USA Curling's High Performance Program (HPP) is under the direction of Derek Brown and his team of national coaches and other key personnel striving to make the United States the No. 1 curling program in the world.
Current athletes in the 2017-18 program include:
Women:
- Team Red: Nina Roth (McFarland, Wis.), Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, Minn.), Aileen Geving (Duluth, Minn.), Becca Hamilton (McFarland, Wis.)
- Team White: Cory Christensen (Duluth, Minn.), Sarah Anderson (Minneapolis, Minn.), Taylor Anderson (Minneapolis, Minn.), Jenna Martin (Wauwatosa, Wis.)
- Team Blue: Jamie Sinclair (St. Paul, Minn.), Alex Carlson (St. Paul, Minn.), Vicky Persinger (Fairbanks, Alaska), Monica Walker (St. Paul, Minn.)
Men:
- Team Red: John Shuster (Superior, Wis.), Tyler George (Duluth, Minn.), Matt Hamilton (McFarland, Wis.), John Landsteiner (Duluth, Minn.), Joe Polo (Duluth, Minn.)
- Team White: Craig Brown (Madison, Wis.), Jason Smith (Minneapolis, Minn.), Kroy Nernberger (Madison, Wis.), Sean Beighton (Seattle), Quinn Evenson (Fairbanks, Alaska)
- Team Blue: Heath McCormick (Sarnia, Ontario), Chris Plys (Duluth, Minn.), Korey Dropkin (Duluth, Minn.), Tom Howell (Milwaukee, Wis.), Rich Ruohonen (Brooklyn Park, Minn.)
Mixed doubles athletes:
Derrick McLean (Seattle)
Jared Zezel (Hibbing, Minn.)
Junior Women:
- Madison Bear (Portage, Wis.), Annmarie Dubberstein (Portage, Wis.), Jenna Burchesky (Walpole, Mass.), Allison Howell (Cleveland, Ohio)
- Cora Farrell (Fairbanks, Alaska), Lexi Lanigan (Duluth, Minn.), Cait Flannery (Mankato, Minn.), Rebecca Miles (Duluth, Minn.)
Junior men:
- Andrew Stopera (Ardsley-on-Hudson, N.Y.), Luc Violette (Lake Stevens, Wash.), Benjamin Richardson (Issaquah, Wash.), Graem Fenson (Bemidji, Minn.), Caleb Clawson (Clarksville, Md.),
- Nick Connolly (Seattle), Jonathan Harstad (Duluth, Minn.), Andrew Dunnam (Dresher, Pa.), Chase Sinnett (Medfield, Mass.)
To follow the junior athletes, visit the Junior HPP Facebook page.
To learn about the national wheelchair curling team, click here.
News:
- 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
