18 May 2021
Robyn Fennig (Player - DC Scandal, Madison Heist, Noisy-Le-Sec Yaka, Team USA, & 2019 Ultiworld Club Women's Player of the Year)
Robyn Fennig is a handler who has played for college, club, professional, and national teams during her 14-year career. At the club level, Robyn has played for Minneapolis Drag N’ Thrust, Alpha Cobra Squadron, Midwest RevoLOUtion, Madison Heist, DC Scandal, and Yaka (out of France). She played for Madison Heist from 2012 to 2018 making the national championships every year of her tenure there with their best finish being 7th in 2016. Robyn won two French national championships with YAKA and a bronze medal at European Ultimate Club Finals. Her club career has come with many awards including Ultiworld’s 2013 and 2014 Women’s club division 2nd team, 2018 1stteam all club and female offensive POTY, and was named 2019 club women’s POTY and 1st team all club.
She played her college career with University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire Sol being named a 3-time all-region player, and with University of Iowa Saucy Nancy where she was named 1st team all-region and Callahan runner-up, finishing 5th at the USA ultimate college championships. On the world’s stage, Robyn won a gold medal with Drag N’ Thurst at the 2014 WUCC, a gold medal at the 2016 WUGC with the mixed team, a 2017 beach world’s title with the women’s masters team, and she played with Yaka at the 2018 WUCC.
In this interview, Robyn shares what led her to start ultimate, and her experiences as an elite level club player and as the president of the USA Ultimate Board of Directors. We learn about what led Robyn to play for Scandal in 2019, and we discuss what has contributed to the growth and parity in the women’s club game.
Segment #1: Robyn’s journey (5:59)
Segment #2: Daily life in ultimate (48:00)
Segment #3: Robyn’s memorable games (56:21)
Segment #4: Rapid fire questions (1:01:25)
Robyn’s social media contacts: Instagram (@wi_statebird), Twitter (@wi_statebird) & USA Ultimate email (robyn.fenning@usaultimate.org (mailto:robyn.fenning@usaultimate.org))
2019 PUL Semifinals Medellin Revolution vs Atlanta Soul: (https://youtu.be/t9Gv2xj4PWY?t=9900 (https://youtu.be/t9Gv2xj4PWY?t=9900))
2019 Eurostars vs Madison Heist: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gk2LB-rh1M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gk2LB-rh1M))
2015 PAUC Women’s Final Madison Heist vs Columbia Revolution: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLCo1J69afk&t=5337s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLCo1J69afk&t=5337s))
2017 Madison Heist Highlights: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P4Ybt46l9E&t=101s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P4Ybt46l9E&t=101s))
2018 WUCC Women’s Crossover Iris (Canada) vs Yaka (France): (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5FCGSp6INw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5FCGSp6INw))
2018 WUCC Yaka (France) vs Brilliance (RUS): (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6P01wggqqM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6P01wggqqM))
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Keep an eye out for the next episode and last episode of Season 2 where I interview Chris Kocher. Chris has played for New York Pony, Sydney Colony, and Team USA, and is a 3-time selection to the Ultiworld Club Men’s 1st team. In this interview, Chris shares his journey from Paideia HS to New York Pony and we get to hear about what led him to move to Australia to play for Colony during the 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships.
