posted Jun 15, 2009 4:30 PM by Greg Fitzgerald   [ updated Jun 19, 2009 10:32 AM ]
On June 26th, the San Diego Underwater Hockey Club's "Team Evil" will head to Minneapolis for US Nationals.  SDUHC has assembled its top talent to compete for Gold!  The team includes former members of USA Elite Teams, three Masters World Champions, and the goalie of the Colombian Underwater Rugby Team.  The team is strong, fit, and ready to dominate!

:: Captain ::
Greg Fitzgerald
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

USA Nationals 2001, Gold
USA Elite Team 2004
USA Elite Team 2008


Rhett "Duke" Perkins

San Diego

USA Elite Team 1996

USA Elite Team 1998

:: Vice Captain ::
Meschi "The Bull" Schmidt

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Southern Hemisphere Games 1995, Gold
USA Elite Team 2002
USA Masters 2006, Gold




Katie Frank
Michigan State University

USA Elite Team 2006


Dimitri Deheyn
San Diego

Pacific Coast Championships, 2007
USA Nationals, 2008
Pacific Coast Championships, 2008




Julio Lopez
Medellín, Colombia

Underwater Rugby
Colombian Elite Team



Des Minnion
England

English Elite Team







Stephen Akeridge
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

USA Elite Team, Alternate, 2008



Gary Christianson
Minneapolis, Minnesota

USA Masters Team 1998, Bronze

USA Masters Team 2002, Gold


Herb Baylon
San Diego

Philippine Elite Team 1998
USA Masters Team 2002, Gold
Philippine Masters Team 2004
Singapore Team, Asia Championship 2008




Comments (2)

Rachel Gordon - Jun 16, 2009 5:58 PM

best of luck in my home state! sad i'll be missing out this year!

Jim Melrod - Jun 18, 2009 12:40 PM

Wow! What a team. Skill, speed, power, finesse, and beauty. And some guys too. Bring home the Gold.