Beau Kittredge

Beau Kittredge is a professional Ultimate player for the New York Empire of the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL). Kittredge is noted for his speed and very decorated record in the world of Ultimate. He is known for a video in which he jumped up over an opponent to catch the disc while playing with the University of Colorado[1]. His cutting prowess makes him one of the best players to ever play the game.[2]

Beau Kittredge
Personal information
Born (1982-06-23) June 23, 1982
Fairbanks, Alaska
Alma materUniversity of Colorado
OccupationProfessional Ultimate player
EmployerNew York Empire
Sport
SportUltimate
College teamUniversity of Colorado
LeagueAUDL (previously MLU)
Club
  • Johnny Bravo
  • Revolver
  • Pony (current)
Team
Medal record
United States
WUGC
Winner2012Men's
Winner2016Men's

Personal life

Kittredge was born in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1982. He then went to Lathrop High School before going to the University Of Colorado.[3]

Ultimate career

Kittredge played Ultimate at the University Of Colorado, before playing for club teams such as Johnny Bravo, Revolver, and Pony, winning a total of four club titles. He has also played for the United States national team, winning five world championships in the Open category.

In 2013, Kittredge signed with the San Francisco Dogfish of Major League Ultimate. After a season with the Dogfish, he moved to the San Jose Spiders, an AUDL team. In his first season for them, Kittredge recorded 36 goals, 32 assists and 31 blocks,[4] whilst starting all 15 games in the season. The Spiders finished the season by beating Toronto Rush 28–18 to win the AUDL Championship, resulting in Kittredge being named league MVP for the 2014 season[5]. Kittredge stayed with the Spiders for the 2015 season, helping them to another Championship victory with a 17–15 win against Madison Radicals. Over the season, he recorded 33 assists, 66 goals and 24 blocks.[6] He was also named the league MVP for the second year in a row.[7] 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 did record 9 assists, 22 goals and 9 blocks during the season,[8] with the Roughnecks still managing a perfect 15–0 record for the season to win the AUDL Championship. Beau signed for the San Francisco FlameThrowers for the 2017 season, and went to the New York Empire for the 2018 season.

Career Statistics

Regular season
SeasonTeamGames PlayedGoalsAssistsBlocksCatchesCompletionsCallahans
2014SJ123632312792541
2015SJ136633244183480
2016DAL62299111920
2017SF812136132
Totals3112474648086941

[9]

Postseason
SeasonTeamGames PlayedGoalsAssistsBlocksCatchesCompletionsCallahans
2014SJ3132396860
2015SJ324253530
2016DAL3106337†33†0†
2017SF
Totals9251281861720

†Denotes statistics unavailable for 2016 championship game

Honors
  • World national championships, winner, 2012, 2016.
  • AUDL champions, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
  • AUDL MVP 2014, 2015
  • USA nationals.

Other jobs

Beau was originally an author, working for Skyd magazine, an online media site geared towards Ultimate. He was also the CEO of Beau's Books. Later, he worked for Early Recognition Is Critical (E.R.I.C.), an organization which teaches children about early cancer awareness with the help of Ultimate. He is also the founder of Snowsuit Studios, a company that develops video games, since June 2014[10]. Beau eventually became the highest paid player in the AUDL, earning enough to not require a second job. He is reported to earn up to $50,000, making him one of the only Ultimate players who makes enough to live on.

References
  1. Best Catch In Ultimate Frisbee History, retrieved 2019-09-22
  2. "Ultiworld's All-Club 2015: 1st Team (Men's)". 2015-10-09.
  3. "Ultimate Goes Pro". Alumni Association. 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  4. "Player Stats | 2014". Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  5. "2019 AUDL MVP Finalists". AUDL. 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  6. "Player Stats | 2015". Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  7. Eisenhood, Charlie. "Beau Kittredge Wins 2015 AUDL MVP". Ultiworld. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  8. "Player Stats | 2016". Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  9. "League Players".
  10. "Beau Kittredge". LinkedIn. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
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