thomas Withrow, Head Coach
Jesse Bailey – Assistant Coach
Daniel Fitzpatrick – Assistant Coach
Karen Sanfacon – Assistant Coach
Larry Smith – Assistant Coach
Chip Stirling - Assistant Coach

BASKETBALL
Men
Brian Cronin (Madison, Mississippi)
Edlin Dorn (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Robert Haney (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Anton Jackson (Dallas, Texas)
Dan Kelly (Strongville, Ohio)
Mike Kent (Frederick, Maryland)
Bradley Miller (Orlando, Florida)
Chi Ming Pun (Flushing, New York)
Jon Mowl (Fishers, Indiana)
Jeremy Thrush (Gordonville, Pennsylvania)
Sekoe White (Lexington, Kentucky)

Keith Westhoelter - Head Coach
Jimmy Destefano - Assistant Coach
Kevin Smith - Assistant Coach
Peter Badavas - Team Manager

Women
Victoria Crockett (West Rancho Dominguez, California)
Jennifer Decuir (La Mirada, California)
Ida Dotson (Tucson, Arizona)
Easter Faafiti (Pittsburg, California)
Buffy Hummel (Vancouver, Washington)
Barbara Hyde (San Leandro, California)
Nicole Lanning (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Abby Moose (New Wilmington, Pennsylvania)
Stacy Nowak (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Shabnam Ramzpour (Plymouth, Minnesota)

Meg Sanders – Head Coach
Laura Edwards - Assistant Coach

BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Men
Team 1
Michael Bruning (San Diego, California)
Dimitri Nikiforov (Clifton Park, New York)

Team 2
Steven Haynie (Schaumburg, Illinois)
Josh Malasheskie (Frederick, Maryland)

Said Souikane - Coach

Women
Team 1
Laurie Achin (Plymouth, Massachusetts)
Stacy Nikiforov (Clifton Park, New York)

Team 2
Jessica Ensign (Santa Monica, California)
Nancy Moore (Riverside, California)

Lauren Mills - Coach

BOWLING
Men
Raimondas Doblmeier (Warwick, Rhode Island)
Robert Ellison (Alpine, California)
Randall Perry (Woodland, Washington)
Darrell Stogryn (El Camino Village, California)
Gene Takinen (Tempe, Arizona)
Ronnie Zuchegno (Rochester, New York)

Edward Abakumoff – Head Coach

Women
Patty Brothag (Mantua, Ohio)
Sharon DiTondo (Rochester, New York)
Elaine Herzig (Rockville, Maryland)
Jerilyn Keller (San Antonio, Texas)
Cheyenne Rogers (Shreveport, Louisiana)
Maria Ruiz (Falls Church, Virginia)

CYCLING
Nick Bannon (Austin, Texas)
Trevor Kosa (Olympia, Washington)
Nicholas Schrieber (Nicks, Arizona)
David Snow (St. Augustine, Florida)
Paul Wood (Fortville, Indiana)

Ralph Fernandez – Head Coach

MARTIAL ARTS
Men
Roman Nawrocki (St. Augustine, Florida)

Daniel Briones – Head Coach

ORIENTEERING
Tracy Acuff (North East, Maryland)
Patti Mace (Odenton, Maryland)
Tom Wells (Gambrills, Maryland)

Mark Mace – Head Coach

SOCCER
Men
Cory Behm (Rochester, New York)
Matthew Eby (Mount Dora, Florida)
Chad Evringham (Bergen, New York)
Toby Fitch (Zanesville, Ohio)
Mike Hansen (Bloomington, Indiana)
Justin Hefflefinger (Portsmouth, Virginia)
Mike Higgins (Mill Valley, California)
Trevor Holtgrave (New Haven, Indiana)
Chris Jones (Sykesville, Maryland)
Maksim Kleimenov (Brooklyn, New York)
Mike Lawson (Wall, New Jersey)
Brandon Lemus (San Francisco, California)
Trip Neil (New York City, New York)
Ken Noll (Edwardsville, Illinois)
Angel Oritz-Riera (New York City, New York)
Jason Panarra (Jackson, New Jersey)
David Reinhart (Ledyard, Connecticut)
DJ Rowse (Poulsbo, Washington)
Mike West (Apex, North Carolina)

George Danner - Assistant Coach
Terri McDonald - Team Manager

Women
Reagan Anders (Crestline, California)
Laura Yon Carlsen (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Allison Galoob (Englewood, Colorado)
Elizabeth Hoerner (Jacksonville, Florida)
Megan Johnston (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Virginia Keeler (Saline, Michigan)
Shaquana McDonough (Pembroke, Massachusetts)
Liza Eleonora Offreda (East Rutherford, New Jersey)
Kelly Marie O’Steen (Dunkirk, Maryland)
Ellen Romano (Bartlett, Illinois)
Katie Romano (Bartlett, Illinois)
Felicia Schroeder (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Anna Smither (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Diana Uihlein (Chelsea, Michigan)
Jessie Zamichow (Holland, Ohio)
Kate Ward

