Ladies and gentlemen, here is your 7 on the line…ok technically it’s 10 but you get the idea. This summer after elections and natural selection this is the group of people who will be spending the next 2 years doing their best to serve you, the LAOUT community. This ragtag conglomeration of humans is here to make sure you have the opportunity to play as much ultimate as your bodies can handle.
Toph Eggers
President
After a bumpy near-start at UCSB, Toph began his ultimate career in earnest in 2005 at UC-Berkeley. Since graduating and moving down to the east side of Los Angeles, he’s sporadically played on a number of Bay Area and LA club teams to varying degrees of success. Over the last few years, Toph has gotten more dedicated to giving back to the sport of Ultimate by teaching the game wherever he can. That’s included stints coaching the sport to: middle schoolers in Inglewood, K-8 kids through the LA parks summer camp program, all ages at weekend sport seminars organized by the city, as well as at the head coach level with the USC Men’s Ultimate team. He’s hoping to further expand the youth ultimate scene here to better rival those of the other top Ultimate cities by starting up as many leagues and clinics as possible. He’s also blessed by the fact that the most hideous photo of him on record is a 4ft depiction of him grimacing painfully whilst mid-huck, that proudly hangs up in the UCB sports center, effectively scaring off all passing gym-goers from ever trying the sport.
Alex Tacescu
Vice President
Alex has been playing ultimate since 2017, when he started playing for his college team – WPI Bullets. In the following years he would play in Boston and the Bay Area before moving to LA in 2021 and playing with Spoiler Alert. Alex currently works at Inversion Space as a flight software engineer. Aside from ultimate frisbee, Alex enjoys the outdoors in all seasons, including skiing, snowboarding, playing tennis, climbing, and hiking.
Lu Wang
Lu has been playing ultimate since 2004, starting as a freshman in high school. He moved to LA in 2013 and has loved being part of the LAOUT community. The LAOUT community has given him his main social circle and a community of friends that he will be forever grateful for. Lu has played for various college, club, and pro teams throughout the years including NYU Purple Haze, New York Empire, SoCal Condors, LA 7 Figures, and most recently LA Lotus. He currently works as an actuary at a tech firm and his passions, aside from frisbee, include disc golf, any and all racquet sports (tennis, ping pong, pickleball), climbing, and cooking. He also spends an unhealthy amount of hours watching YouTube, TikTok, and trashy reality TV.
Mei-Lien Converse
Mei-Lien Converse grew up in Madison, WI and has been playing ultimate for over 10 yrs now. She had been talking about moving to LA for over 10 yrs and finally in late October of 2021 she made the jump and moved here. She works for Ultiworld as a camera operator, coaches youth sports and is on the hunt for a graphic design job in the LA area. In her off time she also enjoys dog sitting, traveling to new places and eating great food. Back in Madison, she first played mixed ultimate and helped create some new teams that still exist today. A couple years ago moved to women’s and have been playing that ever since. She currently plays for a masters team called Aged Cheddar out of WI and Wildfire from San Diego. She joined LAOUT with some encouragement from current board members and can’t wait to continue improving and expanding the LA ultimate community.
Clay Moore
Clay Moore has been playing ultimate continuously since junior year of college, having played from picks up to the club level. Clay appreciates the open arms that the LAOUT community provided when he moved to LA in 2022, and is looking forward to providing that same experience to new and existing members. He most previously served on the Dallas Ultimate Association as an inferior to the great Daniel Pappas. Clay is excited to bring friendliness and cheerful service to the Los Angeles ultimate scene. Off the beach and turf, Clay does program management for a tech company and is committed to finding the perfect karoake song for his mid-tier talents.
Mike “Luigi” Schlesinger
Mike started playing ultimate in 2009 and has been involved with LAOUT since 2012. Through LAOUT-sponsored leagues, tournaments, and pickup games he has made lasting friendships with many of the wonderful people and dogs of the community. He is excited to have this opportunity to give back to the organization. In his time on the board he hopes to help the LAOUT leagues continue to run smoothly and be as much fun as humanly possible. Off the field Mike works as an engineer and spends as much time skiing as he can.
Tyler “TK” Kenny
YMCA ultimate in high school summer camp led to UCI Ultimate, which led to all of the orange county pick up games! Now I’m addicted and will sign up for anything Ultimate any day of the week. From serving on the equity committee, to mascot shenanigans for Astra and the Aviators, to captaining Hurricane for winter league and Treehouse for fall, I’m dedicated to building this sport with you.
Jacob Barr
Jacob Barr is an ultimate player and coach originally from the great state of New Jersey. He began playing in college at Tufts University and has played on club teams in Israel, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles. He began coaching a youth BUDA clinic while in college and went on to coach for Ultimate Peace in the Middle East. He organized the YCC program in New York before moving to Los Angeles and organizing the YCC program for one year there. He currently coaches the men’s team at USC. When he’s not coaching or rehabbing his bad hamstring, back, or ankle, Jacob manages a Congressional campaign in Orange County.