Jasmine Draper Callahan 2010 Highlight Video

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Jasmine Draper for Callahan

Jasmine “Jazz” Draper of Iowa State University’s Woman Scorned is a strong contender for this year’s Callahan. As her coach, I saw Jazz develop from a fierce competitor and athletic spark plug into a dynamic leader able to jump start the offense or defense. Her defensive abilities have been superior due to her raw athleticism since she began playing four years ago, but over the past year her greater field awareness and larger leadership role have turned her into a defensive force. She gets up, she gets down, and she anticipates disc movement to create an image of being everywhere on the field. She is the best defender in the Central Region, bar none (completely unbiased).

On offense, she WILL get that disc and, similar to the expansion of her defensive abilities, her disc skills and confidence in handling have increased over the last year to make her a more well-rounded player. Her field vision is excellent, and she can rip it down the field, but her strongest offensive asset for the team has been handling against a cup. (Unless it is her ability to get to nearly any disc thrown-your opinion may depend on if you are the thrower or receiver!)

Through the course of her college career, Jasmine has slowly been sucked farther into the game and the team. First it was giving up marching band, then wheedling to rearrange her work schedule. Next it was meeting with her advisers to find a way to make research, class, and Ultimate work. She is absolutely dedicated to the team and the sport.

She has also grown enormously as a leader. This is her 2nd year as captain and while she has always been well-liked and well-respected by teammates and opponents, her desire to make everyone happy and to reach compromise was almost a drawback in her first year as captain. This year she became more vocal and developed more resolve- she still listened to everyone, but was more prepared to take feedback and criticism from her decisions. Because of this, she has become one of the strongest captains Woman Scorned has seen.

Her solid sportsmanship foundation, typical of a quiet and kind person, has transformed into a vocal expression of deep Ultimate spirit over the last four years. I will admit that Jazz has better sportsmanship than myself, and there are few people that I would say that about. Sometimes I have to bite my tongue to say (or not say) the right thing, but Jazz never seems to think it in the first place. She play passionately, discusses coolly, and remains objective- key ingredients to maintaining spirit of the game. The foundation of sportsmanship in Ultimate lies in a solid understanding of the rules and respect for players and spectators of the sport. Jazz knows her stuff, asserts her opinion, AND listens to dissenting opinions with respect.

The pictures speak of her prowess, and I hope you’ll consider her in your voting.

-Coach Rachel Derscheid


Vote for Jasmine Draper at www.callahan-mvp.com

Summer Ultimate

Tuesdays and Thursdays:

Pickup 6:30 PM at Towers in Ames

Wednesdays:

Summer League in Des Moines

Mondays:

Sprints with Gap & Lauren

Fridays:

Plyos with Gap & Lauren

(Always free to contact Gap any time during the week for workouts)

Banana-rama

On the first day of practice last season, WS have like 7 million new recruits. Since I am terrible with names, I decided to call this one blond girl "Banana" because she had a banana on her shirt. Well, long story short, she kept coming back and become one of the Bordello ladies. This is Tasha Obrin!

Tasha has been a stud at ultimate since the beginning. Her natural athletic talent allowed her to be a natural on the field. She has great cuts, a true hunger for the disc, and her disc skills are ever-improving! Although she had to take a bit of a break from WS this year (due to school) she was still an asset to our team. When she wasn't buttering up the other Bordello ladies at home, she was coming to the practices and sprints that she could make, and improving her skills as well as her teammates' skills.

Off the field Banana is great! She is part of the Bordello Bike Gang and owns the Mexican dog, Dulcinea (this dog is literally from Mexico and only understands Spanish). She participates in our extracurricular partying when she gets a chance, and is always a great addition!

We all appreciate all the time and effort that Banana has put into the team, and we are glad she can be a Scorned lady of the disc!

Bomar Boner

Ashley Bomar is one of the newest Noobs on the team, but don't let that fool ya-she's a baller for sure! On the ultimate field, she has picked up the game insanely quick. She have great throws, knows how to read the field, and is always there for that continue. Every practice and tournament she is improving exponentially!

Off the field she is nothing but great! She is always down for a good time. I will never forget the night that we met a warlock in Pennsylvania and how she was part of how ridiculously awesome that night became. Even when L-Dawg starts yelling incoherently at her to "MOVE IT" at the Station, her demeanor never fails to crack me up.

