Before we get a grip on the answer, let’s start with the basics. Ultimate Frisbee is a team sport played with a flying disc (“Frisbee” is a registered trademark), with points scored by passing it down the field and catching it in the opposing team’s end zone. At UW–Madison, that disc has been part of campus life since 1976, when the Madison Frisbee Club held its first meeting on September 29. The club played its first full season the following year and quickly found success, compiling a 347–189 record from 1977 to 1988. The original co-ed club eventually grew into separate men’s and women’s programs. The women’s team started as the Mudeaters in 1984 and later became Bella Donna, while the men’s team became Disconsin in the 1980s before adopting the name Wisconsin Hodags in 1994, after the state’s famously ill-tempered mythical beast. Today, the program includes not only the Hodags and Bella Donna, but also B teams FauxDags and Atropa, and the UW hosts the annual No Wisconsequences tournament. The teams have won three national championships and produced three Callahan Award winners, recipients of college Ultimate’s highest individual honor. So yes, the UW has an Ultimate Frisbee Club.

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