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Team of DISCtinction

Honoring the teams that made Florida flying-disc history together.

Some achievements belong to the whole team.

Team of DISCtinction inducts exceptional teams into the Florida Flying Disc Hall of Fame for what they accomplished together.

The team is inducted. Its members share that honor; individual Hall induction is a separate distinction.

University of Florida men’s Ultimate team with medals and championship trophies, 2010
The University of Florida men’s Ultimate team celebrates its 2010 national championship. Photo: World Ultimate, February 20, 2017.

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Teams that shaped Florida Ultimate

From the first gatherings to the national stage, Florida teams have given generations a place to play—and a reason to believe. These are chapters in that history, not announcements of Team of DISCtinction selections.

1978 · Gainesville Green

Gainesville Green Ultimate players pose together on a field in spring 1978
Gainesville Green in spring 1978. Photo: Courtesy of Kevin Jones.

Kevin Jones remembers Gainesville Green as a young team willing to travel wherever the game took them. His spring 1978 team photograph preserves an early chapter of Florida Ultimate.

1978 · A beginning for Florida women

Eleven women pose outdoors with a disc in Gainesville, 1978
Women gather for Ultimate at the University of Florida in Gainesville, October 28, 1978. Photo: FLOW, December 1978, p. 1.

At the University of Florida, women gathered during a five-team Ultimate event, organized an exhibition and invited others to join. A new community was taking shape.

1979 · Orlando Fling

Three Orlando Fling players embrace at the 1979 Southern Championship; the original printed caption names Mark Lamoy, Neil DeAngeles and Tim Heise.
Orlando Fling at the 1979 Southern National Ultimate Championships in Gainesville. The published caption identifies Mark Lamoy, Neil DeAngeles and Tim Heise. Photo: Frisbee Disc World, Vol. 4, No. 3, May–June 1979, p. 12.

Orlando Fling won the Southern championship in Gainesville and represented the region at the first five-region national championship.

1984 · Shakti on the national stage

Shakti players move the disc against Andromeda at the 1984 Ultimate Nationals
Shakti moves the disc against Andromeda at the 1984 Nationals in Santa Barbara. Photo: Karl Cook. UPA Newsletter, Winter 1985, p. 6.

Gainesville’s Shakti brought Florida women’s Ultimate to Nationals in the 1980s. This game against Andromeda captures the team in action in Santa Barbara.

Vicious Cycle · Gainesville

Vicious Cycle players wearing dresses in Athens, Georgia
Vicious Cycle players in Athens, Georgia. Photo: National Disc Golf Museum Facebook Intake collection.

Gainesville’s Vicious Cycle carried that club tradition onto the world stage, competing at the 1993 World Ultimate Club Championships in Madison, Wisconsin.

What earns a place in the Hall?

Team of DISCtinction recognizes exceptional shared achievements across Florida’s disc sports, including Ultimate, freestyle, performance and demonstration teams.

Competitive excellence

National or world-level success, or a sustained era of outstanding results.

Pioneering achievement

A historic first or an innovation that advanced the sport.

Lasting impact

Exhibitions, education or community building that changed the reach of disc sports in Florida.

One team. A defined chapter.

Each induction names the season or historical era being honored and documents its roster. A continuing team name does not extend the honor to every past or future lineup.

Roster members are recognized as members of an inducted Team of DISCtinction. A person may also earn Individual Induction through a separate selection.

Heritage and Spirit of Service are separate, non-induction Hall Honors.

Were you part of the story?

Team photographs, rosters, results and memories help preserve the people behind the achievements. Share your team’s history →