Taylor Cascino 2011

Name:
Taylor Cascino

Nicknames:
大師

Jersey #
5

Height:
6’1″

Date of birth:
1 January 1981

Place of birth:
Atlanta, GA

Current city of residence:
San Francisco, CA

Occupation:
Head of Partnerships at Chomp

College team(s):
UC Santa Barbara Black Tide (1999-2003)

Former teams:
Santa Barbara Condors (2001-2005)
Justice League (2006)
San Francisco Jam (2007-2009)
Revolver (2010-present)

Accolades:
2001 national champion (club)
2002 world champion (club Worlds)
2008 national champion
2010 world champion (club Worlds)
2010 national champion
2010 “Best Awesome” award on Revolver

How I came to join Revolver:
I tried out in 2006, 2007, and 2010. They finally took me in 2010.

Funniest moment or joke on Revolver:
1. Nick Chapman’s “pigeon story” from Worlds 2010
2. Ashlin’s “confessional” (as voiced over by Mike Payne and Iceman) in The Pub in Prague
3. Jit (was that not a joke?)

Favorite game or tournament moment on Revolver:
1. Labor Day 2010 semis and finals
2. Natties 2010

Favorite game or tournament moment outside of Revolver:
1. Jam 2008 Natties, quarters through finals
2. Condors 2002 Worlds in Hawaii
3. Kaimana 2007 finals Ono win over Nada Mooger

Favorite Ultimate player(s) in formative years:
1. Jaime Houssein was my first captain in college. He inspired me to play and taught me to think strategically about the game.
2. Greg Husak taught me everything I know about leadership both on and off the field.

Favorite tournament:
USA Nationals and Kaimana

What makes ___ so dangerous?
I am legally blind without corrective lenses.

Theme song:
Spottieottiedopaliscious

Pre-game ritual:
I like to watch who I will be guarding in that game and visualize a layout D on every inbound pass to him.

What I like to eat on Saturday night of a tournament:
Pasta and salad

If I didn’t play Ultimate, my main pastime outside of work would be:
Sailboat racing and ukulele

Favorite sports team outside of Ultimate:
San Francisco 49ers

In terms of Kanners, how tan are you?
4

Something unknown about me:
In an 8th grade PE class, I stuck out my foot and tripped a guy during our warm up lap around the blacktop. He fell pretty hard and skinned up his elbows. I felt bad about that, and never got up enough nerve to apologize. Jon — I’m sorry.