Nietzsch Factor
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Nietzsch Factor is the Wesleyan University men's Ultimate team, a six-time qualifier for College Nationals. Home for Nietzsch Factor is scenic, Middletown, Connecticut, named so because it is the geographic center of the world.
Nietzsch Factor is one of the oldest programs in the country, having played (and won) their first game in April 1975 against UConn.
The Nietzsch Factor name (pronounced "neetch," spelled without the terminal "e," and actually having nothing to do with the philosopher), is an homage to David "Nietzsch" Garfield, class of 1980, an early star who seemed to be his own important "factor" in any game. Throughout the years this special "factor" has carried the team to the highest levels of college ultimate.
NF competes in the SNE college section alongside Brown, Yale and others, and in the highly competitive New England region, going toe-to-toe with Dartmouth, Williams, Harvard, UMass, Tufts, Middleburry and others for a spot at College Nationals each spring.
Over the years, the team has entertained adopting other names, such as Middletown Flatball Association, but it always come back to the vaunted NF moniker. The team wears red, always.
[edit] Notable Players
NF alums have played on many of the greatest Ultimate teams in history. Here is but a sampling:
Steve "Moons" Mooney -- Founder, Boston DoG, Six-Time National Champion
Ben "Benji" Usadi -- Member of National and World Champion NYNY while still at Wesleyan
Adam Zagoria -- New York Ultimate
Chris Showers -- New York Ultimate
Stu Dalheim -- DC Anodyne/Electric Pig
Dan Cogan-Drew -- Boston DoG
Brion Winston http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_Ultimate -- New York Ultimate
Elijah Hawkes -- New York Ultimate
Ben Snyder -- DC Anodyne/Electric Pig
Tristan McKittrick -- Portland Axe/Madison Ultimate
Matty Albinson -- DC Anodyne/ San Francisco Brass Monkey (2005 National Mixed Champions)
Thunder "Dan" Rotman -- #123 in "People Magazine's Sexiest 100 Men of 2006"
Jody Avirgan -- 1998 US Junior Team/ Washington DC Potomac/ New York PoNY
Ben "BVH" Van Heuvelen -- 1998 US Junior Team/New York Ultimate/Washington DC Potomac/ Boston DoG
Seth "Massive" Crockford -- 2004 All-Region Team/Seattle Sockeye/Best known for his over-zealous adoption of Reggie Evans's "Nut-Cracker" techniques
Josh Saffer-- 2006 Savannah St. Patrick's Day All-Star
Kevin Egolf -- 2018 Savannah St. Patrick's Day All-Star Runner-up
Steven Paul Munno -- Big Urns
Oliver Platts-Mills -- Big Urns
Chris Saenger -- Big Urns
Justin "Puddin' Head" Brant -- Big Urns
David Saranow -- Wikipedia trend setter
"Thicket" Dan Packel -- Horticulturalist and Statesman
Greg "G-Spot" Tuzzolo -- Team Chef and Big Urns Captain
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