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Coaching Staff

Yosh Uchida

Name: Yosh Uchida
Title: Head Coach
Judo Achievements:

  • Started the SJSU Judo program
  • Coach of the first US Olympic Judo team

Mike Swain

Name: Mike Swain
Title: Coach
Judo Achievements:

  • 1st Place - 1987 World Championships
  • 1st Place - 1987 Pan American Championships
  • 1st Place - 1991 US Open
  • 2nd Place - 1989 & 1985 World Championships
  • 3rd Place - 1988 Olympic Games

Keith Nakasone

Name: Keith Nakasone
Title: Coach
Judo Achievements:

  • 1980 Olympic Team Captain
  • 1978 & 1979 Collegiate Player of the Year
  • 1st Place - 1978 Pan American Games

Chuck Jefferson

Name: Chuck Jefferson
Title: Coach
Judo Achievements:

  • 1st Place - 2005 & 2004 Senior Nationals
  • 1st Place - 2003 & 2002 Pan American Games
  • 1st Place - 2003 & 2002 US Open
  • 1st Place - 2002 New York Open

Eitan Gelber

Name: Eitan Gelber
Title: Assistant Coach
Judo Achievements:

  • 2000 Israeli Olympic Team Member
  • 4 time Collegiate Champion
  • Athletic Trainer at Stanford University

Yosh Uchida

Name: Jose Bencosme
Title: Assistant Coach
Judo Achievements:

  • Collegiate National Champion
  • 2nd Place - 1999 Junior Pan Ams
  • 3rd Place - 2004 Senior Nationals
  • 5th Place - 2005 Senior Nationals

Yosh Uchida

Name: Shozo Fukuda
Title: Assistant Coach
Judo Achievements:

    Yosh Uchida

    Name: John Serbin
    Title: Manager
    Judo Achievements:

    • 1st Place - 1996 & 2002 Senior Nationals
    • 3rd Place - 2003 Senior Nationals
    • 3rd Place - 2002 & 2004 Pan American Games

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    Team Members

    Jon Leonhardt

    Name: Jonathan Leonhardt
    Date of Birth: 11/01/80
    Hometown: Sacramento, CA
    Home Dojo: Sacramento Judo Club
    Academic Standing: Senior, Computer Graphics
    Weight Category: 100Kg+
    Began Judo: 1985
    Athletic Achievements:
    4 Time College Champion
    3 Time High School Champion
    2nd Place - 2003 Puerto Rican Open
    3rd Place - 2003 Senior Nationals
    3rd Place - 2003 Benito Juarez
    3rd Place - 2005 Senior Nationals

    Louis Hung

    Name: Louis Hung
    Date of Birth: 06/01/82
    Hometown: Pearl City, HI
    Home Dojo: Leeward Judo Club
    Academic Standing: Freshman, Kinesiology
    Weight Category: 73kg
    Began Judo: 1998
    Athletic Achievements:
    1999-2000 Captain of High School Judo Team
    1999-2000 PCHS Scholar Athlete of the Year
    1999-2000 OIA Championship Team Member
    1999-2000 PCHS Most Inspirational Athlete

    Davor Vasiljevic

    Name: Davor Vasiljevic
    Date of Birth: 05/14/84
    Hometown: Chicago, IL
    Home Dojo: Tohkon Judo Academy
    Academic Standing: Junior, Kinesiology
    Weight Category: 81Kg
    Began Judo: 1997
    Athletic Achievements:
    2nd Place - 2005 Golden State Open
    2nd Place - 2007 Collegiate Nationals