Bomar (aka Boner) is studying Agronomy at ISU but she also has interests in music...however, if she keeps with ultimate, she will probably lose all other interests, like the rest of us. Bomar is always bringing up her teammates whether it is on the field, sideline, or partying. She is a great car-mate and never fails to keep a great convo going. Having Bomar on the team, gives WS a huge boner! (too much?)

Animal Planet

If you have ever seen Woman Scorned play, you probably noticed a lady with the sickest layouts probably ever to exist. This would be Christine Rosen, better known as Animal or Stine.
Ever since her rookie year for WS, Stine has been a force to be reckoned with on the field. Her insane speed, intense hunger for the disc, and overall ultimate ability make her a great asset for Woman Scorned. Stine is an all around player who can perform in almost any position, but where she really shines is when she cuts. There is never a time when she can not get open for the disc and she has no problem putting it deep to a continue. My favorite part about playing with Animal is when she is cutting and she gives me that "look" telling me to put it deep so she can do what she does best. I have seen her cover more ground in a layout than in a run.

Off the field Stine is always down to party. Just look at her birthday blog! She is a criminal justice major, who is pursuing the law enforcement field. She is also the owner of Nollie- the cute Huskey pup that is always running around the Scorned field. In addition to playing for WS, Stine is a member of CLX (2nd at 2010 club nationals and 2010 worlds team). Scorned is very glad to have this lady as part of our team!

Bosco Sticks

On the field, Bosco is a huge cutting threat. Not only will she run any defender into the ground, but she will make the under cuts, throw the continue, or make the continue needed for the score. If there is one thing that Bosco doesn't lack, it's disc aggression! There are very few times that I have seen her give up on a disc or allow a catch that could have been layout D'd. If there is plastic involved, she will jump, run down, and layout to grab it.

One of Bosco's biggest strengths, is her speed. Not only with her legs, but also her reaction time. I have seen her hand block handlers from all over. In the cup there is no chance in putting a disc around her. Her hands are even referred to as "the fastest in the region" by Dersch.

Off the field, Bosco definitely has character. If you haven't had the chance to see her dance or hear her sing... well, you are missing out. Bosco has a true passion for animals as well. This season, Scorned has had several furry additions to our team. Outdoor practices are always accompanied by Nollie, Archie, Dulcinea, or Copper, our extra four-legged teammates. They tend to smoke us in the warm up laps, but trying to chase them down is always a great workout.

Bosco is always a good time to joke around with. She takes a joke better than anyone I know, and on the rare occasion that she dishes it back to us, she usually gets pretty good ones in. She is always willing to help out her teammates and building people up by telling them when they are doing well. Bosco is a great part of this team and with her skills she will no doubt develop into an elite player for Woman Scorned.

Can you feel the Love tonight?

Seeing double?

Nope, that's just Taiwo's better half (and I don't mean her fiance John Misra.)

Because twin sister Tai began in the Ultimate scene long before Love came along to join the program, people everywhere constantly confuse the two anywhere one or the other of them can be found. Luckily those of us here at Iowa State have come to know and appreciate the differences of Kehinde "Love" Anjonrin-Ohu.
Having had to follow Tai's footsteps in Ultimate, I know that love has one of the best albeit severest of critics...imagine how tough a person can be on herself during her own individual play and double that for Love! It's like there are two of her offering constructive criticisms! Luckily, this offers Love the best opportunities of improving herself and as far as drive and desire to do just that, Love takes the cake. This girl will do whatever it takes to improve and during this past season, I've seen her run faster, jump higher, catch more discs, and cut to more wide open spaces then I've ever seen her do before. What's most impressive to me is how she's the most improved than anyone in the mental game. She understands the structure of offense, defense and picks up on the nuances of the game better than her teammates and when she doesn't understand something, she asks one question and gets it figured out. This girl is beginning to be able to do it all. I recently saw a 20 plus yard huck and awesome throwing decision from this girl during practice and my reaction was only a wide open mouth.
For the better part of Love's college career, she spent her time leading the fastest growing club on Iowa State, "Dub-H," the hip-hop dance group. Choreographing some of the sickest moves this side of Mason-Dixon line. She's the brainchild behind the Women Scorned dance that went down at Centex. Coming from the point of view of a coach and former captain, I could NEVER command the attention of teammates and players like she did during those nights of dance practice. It was like the moment she said something or started to show a move, those girls shut up and listened. You know you've got major moving skills when you've got that amount of respect!
See, she's just best described in pictures if you can't meet her contagious personality up close and personal. I have the honor of working as a server in the same restaurant as this girl and she can woo customers like no body's biznaz. I'm almost positive they spend more money on dinner just because of how bright and wide she can flash that dimpled smile. She's got a way with words, a way with dancing, and a way with working her defenders...what a triple combo! Watch out all you single fellas because can this girl PARTY too!

