USA Curling's High Performance Program (HPP) is under the direction of Derek Brown and his group of national and team coaches and other key personnel striving to make the United States the No. 1 curling program in the world.
Current athletes in the 2019-20 program include:
Women (playing order TBD):
- Team Bear: Madison Bear (Pardeeville, Wis.), Jenna Burchesky (Walpole, Mass.), Katie Dubberstein (Portage, Wis.), Lexi Lanigan (Duluth, Minn.), Emily Quello (Bemidji, Minn.)
- Team Roth: Nina Roth (McFarland, Wis.), Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, Minn.), Aileen Geving (Duluth, Minn.), Becca Hamilton (McFarland, Wis.), Tara Peterson (Eagan, Minn.)
- Team Sinclair: Jamie Sinclair (St. Paul, Minn.), Sarah Anderson (Minneapolis, Minn.), Taylor Anderson (Minneapolis, Minn.), Cory Christensen (Duluth, Minn.), Vicky Persinger (Fairbanks, Alaska)
Men:
- Team Shuster: John Shuster (Superior, Wis.), Chris Plys (Duluth, Minn.), Matt Hamilton (McFarland, Wis.), John Landsteiner (Duluth, Minn.)
- Team Ruohonen: Rich Ruohonen (Brooklyn Center, Minn.), Greg Persinger (Fairbanks, Alaska) [throws last stones], Colin Hufman (St. Paul, Minn.), Phil Tilker (Seattle), Kroy Nernberger (Madison, Wis.)
- Team Fenner: Korey Dropkin (Duluth, Minn.) [throws fourth stones], Tom Howell (Milwaukee, Wis.), Mark Fenner (Bemidji, Minn.) [skip, throws second stones], Alex Fenson (Bemidji, Minn.)
Mixed doubles athletes:
2019-20:
Junior Women (alphabetical order):
- Cora Farrell (Fairbanks, Alaska), Cait Flannery (Mankato, Minn.), Allison Howell (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), Rebecca Miles (Duluth, Minn.), Leah Yavarow (Bemidji, Minn.)
- Susan Dudt (Malvern, Pa.), Sydney Mullaney (Concord, Mass.), Rebecca Rodgers (Leyden, Mass.), Delaney Strouse (Midland, Mich.)
Junior men (alphabetical order):
- Graem Fenson (Bemidji, Minn.), Riley Fenson (Bemidji, Minn.), Jonathan Harstad (Duluth, Minn.), Benjamin Richardson (Issaquah, Wash.), Luc Violette (Lake Stevens, Wash.)
- Eli Clawson (Clarksville, Md.), Trevor Marquardt (Poynette, Wis.), Ethan Sampson (Edmore, N.D.), Chase Sinnett (Medfield, Mass.), Sam Strouse (Midland, Mich.)
To follow the junior athletes, visit the Junior HPP Facebook page.
To learn about the national wheelchair curling team, click here.
News:
- Junior HPP 2019-20 announcement (April 29, 2019)
- Additional coaching updates announced (Aug. 17, 2018)
- Drobnick promoted to Director of Coaching (June 14, 2018)
- 2018-19 HPP Athletes announced (May 18, 2018)
- 2018-19 Junior HPP announced (May 7, 2018)
- Hackner rejoins coaching staff (Aug. 4, 2017)
- Coaches for 2017-18 season announced (July 7, 2017)
- Ruohonen added to 2017-18 HPP (May 31, 2017)
- 2017-18 HPP team named (May 19, 2017)
- 2016-17 HPP Team announced (May 27, 2016)
- RallyMe partnership can aid athletes looking to raise funds (5/23/2016)
- 33 athletes receive invites to 2016 Athlete Combine (5/3/2016)
- Athlete Combine applications being accepted (4/13/16)
- HPP updates, Brunt & Smith (12/3)
- HPP updates, lineup changes (11/4/2015 & 11/11/2015)
- HPP updates: World Mixed, Olympic Trials, Junior Nationals, and more (8/21/2015)
- 2015-16 HPP athletes announced (5/22/2015)
- 26 athletes invited into 2015 Athlete Combine (4/21/2015)
- 2015-16 Athlete Combine application (3/31/2015)
- 2015-16 HPP, athlete combine update (3/22/2015)
- 2016 Continental Cup team selection (2/13/2015)
- Fogerty Arena/Four Seasons CC named official national training center (7/18/2014)
- Open HP camp planned in August (6/30/2014)
- 48 athletes selected for inaugural combine (6/25/2014)
- Applications for 2014-15 High Performance Program now being accepted (5/29/14)
- Athlete selection process update (5/19/2014)
- Proposed HP plan (3/12/2014)
- Project 2018 teams named
- New world team selection process
- HP Program affirmed