Ken McDonald – Head Coach
Megan Johnston - Assistant Coach/Player
Erin Hirsh Kinzer - Assistant Coach

SWIMMING
Men
Dudley Baker (Springville, Texas)
Brian Bennett (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Daniel DiDonna (Morris Plains, New Jersey)
Jake Hammack (Cayucos, California)
William Landgren (Roselle, Illinois)

Women
Samantha Elam (Granada Hills, California)
Peggy Liang (Vancouver, Washington)
Rebecca Meyers (Timonium, Maryland)
Carlisle Robinson (Carmel, Indiana)
Jessica Weeden (Monroe, Wisconsin)

Bob Laughna – Head Coach
Seda Ozdemir – Assistant Coach

TENNIS
Men
Aaron Gomez (Arlington, Texas)

Women
Jennifer Woyahn (Waukesha, Wisconsin)

Howard Gorrell – Head Coach

VOLLEYBALL
Women
Krystle Berrigan (Frederick, Maryland)
Kristina Burke (Washington, District of Columbia)
Jenny Cooper (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Tamijo Foronda (Lake Elsinore, California)
Justine Jeter (Noblesville, Indiana)
Paige Johnson (North Richard Hills, Texas)
Amanda Krieger (Carmel, Indiana)
Shana Lehmann (Frederick, Maryland)
Ludmila Mounty-Weinstock (Takoma Park, Maryland)
Pia Marie Paulone (Fishers, Indiana)
Katelyn Reese (San Jose, California)
Valerie Trofimenkoff (Washington, District of Columbia)

Lynn Ray Boren – Head Coach
Ray Lehmann – Assistant Coach
Colleen Farrell - Team Manager

WATER POLO
James Cude (Los Angeles, California)
Jordan Eickman (Northridge, California)
Roberto Garcia (San Diego, California)
Matthew Huff (Kearns, Utah)
Sean Jackson (Burbank, California)
Scott Madsen (San Diego, California)
Stetson McBirnie (Riverside, California)
Shahram Shahidi (Los Angeles, California)

Julia Velasquez – Head Coach
Christina Burke - Team Manager

WRESTLING
Mark Cross (Middletown, Maryland) - Freestyle and Greco-Roman
Nathaniel Garrels (Emmetsburg, Iowa) - Freestyle and Greco-Roman
James Hanson (Thermopolis, Wyoming) - Freestyle and Greco-Roman
Kyle Hoffer (Anchorage, Alaska) - Freestyle and Greco-Roman

Thad Ferguson – Head Coach

Interpreters
Hans Ferguson
Kaylyn Waisbrot

Medical Staff
Dr. Michael McKee - Team Physician
Dr. Dennis Wise - Team Orthopedist
Barry Deuel - Sports Medicine Coordinator
Dr. Herb Amato - ATC
Jeff Liu - ATC
Robyn Gust - ATC
Dr. Wanda Swiger - ATC
Lonnie Tanenberg - ATC
Jon Vaughn - ATC
Bret Weaver - ATC
Charlie Weir - ATC

Delegates
Lawrence Fleischer - President
Jack Lamberton - Vice President of International Affairs/Chef de Mission

Support Staff
Billy Bowman - Games Preparation Committee Director/US Team Leader
Brianne Burger - GPC Operations
Stuart Ikeda - GPC Information Technology
Vance Rewolinski - GPC Team Development
Brenda Tress-Mowl - GPC Logistics
Jeff Salit - Vice President of NSO Affairs/Assistant to US Team Leader
Bob Steele - Vice President of Financial Affairs

Media Team
Chris Kaftan - Media Coordinator
Rachel Benedict
Shannon Bertling
Hugh Carey
Jason Chiou
Brittany Comegna
Bobby Cox
Martin Dale-Hench
Renca Dunn
Lelia Hanaumi
Sina McCarthy
William Millos
Tara Schupner
Sarah Segal
Wei Wang
Joshua Weinstock
Colin Whited
Hui Zhang

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About USADSF
USADSF is the only national athletic association in the United States that coordinates the participation of American deaf and hard of hearing individuals in international sport competitions. The Federation is affiliated with the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) and has hosted the Summer Deaflympics in 1965 (Washington, DC) and 1985 (Los Angeles), and the Winter Deaflympics in 1975 (Lake Placid, NY) and 2007 (Salt Lake City). The Games Preparation Committee, a standing committee of the Federation, coordinates with the Executive Board and each National Sport Organization to organize and prepare U.S. teams for the Deaflympics, Pan-American Deaf Sports Organization (PANAMDES) Games and World Championships.

Posted: April 30, 2009