50th Anniversary Celebration and Ultimate Reunion
October 10-12, 2025 in Providence, RI
The Brown Ultimate Community welcomes all ultimate alumni/ae, family and friends back to Brown Campus to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our founding in 1975.
Help us plan by filling out a quick pre-registration form and survey.
Just a few months before we see you in Providence!
Program History
We are hoping to crowdsource materials documenting all 50 years of program history. If you have any photos or videos from your involvement with Brown Ultimate you're willing to share, add them to our Google Photos album: Brown Ultimate History Contributions. Please help our archivists by adding comments identifying who is in the photo, the approximate date it was taken, and any other details you remember.
Likewise, we'd love hear your stories and memories. Please email your favorites to brownultimatereunion@gmail.com. We may reach back out for followup or possible video interviews.Useful links:
- Find old teammates in our directory where we list over 1,000 players and friends! Reach out to all of your friends and plan to meet up at the 50th Celebration in October.
- Join our Reunion Facebook group
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FAQ
- Ticketing Options (TBD)
- Lodging Options (TBD)
Tentative Schedule
Friday, October 10, 2025
- Afternoon - welcome to campus
- Evening - informal dinner
Saturday, October 11, 2025
- Morning - Alumni vs Current Team Scrimmages - bring your cleats!
- Lunch - Family picnic for all alums, families and players
- Afternoon - Field activities, Memorabilia tour
- Dinner - 50th Anniversay Celebration dinner at Sayles Hall
- Evening - Program-wide party!!!
Sunday, October 12, 2025
- Morning - Disc Golf Tournament
2024 National Champions!
Team News
Nov 2024 - Team edges Alumni in scrimmage then stars in halftime demonstration at Brown vs Columbia football game.
Oct 2024 - BMo places 3rd at Lobsterfest.
May 2024 - BMo wins Nationals for the fourth time in program history (Details).
BMo recognized in 2024 Ultiworld Men's D-I College Awards
- Jacques Nissen - Player of the Year
- Leo Gordon and Jacques Nissen - All-American First Team
- Jake Smart, Jonathan Stout, and Nate Taylor - Coaches of the Year
View the 2024 Team Roster.
Nov 2023 - Team loses at cap to Alumni in scrimmage.
Team Highlights
Over Memorial Day Weekend 2024, BMo won Nationals, beating SLO in the final round, capping a dramatic march to victory for the #8 seed.
In early May 2024, BMo won NE Regionals, beating top seeded UMass 15-11; a nice upset for #3 seeded BMo.
In May 2023, BMo reached Nationals where they lost 14-15 in the quarters to eventual winner, UNC, in the closest contest in the finals round.
In May 2022, led by Callahan winner John Randolph, the team made it all the way back to Nationals where they eventually lost in the finals to UNC.
In late 2021, led by Callahan winner Azeez Adeyemi, the team came in second in the pandemic make-up tournament featuring players from the "lost years" of 2020 and 2021.
In May 2019, the last year before the pandemic, BMo won Nationals for the third time in their history, joining the earlier championship teams of 2000 and 2005.
Hellfish
Alumni News
Zip Elected to Hall of Fame
Brown's own Josh Ziperstein '05, the 2005 Callahan winner, was inducted into the
Ultimate Hall of Fame in November 2024.
Zip joins Billy Rodriguez '85 and Fortunat Mueller '99 to become the 3rd BMo player to be recognized for his on-field ultimate career,
joining team co-founder Ron Kaufman '74 who was inducted for his early contributions to the sport.
Moses Rifkin '01 was also nominated for the Hall this year.
Brown celebrated BMo's fourth BMo National championship on November 16, 2024 with an on-field recognition and team photo followed by a demonstration scrimmage at halftime of the Brown vs Columbia football game.
Defending National Champs Even Beat Alumni
Before the football game celebration, BMo soundly defeated the Alumni Squad in their annual matchup at a morning scrimmage at Stevenson-Pincince Field, avenging last year's narrow loss at the cap.
Links
Team Fundraising Challenge
Please donate to the Brown University Sports Foundation before December 31st. Your funds will be matched by a some very generous alums who have generously pledged $10,000 to the Franz Fund if we raise $35,000 in BUSF donations by year's end.
Membership Drive
Do you know someone who'd like to keep up with the team? Have them enter their contact info on this website, which is dedicated to the players, parents and friends of Brown Ultimate, so feel free to share it with any of your buddies who might be interested.
Supporting BMo
Brown University Sports Foundation
Gifts to the Brown University Sports Foundation (BUSF) help provide immediate-use support to the ultimate program that allows our teams to thrive. When you make a current-use gift, you're helping this year's team get to Nationals. While Brown stepped up its funding of the program in recent years, BMo still depends on money coming from BUSF to help cover the cost of travel, coaching, equipment, and access to training staff.
Maintaining a Nationals-caliber ultimate team costs a lot of money. Over the past few years, we have managed to raise $35,000 or more each season to make up for the team's budget shortfall and enabled players to participate without team dues. Money goes to coaching, training staff, travel, equipment and other tournament costs.
Here's how:
- Visit the BUSF Club Sports giving page
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"Select a Fund" should already be selected and you should see this:
- Choose "Support Club & Intramural Sports" from the drop-down under "What would like to support?"
- Choose "Club Ultimate Frisbee (Men's and Open)" from the drop-down under "I'd like to give to"
- Fill in the amount and you're good to go. Thanks!
Franz Fund
Did you know that Brown Ultimate has its own endowment fund named after Michael Franz '03? As an endowment, its funds go to help both this year's players as well as future generations. Keep in mind that you can actively promote equity and diversity in our sport by reducing or eliminating the need for player fees, which can be as much as $1,000 per player per year and may limit who can play for BMo.
If you have year-end giving yet to do, please donate to the Franz Fund. No amount is too small, even $5 will help (but $100 would be better!).
Here's how:
- Visit the BUSF giving page
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Click the "Search for a Fund" button at the top right, you should see this:
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Type in "Franz" and press "SEARCH", you should see this:
- Press "SELECT". You should see "Michael V. Franz '03 Fund for Ultimate Frisbee (Endowment Fund)" filled-in on the main donation form from step 1.
- Fill in the amount and you're good to go. Thanks!