    Matthew Dias

    Name: Matthew Dias
    Date of Birth: 01/16/85
    Home Town: Fremont, CA
    Home Dojo: San Jose Buddhist Judo Club
    Academic Standing: Junior, Kinesiology
    Weight Category: 60 Kg.
    Began Judo: 1990
    Athletic Achievements:
    2003 USJF International Youth Male Athlete of the Year
    1st Place - 2002 Fall Classic
    1st Place - 2003 San Jose Buddhist
    1st Place - 2004 San Jose Buddhist
    2nd Place - 2002 Benito Juarez
    2nd Place - 2004 Collegiate Nationals
    3rd Place - 2003 Senior Nationals
    3rd Place - 2002 Junior Pan-Ams
    5th Place - 2004 Senior Nationals
    5th Place - 2005 Senior Nationals
    7th Place - 2003 US Open

    Kati Bartkowski

    Name: Kati Bartkowski
    Date of Birth: 01/08/85
    Hometown: Storrs, CT
    Home Dojo: Kwang Moo Kwan
    Academic Standing: Sophomore, Illustration
    Weight Category: 57 kg
    Began Judo: 1991
    Athletic Achievements:
    8 Time Jr. National Champion
    1st Place - 2004 San Jose Buddhist
    2nd Place - 2005 San Jose Buddhist
    2nd Place - 2005 Collegiate Nationals
    2nd Place - 2004 Jr. US Open
    3rd Place - 2005 Senior Nationals
    3rd Place - 2007 San Jose Buddhist

    Sean Lang

    Name: Sean Lang
    Date of Birth: 12/09/81
    Hometown: Richland, WA
    Home Dojo: Richland Dojo
    Academic Standing: Senior, Psychology
    Weight Category: 66KG
    Began Judo: 1990
    Athletic Achievements:
    1st Place - 2005 Collegiate Nationals
    1st Place - 2005 Golden State Games
    1st Place - 2004 Palo Alto Invitational
    2nd Place - 2003 Continental Crown

    David Torres

    Name: David Torres
    Date of Birth: 03/24/83
    Hometown: San Diego, CA
    Home Dojo: Kino Judo Club
    Academic Standing: Junior, Graphic Design
    Weight Category: 73KG
    Began Judo: 1993
    Athletic Achievements:
    2002 Jr. World Championships Team Member
    1st Place - 2002 Mexican Jr. Nationals
    1st Place - 2004 Golden State Games
    2nd Place - 2003 Puerto Rico Open
    2nd Place - 2004 Cupertino Tournament
    2nd Place - 2005 & 2007 San Jose Buddhist
    2nd Place - 2005 Golden State Games
    4th Place - Mexican Sr. Nationals

    Andrew Hung

    Name: Andrew Hung
    Date of Birth: 06/05/85
    Hometown: Pearl City, Hawaii
    Home Dojo: Leeward Judo Club
    Academic Standing: Junior, Business
    Weight Category: 81kg
    Began Judo: 1998
    Athletic Achievements:
    1st Place - 2006 California State Championships
    1st Place - 2007 San Jose Buddhist
    2nd Place - 2005 Collegiate Nationals
    3rd Place - 2006 & 2007 Collegiate Nationals
    3rd Place - 2007 Senior Nationals
    5th Place - 2004 Collegiate Nationals
    5th Place - 2006 Senior Nationals
    5th Place - 2007 US Open

    Michael Grossman

    Name: Michael Grossman
    Date of Birth: 07/16/86
    Hometown: Albany, CA
    Home Dojo: Albany WMCA
    Academic Standing: Sophomore, Undeclared
    Weight Category: 81kg
    Began Judo: 2001
    Athletic Achievements:
    1st Place - 2004 California State Championships
    2nd Place - 2004 Capital Open Championships

    Corrine Geier

    Name: Corinne Geier
    Date of Birth: 11/01/85
    Hometown: Menomonee Falls, WI
    Home Dojo: Wahadachi
    Academic Standing: Junior, Nursing
    Weight Category: 63kg
    Began Judo: 1993
    Athletic Achievements:
    1st Place - 2005 & 2006 Collegiate Nationals
    1st Place - 2006 & 2007 San Jose Buddhist
    2nd Place - 2004 Capital Open
    2nd Place - 2007 Collegiate Nationals
    3rd Place - 2005 San Jose Buddhist

