Dominique Fontenette

Dominique Fontenette was a dominant force in the sport of ultimate from the moment she began playing in the Fall of 1993 at Stanford University. Coining the team’s name Superfly, she captained the program to their first ever nationals appearance. In her senior year, she earned the Callahan Award and fans chanted “Dom the Bomb!” from the stands as Stanford won their first National Championship title and completed their first undefeated season. 

As a young, budding club player, Dom was a charter member on the San Francisco Bay Area team Fury and part of their first Club Nationals appearance and first championship title in 1999. While pursuing her career to become an Emergency Medicine physician, she left the team to attend medical school in Boston. On the East Coast, Dom integrated herself into the star-studded team, Lady Godiva. In 2002, she caught the championship goal in the famously contentious universe point to capture the win over her previous team Fury. She then returned to the West Coast and was instrumental in helping Fury reclaim its championship team status in 2006 before she eventually returned to the East Coast for medical residency. Again in Boston, Dom joined Brute Squad and helped elevate them to their first ever club finals appearance.

The first time ultimate was accepted as a sport in the IOC World Games (Akita, Japan) in 2001, Dominique was selected to be a member of the US National Team. She was chosen to compete in 2005 on the US National Team in the World Games (Duisberg, Germany) and won a gold medal for the country.  

No stranger to relocating, Dom joined Seattle Riot and was a critical performer in that team’s back to back WFDF World Championships in 2014 (Lecco, Italy) and 2018 (Cincinnati, USA). In 2018, she earned the nomination of “Athlete of the Year” by the World Flying Disc Federation and later became a finalist in the World Game’s Athlete of the Year Award.  

Dom’s easy going yet competitive and spirited attitude combined with an exceptional on field IQ permitted her immediate and effective integration into radically different team systems and team cultures throughout her ultimate experiences.  Her athleticism, versatility, field spatial awareness, and passion for excellence allowed her to continue being a dominant force on the field over her exceptionally long elite ultimate career.

With four UPA National Championships in the club women’s division, seven WFDF World Championship titles in multiple divisions, six selections to US National Teams, Dominique is one of the most respected and accomplished players in the history of the sport.

In addition to Dom’s long and successful competitive ultimate career, she has participated in many teaching clinics over the last couple of decades (U.S., Japan, Uganda) and organized a clinic for East African players (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda) in Kisumu, Kenya.