Cute...as...a....button! This girl doesn't even have to be playing and she is one of the best additions to our team. With her bubbly spirit and huge giggle, she's always down for having fun and bringing everyone up in spirit along with her. She makes the effort to cheer whenever possible and as loudly as possible. This is "Love" Anjonrin-Ohu and just you don't wait and see that you actually do, fall in love with her.

Rick, Rick, Rick!

It's hard not to notice Jessica "J-rick" Erickson in any way. She's tall and long legged (see: 3 year running lock-down on inter-team 'BEST LEGS' award) and has beautiful red hair and flawless complexion. Okay, let's face it. A lot of us spend a lot of time wishing we could look as good as this girl does without trying. But aside from her model good-looks she knows how to use her long-legged length on the ultimate field making consistent and graceful grabs and puts. And for both sides of this disc, this girl is invaluable to Woman Scorned.

In life, there are never very many constants but there may be a few. One of them is that no matter how hard you wish it wouldn't happen, someone will inevitably forget their cleats, jersey or toothbrush when traveling to a tournament. The other is that J-rick is the girl you want marking for you in a zone cup. The picture below says it all but in addition to her wing-span you've also got lightness of feet. How does anyone ever want to try a throw with her anywhere near them?Jessy dominates in all respects, truly defining what I like to term a triple threat. Shut down defense, amazing cutting ability and great throws. That's why she an integral part to our offense structure. She's open at will and when she has the opportunity for a continue huck beyond 30 yards, she can make it happen with the most beautifully shaped high release backhands AND forehands. As far as receiving goes, no one has stickier hands than J-Rick. How in the world she catches some of the hucks she does is beyond me but I'm also grateful for it whenever I put up something ridiculous to her long. Highlight reel for everyone of the 2008-2009 season was the Saturday pool play game against Eau Claire on game point when I put up the hugest hammer of my life to J-Rick in the back corner of the endzone. Because this girl is so consistent, I didn't even have to watch the outcome, I knew she'd make it happen. That's one of my favorite pass connections of my entire life...shall we do it again some time? :)

But all of this wouldn't matter if Jessy didn't also make you envious of her in her life off the field. She dresses way snazzier then you ever will. Making bohemian fashion out of a simple shirt, skirt and sunglasses combo. Her effortless beauty and style are hard to beat. She knows the best music and spends a lot of time seeing the best bands and the coolest concerts. Having spent some time abroad in Australia I can't help but think to myself, "Yes. Jessy fits right in with the Aussie cool 'no worries' type of personality." Not only that but this Biology major loves the world she lives in and has an interest in taking care of it. How is that not the epitome of cool?

In all kinds of ways, Jessy is one the best teammates a person can have. She's a solid friend and a solid teammate. Dependable whenever it counts. I only hope this stud goes on to prove her glory in the club season in the future beyond the value she proves to have for her Scorned team. Go J-Rick!

"It's Jiear Time!"

Do you ever have fun recalling fond memories of when you laughed so hard it hurt? For me, I have one of those great moments and it involves Jiear.

First of all, Jiear is one of those "quiet but deadly" types. She's all the appearance of reservedness but has no difficulty asserting herself when necessary or delivering the most witty one-liners that only those within earshot will ever pick up on. To top it off, she'll giggled herself into a dimpled smile over her own joke before you even have time to really convince yourself you just heard what you thought you just heard.

It almost pains me know how beautifully the sun shone on this year's West Plains section because in 2008, this was not the case. As the snow blanketed all weekend in a feathery dusting, the ground promised a layout sensation like a hockey puck to a frozen lake. Specifically, I for a fact wore hiking shoes with four pairs of socks. This is NO exaggeration.

Leave it to Jiear in her rookie year in the ugliest of tournament weather to still carry a smile, a chuckle and a lighthearted go-get-em attitude. As we played our older players during the final game that weekend, Jiear was having little playtime and probably freezing on the sideline. When Coach Derscheid was forced to sub a player performing poorly, Coach yelled out for Jiear to sub in. Upon hearing her name and realizing she was finally being asked to perform, Jiear lit up like charcoal grill, a full can of lighter fluid and a match. I will never forget that look as Jiear ripped off her outermost jacket, ran from out of the shelter of our pitiful sideline tent and half yelled between gritted teeth... "IT'S JIEAR TIME!" I don't know how many of us were able to hear that moment but I'll never forget it!

