Buds Alumni

If you are an alumnus interested in keeping in touch with the current happenings of the Buds and Roses, please join our alumni mailing list, ultimate-l@cornell.edu. The current Buds and Roses will send emails out with our season schedules and also recaps of recent tournaments. In addition, you can use it to keep in touch with other alums! To join, send an email to buds@cornell.edu.

Jono "Vajono" Berry

Height: 5'11"
Weight: 150
Major: Asian Studies
Position: Anywhere he can throw backhands from
Good thing we have Asian handlers! Early on in his career as a bud, Jono struggled with injuries, perpetually recovering from the worst pain of his life. He experienced all the worst Ultimate related injuries such as sore foot from studying, jamming his throwing hand in a car, breaking fingers from video-game rage, drunken stupidity, breaking ribs from incidental contact, etc etc. Junior year, he abandoned his dangerous lifestyle in the United States to go back to his homeland with high hopes of bagging himself some Asian mistresses who would serve him so that he could never again injure himself. Luckily, after a semester at home, he gave it all up once more for some good ol' American sorority girls! WOOOOO!! That's right boys and girls, he's fresh off the boat, and straight into the Captain's seat (which, in his case, is the bench).

Ben Pelleg

Height: 5'11"
Weight: 160
Major: -ly Short Arms
Position:  Deep Cutter
Long, curly brown locks blowing in the wind. Like rolling hills of warm, soft hair that you just want to prance and frolic in. You gaze into his hair and it's as if you were listening to endless love in the dark with your one and only.. wait, that was before.  With his new due, Pelleg emerged as one of the best-looking and fastest deep cutters on the team, waving his tiny arms furiously while repeatedly burning opponents deep.

Ed Reznik

Height: 6'5"
Weight: 190
Major: Chemical Engineering
Position:  Deep
Born on the harsh icy slopes of Siberia, Ed has been training for the communist Ultimate team since birth, when Soviet genetic testing showed that would be his optimal career. In his spare time, he pretends to be a biological engineer, but we all know he's just doing recon for the Kremlin. The limb and spine-stretching experiments the Soviets performed on him were a tremendous success, and as a result he is a beast in the air, never afraid to sky the shit out of some capitalist swine.

Brian "Santa" Santacrose

Height: 6'3"
Weight: 190
Major: Present Delivering
Position:  Sleigh
Outdoor running practices in January and awful Metro East weather make Cornell a perfect fit for this North Pole native. His favorite activities include sleigh riding, delivering presents, and, of course, ultimate. Santa is a product of the Cornell system, joining the Buds straight from a semester abroad in Australia after captaining the Buds B-team during his sophomore year. Making all those around him happy with his joviality and friendliness as well as bringing solid fundamentals, determination, and a pure love for the game of ultimate, Santa has been a great addition to the buds.

Glenn Seeholzer

Height: 5'11"
Weight: 165
Major: Birding
Position:  Bird Watcher

Glenn can be often found yelling his signature phrase, "Jack it"... but who knows what he is referring to? He is always happy to huck it, even if there's nobody cutting deep. With his immense hatred of freshmen and suppressed violent nature, he has filled in quite well for BN yelling "fucking freshman" at almost every opportunity. He would do well to lose the 20 pounds he put on over break and be the blazing fast gazelle he was freshman year. In his spare time, he likes sitting in the woods staring at chicks with his binoculars; he calls it “birding," but we all know what he's really up to... He has also taken Luke's place as “most protective older brother of a Rose." Too bad it's a losing battle...

Jonah Allaben-town-slice

Height: 5'11"
Weight: Too Much
Major: Bad Jokes
Position: Hitch

After complaining that he had been seemingly erased from buds history, we were compelled to honor Jonah with a profile.  Jonah has always been weak in the knees for freshmen Roses, but last fall we learned he is also weak in the ankles for them. Though he had to sit out much of the fall due to his coed scrimmage mishap, lets hope this is his last injury of the season – he is a key asset to our offensive machine. Chances are though it won't be, especially at his age...to think, we even used to call him Tank. How many tanks are put out of commission for months by freshmen Roses?? Answer: 1.

Michael $lymer Egan

Height: 6'2"
Weight: 145
Major: Mechanical(ly) Engineering (Double-Penises)
Position:  Sensei
As an upstanding member of United League Federation of Anime-Loving Ninjas, he frequently hones his skills by jumping rooftops, doing air alert, attempting to steal Cornell property, and schooling some fools on the Wii (Mr. Klitty, bitches!). His blinding speed and deep defense is unparalleled, probably from all the training he has had in zero gravity. Off the field he enjoys foosball, Nintendo products of all kind, being a townie, and making oats for his very attractive miniature ladyfriend.

