29th Summer Universiade
Taipei City, Taiwan
August 20-24 (Judo competition dates)
​2017 USA World University Games Team
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Men
60kg
Aaron Fukuhara - University of California – Long Beach (CA)
66kg
Brandon Worthen - Fairleigh Dickenson University (NJ)
73kg
Aleksander Balayan - Glendale College (CA)
81kg
Jacob Nickel - University of Texas at San Antonio (TX)
90kg
Ishmael McGinty - United States Military Academy (NY)
100kg
L.A. Smith - San Jose State University (CA)
100+kg
Arash Valizadeh Soofiani - San Jose State University (CA)
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​Women
48kg
Destinee Nagtalon - San Jose State University (CA)
52kg
Elaine Ramos-Tandjung - San Jose State University (CA)
57kg
Miranda Imamura - Fresno State University (CA)
63kg
Alisha Galles - San Jose State University (CA)
70kg
April Fehr - San Jose State University (CA)
78kg
Kendra Kehrli - Iowa State University (IA)
78+kg
Emma Lwin - California State Polytechnic – Pomona (CA)
Team Coach
Chane Jackson - United States Military Academy (NY)
David Dunham - United States Military Academy (NY)
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Team Manager
Bob Perez - Texas A&M University (TX)
2015 World University Team
The 2014 NCJA Championships served as the selection event for the athletes that will represent the USA at the World University Games in Gwangju Korea in July 2015. The athletes were selected early to provide them with enough time to train for a world class event as well as raise the funds needed for to support their trip. If you would like to sponsor any of these athletes, please feel free to contact Dr Hector Morales at NCJA_President@aol.com
Women's Team
48KG: Jenna Schurr, UC Davis
52KG: Elaine Ramos-Tandjung, SJSU
57KG: Rachel Oliver, WPJ
63:KG: Caroline Patton, WPJ
70KG: Sophia Swain, SJSU
+78KG: Ronny Elor, SJSU
Men's Team
60KG: Brent Tasokushi, SJSU
73KG: William Inserra, SJSU
81KG: Matthew Ogata, SJSU
90KG: Colton Brown, SJSU
100KG: LA Smith, SJSU
+100KG: Raj Sidhartha, SJSU
Head Coach Men: Shintaro Nakano, SJSU
Team Manager: Dan Lorenzen, WPJ