Roster
Alyssa Abbey
Audrey Brown
Camille Wilson
Felicia Yang
Kaitlyn Weaver
Melissa Kan
Sharon Tseng
Amy Lee
Avalon Igawa
Chip Yen
Hani Pajela
Madee Shade
Merideth Byl
Sophie Havranek
Amy Halvorsen
Ava Hanna
Cameron Helm
Jasmine Childress
Maggie O’Connor
Naomi Guzman
Stephanie Pritchard
Annie Ngo
Brittnee Grimshaw
Emily Clem
Jessica Martinez
Marie Zaragoza
Riley Swift
Alexa Severson
2023 Coaches
ZUBAIR ABDULLA
Zubair has been playing ultimate since 2005 playing at the youth, college, club, and pro levels with teams from the Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles ultimate communities. But without a doubt, he is most proud of his time spent coaching since 2010, particularly the UChicago college Men's team from 2010 to 2018, where he grew a small program into one that topples perennial national qualifiers and consistently competed for the top spot in their region.
He is proud to say that players he has coached at the youth and college level have gone on to play on elite club and pro teams, win National Championships, win World Championships, and make Worlds teams.
There is nothing Zubair enjoys more than thinking, talking, playing,
and coaching ultimate frisbee, and he can't wait to build something
great this season with LA Astra.
KATIE KILLEBREW
Katie started her ultimate playing career in 2006 at the USC, making two Nationals berths with the Hellions of Troy. More often known as Punky, she has played in both the mixed and women's divisions and women's professional ultimate in LA, playing with the 99s and Astra in their inaugural seasons. Outside of ultimate she is a comedian and voice actor; you may have heard her commentate ultimate games for Ultiworld, ESPN and the AUDL.
While she's not retired from playing yet, she is bringing her loud sideline voice and coaching expertise to Astra this season. She coached the USC Hellions from 2011-14, and 2018-22. Interspersed with coaching at the youth level, including a Youth Ultimate PE program in Inglewood with California Ultimate that won the 2022 CFP Award for excellence in coaching. She brings her decade of coaching experience to Astra and is ready to make players shine with her focus on individual growth, mental health, and team cohesion. She is super excited to showcase the talent of LA and bring Astra into the limelight.
CONNIE WANG
Connie has been playing ultimate for over a decade mostly in the LA area with mixed and women’s teams, including last years Astra team.
She previously coached the USC Hellions from 2016-2019 and is excited to help Astra continue to grow and promote women's ultimate in LA.
MITCHELL STEINER
Mitchell, also known as Blitz, started his playing career in 2009 at the University at Buffalo, and has continued to seek the highest levels of competition ever since. He's played at the club and pro levels for over 10 years, across numerous teams and multiple divisions. He's also coached the Cal Poly Pomona men's team, and can't wait to see how his combined experience translates to the women's pro game.
He believes that Astra has a tremendous amount of untapped potential up and down the roster, and is looking forward to doing what he can to put these athletes in a position to be at their absolute best.