Salt Lake Shred

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Salt Lake Shred
Salt Lake Shred Main Logo.png
Founded2022
League Ultimate Frisbee Association
Division West
Based in Herriman, Utah
Stadium Zions Bank Stadium
ColorsBlue, yellow
OwnerUltimate Ramp, Inc
Division titles2 (2023, 2025)
Website https://saltlakeshred.com/

The Salt Lake Shred are a professional ultimate team based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The Shred compete in the Ultimate Frisbee Association (UFA) as a member of the West Division. The team plays its home games at Zions Bank Stadium, a soccer stadium in Herriman, Utah. [1]

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Franchise history

2022 season

The Shred's inaugural season was 2022, when the UFA was known as the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL). With the addition of the Shred alongside two other teams, the Colorado Summit and the Portland Nitro, the AUDL reorganized ahead of the 2022 season. The new West Division included Salt Lake, Colorado, Portland, the Los Angeles Aviators, the Oakland Spiders, the San Diego Growlers, and the Seattle Cascades.[ citation needed ]

Multiple Shred players earned end-of-season honors in 2022—Jordan Kerr was named to First-Team All-AUDL, Chad Yorgasun to All-AUDL Defense Team and All-AUDL Rookie First Team, and Luke Yorgason to All-AUDL Rookie Second Team. [2]

2023 season

In the 2023 season Kerr received First Team All-AUDL honors again while Jacob Miller was named to the Third Team All-AUDL. McKay Yorgason was named to the All-AUDL Rookie First Team and Kyle Weinberg was named to All-AUDL Defense Second Team. [3]

2024 season

The AUDL rebranded to the Ultimate Frisbee Association (UFA) before the 2024 season. [4] In the offseason, it was also announced that the 2024 UFA Championship Weekend was held at the Shred's home field, Zions Bank Stadium, on August 23rd and 24th. [5]

2025 season

Salt Lake had an impressive 2025 campaign going 11-1 in the regular season. Following the regular season, they beat Oakland for the West championship, went to Championship weekend where they fell to eventual champions the Boston Glory. The team was led in yards by Chad Yorgason with 6600, goals by Matt Russnogle with 45, Assists by Jordan Kerr with 50, and Blocks by Alex Forsberg with 15. [6]

Season-by-season results

SeasonGPWLW-L%FinishPlayoffs
202212102.8332nd, West DivisionLost, West Division Finals
202312111.9171st, West DivisionLost, AUDL Finals
202412102.8331st, West DivisionLost, West Division Finals
202512111.9171st, West DivisionLost, AUDL semi-final

References

  1. "'Our goal is to throw a party': Salt Lake Shred off and soaring during inaugural campaign". Deseret News. 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  2. "2022 Season Index". WatchUFA. 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  3. "2023 Season Index". WatchUFA. 2023-09-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  4. Rubin, Alex (2024-01-17). "The AUDL Rebrands to the Ultimate Frisbee Association". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  5. Rubin, Alex (2024-01-04). "2024 AUDL Championship Weekend Is Heading to Salt Lake City". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  6. https://www.watchufa.com/stats/player-stats?dir=desc&sort=goals&team=shred&year=2025