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Thank you for your interest in supporting the Emory Gender Expansive and Women's Ultimate Team! This campaign has ended, but you can still support EGEWU by making a gift here, today!
Emory Gender Expansive and Women’s Ultimate, known in short as EGEWU (pronounced ee-GOO!) is an inclusive Ultimate frisbee team centered around advancing our skill in the sport within an enthusiastic, supportive, familial community. Formerly known as Emory Women’s Ultimate, EGEWU has in recent years made gender inclusivity a central mission and prides itself in being a welcoming space for LGBTQ and trans athletes, the first of it’s kind at Emory. Our shift in philosophy from a competition-centered, women’s-only program prior to COVID, to our inclusive, low-pressure format has seen the program not only rebound, but grow profoundly in recent seasons. Our growth has allowed us to split our program into two teams, Luna and Tuna, both of which participate fully in Division I USA Ultimate competition. Luna provides a more competitive environment for more experienced players, while Tuna is a developmental team for players who may be completely new to the sport or want a space to build on fundamentals. Both teams are truly vital to EGEWU’s vibrancy and presence in the USA Ultimate scene. EGEWU does not make any cuts in the tryout process, so all interested players have a spot on one of our two teams. We need your support to carry out our programs and continue improving this team that at least 50 Emory students yearly call home.
As part of our mission to create an inclusive and welcoming environment, EGEWU does not require participants to pay dues. Thus, we take on all expenses associated with running successful practices and tournaments, from purchasing new equipment to serve our growing program, transportation to tournaments, tournament lodging, tournament registration fees, healthy snacks, and much more. In the 2022-2023 season, we hope to send both of our teams, Luna and Tuna, to 3 regular season tournaments around the Southeastern US, as well as our spring break tournament, High Tide, and the college championship series. As we aim to progress through the championship series’ sectionals and regionals to become a nationals-qualifying program, it is vital that we seize as many playing opportunities as possible throughout the season. With your support, we can attend these tournaments fully funded and continue to grow upon both our playing capabilities as a team and our community cohesivity.
Ultimate frisbee is known for its uniqueness as a sport that focuses on kindness, fairness, and good spirit, a concept known as “Spirit of The Game.” Games are self-officiated, requiring a collaborative and cooperative environment in competition. EGEWU prides itself on being a model program in this area. At last year’s Needle in a Ho-Stack tournament, for example, Tuna showed so much enthusiasm and sportsmanship that they were awarded Spirit Champs of the whole tournament, whilst Luna played a very close game against one of the best college women’s ultimate teams in the country. Off of the field, we continue our spirited focus with traditions like tournament buddies, shout-outs after each practice, bonus team workouts, social events, fundraisers, community service, and sideline cheers. While the spirit of the game ultimately lies in the players themselves, we need your support to help make everything else around it happen.
Your gift can pay for a student’s membership to USAU, required for placement on a team roster.