HYPE
Our team name is "Hype" and reflects the mentality of our team toward ultimate and toward life in general. The team name came about during the 2016 South Central Regional Championships, when the team sporadically started rushing the field and cheering "hype hype" after each point - both the name and cheer quickly stuck. We welcome players of all levels of skill and experience to join our team! We'll get you involved and help you develop your skills, even if you've never played ultimate before. A majority of our players started playing ultimate after coming to college and have quickly become core contributors to our success. Get in contact with us to hear more details.
Competition
As a team, we travel to tournaments during the USA Ultimate college regular season between January and April each year. During the regular season, each point of each game eventually determines our final ranking heading into the Rocky Mountain Conference Championships in April. From the Conference Championships, the top few teams from our conference move on to the South Central Regional Championships to compete with teams from Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and of course Colorado. Finally, pending Regional results, the top 20 teams across the country meet in the National Championships to cap off the season in May
Social
In addition to taking competition seriously, Hype is a tight-knit group who just love being together. In fact, playing for the women's ultimate team at DU has been described by our graduates as the most worthwhile commitment in their college careers. The teammates you meet here become your closest friends and offer a great social outlet for students navigating college life. We often host social gatherings, partake in fundraising events, and cheer on other club sports on the weekends. Every season, we go to work building team chemistry both on and off the field. Come check out club women's ultimate at DU!
2nd Place New Years Fest 2020
3rd Place Dust Bowl 2020
2nd Place Air Force Invite 2020
Regional Qualifiers
2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
1st place New Years Fest 2019
1st place Air force invite 2019
3rd place Dust Bowl 2018
2nd Place Air Force Invite 2018
1st place Illinois Invite 7 2018
Officers
Leadership. Motivation. Enthusiasm.
President
Lilli Tobias
Coaches
Mistakes. Effort. Learning.
Carolyn Vlach
Head Coach
Carolyn hails from Michigan where she played pick-up and learned to throw with a rubber frisbee before attending the University of Michigan and joining the women's club team Flywheel. After spending every spare minute of college playing ultimate, Carolyn moved to Colorado where's she's spent the last five years playing women's club with both Molly Brown and Small Batch. This is her second year with Hype, and there's no team she'd rather be coaching.
Sten Larson
Assistant Coach
Sten started playing ultimate in high school and quickly fell in love with the sport. However, he decided the relationship started off too fast and decided to slow things down by tearing a couple of ACLs. He then went on to play for CSU’s men's team, Hibida, (as injuries allowed), as well as playing club for Vertigo, Pipeline, and I.T.B, and coaching Fossil Ridge High School. He moved to Hawaii for work and participated in and captained league and party tournament teams and organized an annual charity hat tournament to promote youth ultimate. Since his move back to Colorado, he spent this summer playing mixed club with Mixed Signals. In the 9 years Sten has played ultimate he’s become passionate about promoting youth ultimate, D-line, BBQ backhands, and being taller than his opponent. He is excited to be coaching a team with the same amount of energy and enthusiasm he has and hopes to continue to build a program with such a positive culture!
Jess Mast
Assistant Coach
Jess first started playing ultimate frisbee 7 years ago, and still falls in love with the sport every time she steps onto the field. Along with helping captain a hometown Ohio women's club team, she’s since had the opportunity to play for 3 different elite women's club programs.
Jess has also coached 2 years of men's D3 college, one year of D1 women's, and assistant coached at the high school level. She hopes to continue giving back to the community that was so welcoming to her as a new player.