That moment pretty much sums up Jiear Vang for me. She never quits. She's always consistently improved since day one and for me, it's a thing of beauty to watch her handle for Woman Scorned. I know of no other teammate who can pivot and move their mark as well as she does. She also has developed a keen eye for seeing the whole field and moving the disc well laterally. She's such a solid handler in an endzone offense that I would have no problem putting my entire trust in her when she's forced upwind on a stiff crosswind zone on the opposing teams endzone line. She'll make it happen. It's also comforting to know that this girl knows how to sacrifice her body when it comes down to the layout bid on defense. I have also never seen someone pick up so much crap swill in games. Just when you think no one will even get a piece of a disc on either team, Jiear bids and makes it happen.
She's a force to be reckoned with that Viper. Don't forget her, she'll be the one moving the disc right around you before you know it. I can only hope that when she graduates with her Architecture diploma in hand, joins a major firm and starts building things, she'll walk into a huge executive meeting one day and say between gritted teeth: "It's Jiear Time!"

Kaira Aaron Carter

The story of Kaira Carter and Woman Scorned began on sunny day on Iowa State University's central campus. There were about 8 ISUC/WS people out throwing discs around, when we saw some "frisbee for fun" people walk up and start throwing as well. After about 20 minutes the girl that was with them, came over and asked if we played for the ISU Ultimate team and if she could come play with us. AWESOME! It is pretty rare that people approach us to come play with us. Of course, we said heck yeah!

Kaira was hooked from the beginning! In fact, her first practice was like a Tuesday and she came to our tournament that following Saturday...in AUSTIN, TX (and she couldn't even play due to UPA rostering rules)!! She has been at practice and tournaments ever since.

Kaira's ultimate skills started prior to WS with some summer league and playing on a few teams with friends in high school. This was awesome for us because it gave her a solid basis to build from, and she was alread hooked on the sport. Even though she had some knowledge of ultimate, it has not weakened her thirst to improve. She is constantly jumping on the line every chance she gets, asking for help in practice, and striving to be the best player that she can be.

While she only started a little over a month ago, you would not be able to guess it on the field. She has great deep cuts, takes advantage of her defense well, isn't afraid to continue the disc upfield, and is comfortable with the disc in her hands. Kaira has a TON of potential and I am sure that she will be back in the fall, ready to tear up the field.

Off the field, Kaira is pretty baller. Although I haven't had much time to get to know her, she has definitely proved herself in a short amount of time. Fool's Fest was a pretty eye opening tournament for her in many ways. She got to play a tourney with WS, she got to experience some hotel party action, and she participated in the ridiculousness of the Fool's Fest party. Ummm, yeah, she fits in pretty well with the ultimate scene.

Kaira is a freshman here at ISU, and her major is Interdisciplinary Studies. To be completely honest, I have no idea what that is. She is also a BAND NERD! We have several ex-band geeks on the team, so she fits in well there. She is also a red head, so it works out well when we call the Jane Ly play, "Red heads go deep!" Kaira even has a field cheer, and that usually takes some time to develop. Usually it involves her last name (Carter) and any other famous person we can think of (Coach, Aaron, Nick....). We are excited to have her on the team and love watching her grow into an amazing ultimate player and teammate!

B-E-C, Attack!

What do bicycles, chemistry, the Pesch family, and ultimate have in common?... yup, that's right-Becca Miller. She may be a noob, but this girl is a pure natural at ultimate. It also really helps that (as Gibbs once put it) she is addicted to exercise. She is a machine.

One thing that was awesome about Becca (and Lady Pesch-her BFFE&E) was that we did not have to worry about their disc skills. From the moment they started ultimate, they spent 97% of every non-practice minute throwing a disc around. Once that obstacle was out of the way, teaching the rest of the game was fairly easy!

Despite fighting injury all season, Becca is a true threat on the field. She has great cutter vision, can read a disc well (from chasing down all of Peschy's throws? haha jk), has no problem skying people, and can out run most of us on the team! In fact, when we started weekly sprint workouts in January, the dudes started coming with us. I remember Becca kicking all of their butts in Forker Gym.