Dave Gelston

Height: Typical Golden
Weight: Typical Afghan
Major: Knee Surgery in Contemporary Film
Position: Heckler

There is nothing quite like coming home and seeing Gelston at the top of the steps wagging his fluffy tail and rolling belly up, just begging for a tummy rub. During the day he mostly just lies about and barks at any hot girls that walk by. He's very obedient; if he needs to go doody you can just let him out on the front lawn to do his business then just call him back in. If you tell him to sit, he'll just park his little butt right there, no questions asked...Now, I'm not saying that he is perfect, far from it! One of his favorite pastimes is to find the largest pile of sh!t he can and roll around in it until it's all stuck in his fur. On the rare occasion that he's not covered in feces he's getting sprayed by skunks ... BAD GELSTON! Any time you leave you door open he'll nose his way in and eat all of the garbage he can find. Then later that night you'll just be petting him and he'll barf all over the place, OMG. During parties he enjoys licking the floors clean, he then spends the next couple of days just lying about in a drunken haze. We also have to wash our clothes twice as often because he is always rubbing his hairy @$$ all over our sh!t. There is no question that he can be a naughty little b!tch, but that just makes loving him all the more worth while.

Rami Husseini

Height: 5'11"
Weight: 155
Major: Freshmen
Position:  Any
Despite similarities in name with a certain recently deceased dictator, Rami has mostly left his terrorist roots behind. After a brief stint as lead singer for the German industrial metal band Rammstein, he has decided to go back to college to found a sleeper cell in Ithaca. In his spare time he is a fanatical Cornell Hockey fan and a tenacious defender on the Ultimate field.

 

Doug Mitarotonda

Height: 5'7"
Weight: 195
Major: Everything
Position:  Everything
It would be too easy to make fun of Doug's age – that's what we did back in '02 and '03. Now, we make fun of him because . . . oh, hell, the guy is just so damn old it's out of control! He might as well have fathered a freshman Bud. In between writing his thesis, meeting with the Board of Trustees, and weekly sessions at geriatric care, Doug still manages to do it all for the Buds. Never afraid to "delegate," Doug keeps this team in line off of the field. As a player, he still competes with the fiery passion of a robust 19-year-old, an offensive linchpin who doesn't stop running on D. Unfortunately, this will be the final chapter in Doug's career as a Bud – news that other teams in the Metro East have been waiting to hear for quite some time.

 

Luke Perkins

Height: 5'11"
Weight: 170
Major:
Position:  D-Line Baller
With Riki gone, Luke has been seen smiling. The transformation is uncanny. He has gone from boy to man, chump to pimp, undergrad to grad, Rose to Bud. We were all happy to have Luke as a fifth year player. What a nasty defender. He even runs faster now, which makes sense considering how much baggage he lost...

Yi Wei

Height: 5'7"
Weight: 140
Major: Computer Science, Levitation
Position:  3 Feet Off the Ground
Captain of the newly formed Google Ultimate team, he spends his spare time attending classes at Cornell and pretending that he needs a degree. He is currently working on a project called Gplug, which would allow Google users to insert a plug into their brain stem, connecting them directly into the mainframe, thereby completing Google's world domination scheme. He also enjoys scouring the townhouses for freshmen and generally being crazy. On the field, he's a relentless defender and lightning quick cutter. We all hope he pretends he needs an M-Eng next year

 

Big Aaron Green

Height: 6'3"
Weight: Big
Major: Government
Position: Deep

Sono Aaron del big! Another member of the Sigma Pi brotherhood, Aaron currently resides in Italy. This mountain of a man abandoned the team in our most dire time of need. We could really use a tall, goofy, Oklahoman to light up the Beirut table at frisbee functions, both domestic and abroad. Maybe, if we try hard enough, this bio can guilt him into coming back for the spring.

 

Scott James

Height: 6'4"
Weight: Head and Limbs: 175, Torso: negligible
Major: History
Position: Republican (aka bench)

An esteemed writer for the Cornell Review, the campus right-wing rag, Scott loves money... and will do anything for it. If you have a dollar, you've got yourself a deal. Stubborn to a fault, Scott took a dare from his high school girlfriend to not eat meat for his entire freshman year of college. The payoff, you ask: $5... that he never collected. But then again, maybe the gravy he chugged for $1 lost him the bet.

Big Noah Maynard

Height: really friggin' tall
Weight: Not quite as fat as the rest of the team
Major: Ordinary Research in Imaginary Engineering (ORIE)

Big Noah brings two major elements to the team: Firstly, he's really big. I don't think this one needs much discussion. Secondly, and more importantly, he is a voice of dissent and aggression toward Doug's crappy Prius. Whenever you start to feel like Doug is getting a little out of hand with his goofy environmental columns in the paper, Big Noah is there to back you up. I mean, seriously, Doug gets awfully intimidating sometimes, but you'll never catch Noah afraid. Oh no. Definitely not.

