Here are the new and old faces of Machine 2023! Our new player bios include colleges and previous club/pro teams. Maybe you recognize some names! We’re very excited to have these new players in our program.
Returners:
#0 Eli Artemakis, Illinois
#1 Andrew Sjogren, Michigan State
#2 Joey Kennedy (PP), Illinois
#5 Johnny Bansfield, Eastern Michigan
#7 Jack Shanahan, Illinois State
#10 Victor Luo, Williams College
#11 Nate Goff, South Carolina
#12 Kyle Rutledge, Northwestern
#13 Ben Preiss, Carleton
#17 Keegan North, Cincinnati
#19 Paul Arters, Ohio State
#24 Jace Burner, California
#31 Walden Nelson, Illinois
#32 Tim Schoch, Carleton
#55 Pawel Janas, Colorado
#61 Raymond Lu, Michigan (returning)
#66 Jordan Kerr, BYU
#91 Joe White, Carleton
#94 Jason Vallee, UChicago
#96 Asher Lantz, Middlebury
#99 Reed Hendrickson (PP), Whitman/Washington
Coaches:
Alex Champe, Northwestern
-First year coaching Machine
-Machine player 2017-2018
James Highsmith, Eastern Michigan
-First year coaching Machine
-Former High Five and Hybrid player
Kevin Yngve, Northwestern
-Second year coaching Machine
New Players:
#3 Jesse Johnson, DePaul
-Machine practice player in 2021
-Chicago Union
-Chicago RAMP
#4 Henry Goldenberg, Wisconsin
-Machine practice player in 2022
-Madison Radicals
#14 Jake Steslicki (PP), Michigan
-Chicago Union
-Ann Arbor Hybrid
#15 Nate Astrom (PP), Minnesota/Illinois
-Vicious Cycle, SlimJim FC
-Lane Tech HS Ultimate
#16 Simon Dastrup (PP), BYU
-Salt Lake Shred
-Chicago Haymaker
#18 Jeff Gao, Michigan
-Machine practice player in 2022
-Nain Rouge
#23 Xavier Payne, Louisville
-Indy Alleycats
-Louisville Colonels
#28 Grant Harris (PP), UChicago
-Chicago Haymaker
-DC Foggy Bottom Boys
#71 Malik Auger-Semmar
-Canadian World Games Team
-Montreal Mephisto
#74 Luke Brennan, Notre Dame
-Chicago Union
-Chicago Parlay
#88 Connor McHale
-Clapham
-2021 Club Men’s European DPOTY
machine by the numbers
7: Rookies
4: Vybrationz Committee Members
11: J Names
17: College All-Region 1st Teamers (Bansfield, Shanahan, Rutledge, Arters, Nelson, Janas, Lu, Kerr, Brennan, White, Vallee, Lantz, Steslicki, Hendrickson, Champe (player), Highsmith (player and coach), Yngve (coach))
4: Lefties
1100: Sum of All Jersey Numbers
7: AUDL Teams (Chicago, Madison, Indy, Los Angeles, Salt Lake, Carolina, Montreal)
1: Machine