Augie Kreivenas

I’ve devoted my professional life to serving immigrants in this country for the past 30 years; I’m an Immigration Attorney with my own small law office. I have 2 kids; my son was born in 2001 and my daughter was born in 2004. For the past 8 years, Ultimate-wise, I have coached Carolina Friends School High School Ultimate frisbee team.

Primarily, I was an offensive handler, with strong cutting capabilities. On defense, I was a versatile defender able to cover handlers or cutters, often matching with opponent’s better players, as needed.

– One of the original founding members of Ring of Fire in 1989. There was no club team in the area for the two years before.
– Captain of Ring of Fire for 7 years.
– Captained Ring of Fire to first semi-finals appearance at Nationals in 1996. Team won spirit of the game award that year.
– Played on Ring of Fire for 17 years, including 13 Nationals appearances.
– Played in 5 world championships, including 2 semi-final finishes.
– National champion in co-ed division with Spear.
– Coached UNC Chapel Hill men for 4 years from 1998 to 2001, including to their first 3 Nationals appearances from 1999 to 2001.
– Coach Carolina Friends School High School team for the past 8 years, including nationals rankings of First and Second for 2 of those years, and top 10 ranking the other years there were rankings.
– Selected as an alternate to the USA’s first World Games team at age 36; the 2001 World Games were held in Akita, Japan.

I was known as an all around offensive threat, throwing goals or receiving goals, and being able to deliver the disc to any part of the field irrespective of mark. Long throws were game-planned by opposing teams at Nationals for over a decade, drawing opposing teams’ best defenders.

I was the primary cutter on Ring of Fire from 1991 to 1995, then the primary handler on the 1996 team that made semi’s after not even qualifying for Nationals the previous year. For the next 10 years, I was the primary handler on offense.

My peak years were from 1992 to 2000. Then from 2002 to 2007, I remained the primary or one of the primary handlers on the team continuing until I retired from Ring of Fire at age 42.

Looking at the criteria for “What Makes An Ultimate Hall of Famer“, I meet all of the criteria, particularly with respect to longevity,  leadership, and dominance as a player for whom other teams always had to game-plan.

Coached UNC Chapel Hill for 4 years from 1998 to 2001.
Coach Carolina Friends High School for the past 8 years.
Commissioner of Triangle Ultimate winter league for one year.

After playing with Ring of Fire for 16 years, I continued to play in the Masters division with Boneyard for 5 years, including as captain and with a finals appearance at Nationals in 2010. I continue to play with a Great Grand Masters team, Hurt.