Tryouts Are This Weekend For Denver's New Pro Ultimate Disc Team

DENVER, CO —Local ultimate disc players not only will get to watch professional ultimate in Denver this summer, they even have a chance to play for the Colorado Summit, an expansion team in the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL).

From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday, the Summit will be holding open tryouts at University of Denver's Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium, 2240 Buchtel Blvd., where the team will play home games during its inaugural season in 2022.

The team said it expects over 100 athletes to be present for the tryouts, and that men, women and non-binary athletes are welcome to compete for spots on the roster.

In a release, the Summit said they had signed seven players already, and are looking to complete a 20-person roster.

"Colorado has traditionally been home to many of the top club, youth and college ultimate teams in the country. These amateur athletes will all have a shot to play on Colorado's pro ultimate team. The majority of the roster positions will be filled based on tryout performances." the club's front office said in a statement.

The Summit front office added: "The coaches will be assessing talent alongside the Summit's Coaches Council, which is composed of distinguished male and female coaches."

More details are available on the Summit's website, on its Instagram and Facebook pages.

In December, the AUDL, which began in 2012, announced it had added Colorado, the Salt Lake Shred and a Portland franchise to the league, bringing the total number of teams to 25. All three teams joined the Western Division, which already includes: the Los Angeles Aviators, San Diego Growlers, San Jose Spiders and Seattle Cascades.

"Colorado is one of the hottest ultimate communities in the world and is more than ready to compete in the AUDL," said Sal Pace, part of the Summit's ownership group. "Our ownership team includes a diverse group of successful business people and government officials. My partners have won national and world ultimate championships and include one of the founders of a globally-recognized Denver women's team."

The Summit have announced that season tickets for adults will cost $59, student season tickets are $30 and fans under 12 are free.

The team said it also plans to hold youth clinics throughout the summer and will reach out to under-represented communities in order to introduce kids to the sport of ultimate disc.

The AUDL said it will announce its 2022 schedule in February. All games will be streamed live on AUDL.TV. The league said it currently is renegotiating national television deals with FS1, FS2, and DraftKings. This past season, the AUDL's championship weekend was broadcast nationally on FS1.

One of the seven players the Summit have signed is Jay "Froudee Pebbles" Froude, an AUDL veteran and All-League performer, who played the last four seasons with the Dallas Roughnecks.

The Summit said Froude will be participating in this weekend's tryouts.