Ryan Shanley

Height: medium
Weight: skinny
Major: Beetles (the bugs, not the band)
Position: Handler

Ryan comes to the Buds from Upstate NY rival Syracuse to use his last year of UPA eligability. He has finally seen the light and come to Cornell where we think he will be a great asset moving the disc around.

Noah Spies

Height: A little under average German Height
Weight: Average German Weight
Major: Mathematics
Nick: iNoah

This blazingly fast cutter is as dependable on the field as he is behind the mouse managing the website. After that glowing compliment, I expect results! Schnell, webmonkey, schnell!

Churchmouse "Churchie" Canetti

Height: about 10 inches (not including tail)
Weight: 13 oz.
Major: Shiny Objects
Nick: Seth

Churchie loves to gnaw through defenses with his quick throws and long tail. He has been one of our most solid handlers for years now and more recently, the proud father of 75 children. Even though he spends most of his day working out in an exercise wheel, he always manages to run slow enough to make a great layout grab. With that said...nnneeh.

Emile Chin-Dickey

Height: 5'10"
Weight: 160 lbs
Major: Economics

This Alaskan beauty is an upstanding member of the glass class, making a strong push for the top when he collapsed his own lung. Following this setback with an injured back, Emile took to cooking and has made a strong showing at each of our team potlucks. One of the most intense defenders on the team, expect to see Emile laying-out past you. Other notable achievements: recruiting his 6'1" ex-basketball girlfriend for the women's team. We love you, Sarah.

Bill Clausen

Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 225, Pure Chocolate
Major: Classics (to-be unemployed)
Position: Enforcer / Meat Tenderizer / Team Toughener / Fashion Critic

Jesus walks. Bill shows us the way because the Devil's tryin' to break us down. Bill, sporting his "I <3 Jesus" skull-cap, has been the most dependable member of the glass class. Much like Bruce Willis in "Unbreakable," Bill is the superhero that carries our squad. This stud is also a big recruiting tool for the women's team, but he would never deign to cavort with such hussies (Jess).

Rafael Dionello

Height: 5'9"
Weight: The fattest 98-pound weakling you've ever seen
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Nick: Daffy, Fat mess

This member of the glass class is more often found drunk on the sidelines than playing. But hoo doggy, once this Brazilian hits the turf... well, I guess it's mostly outside-in flicks and lazy defense. But hey, why spend all this time discussing his weak points? As the fattest mess on the team, Raf holds the brand new title of Party Commander and more than makes up for his terrible play with unrelenting charisma and irresistible peer pressure. So, without further ado, "Let's get the cunting grog in!"

Tim Fu

Major: Mechanical Engineering

O-Town here. Let's be serious about this. Tim Fu is a damn good ultimate player. But Callahan quality? I'm not so sure. Now, I know what you're thinking: "But O-Town! I heard Timmah was the bestest player that there ever was!" You heard wrong, children. And before you start fussin' too much, maybe we should examine this agreement Tim Fu and I have goin': Upon receipt of the Callahan award by the nominated party, the non-nominated party will immediately commence intimate relations with the girlfriends of both the nominated and non-nominated parties. Now, as I see it, I stand to gain very little from letting Tim have the Callahan given his inability to hold on to any female companionship. Additionally, Tim's been trying to nail Jess for so long, he'll probably succeed this year anyway, so I may as well get a Callahan out of it. Oh, wait, this bio is supposed to be about Tim?

O-Town

Major: Narcissism
Weight:300 lbs (because Jess is always weighing him down)

If there is anyone who deserves the title of glass class, it's this guy. He has mixed up neverending quad injuries with a fractured ankle, a staph infection in his foot, and a torn oblique...oh wait, that's Jess, but he's responsible for it. After quitting the boyband O-Town, he picked up ultimate so that he could feel a little more manly by skying every one of his opponents. O-Town never fails to talk about himself, say how awesome he is, and mock anyone who tries to guard him. But, a few of us still like him since he's become quite generous with using his girlfriend to pay off debts. Thanks O-Town.

Andy "Cooter" Valen

Height: T - U
Weight: F
Major: T
Position: S

This grad student hails from... well, we don't really know where he's from, other than Tufts. After a strong showing at nationals last year, Andy will bring his handling expertise to our squad. The Cornell men's team has had nothing but love and respect for the Tufts men's team for the entirety of our existence — really, no joke. These stellar relations can only be attributed to past captains like Nathan "Sideshow" Eisinger and Dan "Captain Call" Chirlin (we know you love the alliteration). As such, Andy can expect to be practically worshipped and definitely, definitely, not heckled or ridiculed at any point in the season.