    Joseph Aceto

    Name: Joseph Aceto
    Date of Birth: 07/06/84
    Hometown: San Francisco, CA
    Home Dojo: After School All-Stars
    Academic Standing: Senior, Psychology
    Weight Category: 90kg
    Began Judo: 2002
    Athletic Achievements:
    1st Place - 2005 San Jose Buddhist
    2nd Place - CCSF Championships
    3rd Place - Cuppertino Invitational

    Marti Malloy

    Name: Marti Malloy
    Date of Birth: 06/23/86
    Hometown: Whidbey Island
    Home Dojo: NAS Whidbey Judo Club
    Academic Standing: Sophomore, Journalism
    Weight Category: 57kg
    Began Judo: 1988
    Athletic Achievements:
    1st Place - 2005, 2006, 2007 Collegiate Nationals
    1st Place - 2005 & 2007 San Jose Buddhist
    1st Place - 2007 Senior Nationals
    2nd Place - 2006 Senior Nationals
    2nd Place - 2006 US Open
    3rd Place - 2005 Senior Nationals
    3rd Place - 2007 US Open
    9th Place - 2007 World Championships
    March 2005 - OTC Player of the Month

    Mark Vorkoeper

    Name: Mark Vorkoeper
    Date of Birth: 07/06/83
    Hometown: Sebastopol, CA
    Home Dojo: Santa Rosa Junior College
    Academic Standing: Junior, Kinesiology
    Weight Category: 90kg
    Began Judo: Jan, 2003
    Athletic Achievements:
    3rd Place - 2005 San Jose Buddhist

    Tomoyo Yoshinaga

    Name: Tomoyo Yoshinaga
    Date of Birth: 12/32/86
    Hometown: Chicago, IL
    Home Dojo: Tohkon Judo Academy
    Academic Standing: Sophomore, Humanities
    Weight Category: 70kg
    Began Judo: 1993
    Athletic Achievements:
    1st Place - 2004 Junior Nationals
    1st Place - 2005 Midwestern Championships
    1st Place - 2006 & 2007 Collegiate Nationals
    1st Place - 2006 Continental Crown
    1st Place - 2007 San Jose Buddhist
    2nd Place - 2004 Junior Pan Ams
    2nd Place - 2005 Golden State Open
    5th Place - 2006 Senior Nationals

    Atsushi Yoshinaga

    Name: Atsushi Yoshinaga
    Date of Birth: 07/20/84
    Hometown: Chicago, IL
    Home Dojo: Tohkon Judo Academy
    Academic Standing: Junior, Biology
    Weight Category: 90kg
    Began Judo: 1991
    Athletic Achievements:
    1st Place - 2004 & 2007 Collegiate Nationals
    1st Place - 2006 Continental Crown
    2nd Place - 2005 Tohkon Classic
    2nd Place - 2006 Collegiate Nationals
    2nd Place - 2006 Fall Classic
    3rd Place - 2007 San Jose Buddhist

    Jeffrey Fong

    Name: Jeffrey Fong
    Date of Birth: 07/24/87
    Hometown: New Orleans, LA
    Home Dojo: Diamond Back Judo Club
    Academic Standing: Freshman, Political Science
    Weight Category: 66kg
    Began Judo: 2001
    Athletic Achievements:
    1st Place - 2006 USJA Junior Nationals
    2nd Place - 2006 Golden State Open
    3rd Place - 2006 Northglenn Invitational
    3rd Place - 2007 Collegiate Nationals
    5th Place - 2006 Seniors Nationals

    Allison Clifford

    Name: Allison Clifford
    Date of Birth: 07/22/88
    Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
    Home Dojo: Orange County Judo Training Center
    Academic Standing: Freshman, Undeclared
    Weight Category: 70kg
    Began Judo: 2003
    Athletic Achievements:
    1st Place - 2007 Collegiate Nationals

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