Although the team has suffered from having her injured on the sidelines, it has revealed a sweet new secret about Becca. She takes the greatest/funniest stats that WS has ever had! I really appreciate these stats when trying to write tournament recap blogs, PLUS the coaches and players who aren't present get to relive the games with a true feel for what went on. It is great to just quote the book and know that the humor is already there.

Off the field, Becca is a true Scorned lady. In fact, she reminds me of Meghan Minner (one of the WS greats) quite a bit. She may be quiet, but once you get her going, it is well worth it. She has great one liners and definitely knows how to have fun (one of the requirements for Scorned). Becca is a chemistry major, taking after her dad who is a chem professor at ISU. She bikes competitively and is pretty much always doing something outside involving exercise. Lauren and I were talking, and we decided she got robbed on the "best legs" award this year. Sorry J-Rick, I mean you have great legs (obvi. with a 3 year domination on that award) but we hypothesize that Becca is going to be a shoe-in next year for this one. I mean, look for yourself:
Becca may be a rookie this year, but everyone better watch out. It has been speculated that in four years, when we (the seniors) come back and see the team, Becca is will be tearing up the field, the parties, and the stat books. We have big hopes for this one. She is truly destined for Woman Scorned greatness.

Oh, How it's Magical

Oh, oh, oh, it's magic....ya know.

Being from the same spawn to be capable of mutant hips and table tennis wrists, Magon Liu steps on the field and makes you step up and notice her. She hails as one of those fluid players a person can't help but think to themselves "she was meant and made to play the game of Ultimate."

Although I didn't start out as the big brother teaching her forehands in the backyard, it's my honor to know "Magical" Magon Liu from before as a high school player who often showed up with more regularity then our current rostered players. Stepping into her first season with Women Scorned in 2008-2009, she stepped into an always desired handler role and with that she helped her fellow ladies into their first Nationals tournament berth. But don't get me wrong, Magon loves to cut for the team whenever possible and makes herself look like the stud she is when she does. "Dragon" Liu has also got some real soft hands to make some really swilly catches on the run. This lady can also have some of the prettiest and sickest layouts to get even the most notable of blog writers to make a mention of her. Not only that but Magic nailed down her first of what will be many honors as the second team "Freshmen of the Year" in the Central Region last year.

I wouldn't want to try to list the number of nicknames this girl possesses although "Magic" and "Dragon" are my first favorites. "Magon" as defined by Urban Dictionary, is: "A monkey and a dragon who fused together, which were born from a liger which is a mystical creature with awesome powers of defense!"

It does take a lot of names to describe awesomeness.

Magon who? Magon Liu!

Wastey

You know when you match up across the field when you are on the line, and you don't want someone who is going to make you look dumb or just destroy the match up? Well, on Woman Scorned, that is Hoistad. She may be handling, which means less running, right? False. Hoistad is Woman Scorned's smartest player. While her main position on the team is as handler (cus she's amazing at it), she is no liability in the cutter position. As soon as you let up on her in any way, she will break you and run you deep for the score. When it comes to ultimate, there is almost nothing she can not do.

Sarah Hoistad, better known as "Wastey," is currently studying Architecture and Spanish at ISU. She is one of those Northerners from the Twin Cities, and she is an integral part of our team. She can play the game smarter than anyone on the team. She not only knows how to maximize the utility of her own strengths, but also those of her teammates. If you think her backhand huck is her money throw, then you are wrong. There is actually no throw that she can not put off perfectly. There is also no mark that she can not break. When it comes to handling the disc, she can LITERALLY DO IT ALL! Oh, she has sick layouts too.

Off the field, when Hoistad isn't creating buildings on paper or out of toothpicks, she is usually having a good time. Wastey is another one of my favorite car-mates. I will never forget the horrific car ride back from Centex this year. First, I was able to convince her (TWICE) to follow country roads in Northern Texas in search of a Jason's Deli. Then, we attempted to sleep in her back seat while Bosco slowly killed us all with her singing. I will also never allow Bosco to sing in my presence again.

While Wastey is only a Junior, she has been a huge part of WS since her first year. Her field vision, amazing throws, and superior skills have not only helped the team on the field, but also through her teaching skills. I think it is safe to say that everyone on the team has learned from Hoistad in one way or another. Hoistad is a strong teammate and true friend. Scorned is very thankful that we can call her our own, and we have her for 2 more years!