National Team

USA Curling's National Team is under the direction of Phill Drobnick and the National Team coaches.

Current athletes in the 2020-21 program include:

Women:

Team Christensen: Cory Christensen (Duluth, Minn.), Sarah Anderson (Minneapolis, Minn.), Vicky Persinger (Fairbanks, Ala.), Taylor Anderson (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Team Peterson: Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, Minn.), Nina Roth (McFarland, Wis.), Becca Hamilton (McFarland, Wis.), Tara Peterson (Eagan, Minn.), Aileen Geving (Duluth, Minn.)
Team Sinclair: Jamie Sinclair (Osgoode, Ont.), Monica Walker (Boston, Mass.), Cora Farrell (Fairbanks, Ala.), Elizabeth Cousins (Boston, Mass.)

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.), Andrew Stopera (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.), Colin Hufman (St. Paul, Minn.), Phil Tilker (Seattle, Wash.), Kroy Nernberger (Madison, Wis.)
Team Dropkin: Korey Dropkin (Duluth, Minn.), Joe Polo (Duluth, Minn.), Mark Fenner (Bemidji, Minn.), Tom Howell (Milwaukee, Wis.), Alex Fenson (Bemidji, Minn.)

Mixed Doubles Athletes:

Dropkin/Anderson: Korey Dropkin (Duluth, Minn.), Sarah Anderson (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Christensen/Shuster: Cory Christensen (Duluth, Minn.), John Shuster (Superior, Wis.)
Polo/Peterson: Joe Polo (Duluth, Minn.), Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, Minn.)
Hamilton/Hamilton: Becca Hamilton (McFarland, Wis.), (McFarland, Wis.)
Persinger/Plys: Vicky Persinger (Fairbanks, Ala.), Chris Plys (Duluth, Minn.)
Leicther/Walker: Alex Leichter (Wayland, Mass.), Monica Walker (Boston, Mass.)

Junior Athletes:

Junior Women’s Teams:

Delaney Strouse (Midland, Mich.), Sydney Mullaney (Concord, Mass.), Leah Yavarow (Bemidji, Minn.), Rebecca Rodgers (Leyden, Mass.) and Susan Dudt (Malvern, Pa.)
Elizabeth Janiak (Nashua, N.H.), Anne O’Hara (Fairbanks, Ala.), Ariel Traxler (Fairbanks, Ala.), Sara Olson (Duluth, Minn.) and Katherine Gourianova (Potomac, Md.)

Junior Men’s Teams:

Riley Fenson (Bemidji, Minn.), Sam Strouse (Midland, Mich.), Trevor Marquardt (Poynette, Wis.) and Eli Clawson (Clarksville, Md.)

Danny Casper (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.), Ethan Sampson (Edmore, N.D.), Marius Kleinas (Marstons Mills, Mass.) and Coleman Thurston (Poynette, Wis.)

Wheelchair Athletes:

To learn about the national wheelchair curling team, click here.

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