Brett is a national and world champion with both the U.S and Australia who has had a long successful career playing for many teams along the way. At the club level, Brett has played for Ring of Fire, Denver Johnny Bravo, Chicago Machine, and Pittsburgh Temper. He made it to the semifinals of the USA Ultimate National Championships 4 times (once with Machine and three times with Ring of Fire) and he won a national championship with Denver Johnny Bravo in 2014. With the American Ultimate Disc League, he has played for the DC Breeze, Chicago Wildfire and Indianapolis Alleycats being named All-AUDL 1st team in 2015 and All-AUDL 2nd team in 2014. With Team USA, Brett has been to 3 beach world championships winning gold each time and has been to the World games in 2013. In 2016, he helped the mixed team win a gold medal at the WUGC.
In this interview, Brett talks about his long ultimate career and his early experiences playing in Australia, the reasons why he plays ultimate, and what led him to play with the different teams he has played for.
Segment #1:Brett’s journey (4:11)
Segment #2: Daily life in ultimate (48:20)
Segment #3: Brett’s memorable games as a player (51:53)
Segment #4: Rapid fire questions (55:53)
Brett’s social media contacts: Email ([email protected]) and Phone number (808-896-9965)
2016 US Open Men’s Final Machine vs Sockeye: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBXuBYusG0o)
2016 US Open Men’s Semifinal Machine vs Ironside: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apJUmoW5q3s)
2014 USA Ultimate National Championships Open Final Johnny Bravo vs Ironside: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwAQk9a11Fk)
2018 USA Ultimate National Championships Open Semifinal Ring of Fire vs Revolver: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHSGjfpjsmI)
2015 World Championships of Beach Ultimate Open Semi-final USA vs Phillipines (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWk5TH-WK2Y)
Photo Credits: (Photo on right) AUDL and Mike Gross (144 photos)
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Keep an eye out for the next episode where I interview Ari Nelson. Ari was part of Denver Molly Brown’s 2020 season where they focused on activism, social justice and equity efforts in their local community. She will finish her college career with the Northeastern Huskies and previously played for Boston Slow white and the USA U-24 women’s team. In this interview, Ari shares her experiences making an elite level mixed team as an 18-year-old, her mental health journey, and the new website she has helped launch that is focused on helping the ultimate community talk about mental health.
