USA U18 Girls National Fistball Team heads to Germany with Santa Cruz Native Kumali Schoen

USA U18 Girls National Fistball Team heads to Germany with Santa Cruz Native Kumali Schoen

July 16, 2016 - Santa Cruz, CA - Today the first ever USA U18 Girls National Fistball Team will be leaving for Germany with Santa Cruz High School’s Kumali Schoen wearing jersey #8. The team is competing at the Youth World Fistball Championships, Nürnberg-Eibach, Germany on July 20-24, 2016.

In addition to playing on the National Fistball team, Ms. Schoen enjoys running, high jump, baking, reading, and traveling. In her spare time Kumali works as a baby sitter and volunteers her time within the community.

When asked about the experience and what she’s learned, Ms. Kumali had this to say “So far, discovering and learning fistball with my determined, outgoing father, my curious, energetic younger brother, and building up the first California fistball team.”

What would you say to people who don’t know about Fistball? “It’s enormous fun, active and challenging!”

The team has been practicing at the Swim and Sport Club at 272 Emmans Road, Roxbury, NJ since early May to compete against U18 Girl’s teams from Austria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, India, Kenya, Switzerland and Togo.

With partial funding from the United States Fistball Association, the team has been pursuing corporate sponsorships, individual donations and apparel sales to help defer the extensive costs to the team members.

The team funding page is found at:https://igg.me/at/-OGgNYeM35I

Official USFA apparel with all profits going to the U18 Girls Team is found at the following link..http://ascuniforms.soccercorner.com/stores/usfajuly

Photo Credit: USFA U18 Girls National Team: Valerie Houghton, Alexandra Berdej, Christine Connelly, Kayley Moran, Kelli Vogel, Bayleigh Takacs, and Kate Tagliareni (not pictured is Kumali Schoen)

Team Roster:
#1 Valerie Houghton - Maplewood, NJ
#2 Olivia Woodruff - Maplewood, NJ
#3 Christine Connelly (capt.) - Rockaway, NJ
#4 Kayley Moran - Hacketstown, NJ
#5 Kelli Vogel - Sparta, NJ
#7 Bayleigh Takacs - Sparta, NJ
#9 Alexx Berdej - Roxbury, NJ
#10 Kate Tagliareni - Hacketstown, NJ
missing in the picture #8 Kumali Schoen - Santa Cruz, Ca.

For US National Team corporate sponsorship or other details please contact Bob Feid, President, USFA - bobf2@optonline.net

CLICK HERE to learn more about Fistball - http://usfistball.com/

CLICK HERE for information on their home field, the Swim and Sport Club - http://www.swimandsportclub.org/

CLICK HERE for more information on the Youth World Fistball Championships - http://u18wm2016.de/en/
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