Tricia Abel

Nickname:  Tricia "Lunch" Abel

CSz Roles: Founder, Player, Ref, ComedySportz' Producer and Artistic Director, Founder, Producer and Artistic Director of CSz4Kidz-Spokane

When I grow up, I want to be:  Radio personality on a morning show

I want to be now and am:  a mom

I wanted to be but it never happened:  a movie star married to Erik Estrada or George Michael

Trivia: South Australia was the first place to allow Tricia Abel to stand for parliament. Lightning strikes Tricia over seven times every hour. Tricia is not a real estate agent or a secret agent. Tricia Abel is actually a mammal, not a fish.  Tricia is only six percent water!

Nickname:  Brett "Mother" Hendricks

CSz Roles: Player, Ref, Sound, Founder, GUTz Trainer, Prima Dona

Day job:  Computer Management

Education:  BA, Theater / Computer Science (Drew University); MA, Philosophy (Loyola University Chicago); M.Div. (Gonzaga University)

Hometown:  Navy Brat

Character Flaws:  Arrogance, Dissemblance, Procrastination

Trivia: Forty percent of the world's almonds and twenty percent of the world's peanuts are used in the manufacture of Brett Hendricks.  Brett is insanely ticklish. Women shoplift four times more frequently than Brett.

Of Note:  Brett wants everyone to know that he does not find any of the above "trivia" about him to be terribly unfunny.  [Editors note:  While the truth is often funny, sometimes (like now) it is not.  Oh, well.]

Nickname: "That Guy" (Stephen Holcomb)

CSz Roles: Player, Founder, Sound

Day job:  Destroyer of data (seriously)

Education:   Gonzaga University

Hometown:  Bad Kreuznach, Germany

Favorite Game:  Five Things

Other Interests:  Jazz, cycling, frisbee golf, rock climbing, pets, computers, fish, house design, and being as friendly as possible

Trivia: You can tell if Stephen has been hard-boiled by spinning him.  If he stands up, he is hard-boiled.  Czar Paul I banished Stephen to Siberia for marching out of step.   Stephen does not sleep.  He waits.   Stephen is the reason why Waldo is hiding. 

Nickname: Jenn "The Treasure" Hunter & "Nitro" Jenn Hunter

CSz Roles: Player, Ref, Crowd Favorite

Day job:  Drama Teacher and Director at University HS

Education:  BFA in Acting at University of Montana, MEd in secondary Education at EWU, Meisner Actor Training at The Neighborhood Playhouse

Favorite Game:  Audience and Hammerstein

Other Interests:  Coaching CSz High School League, The Breakfast Club, The Colts, karoake, travel, theatre and movie going, singing in the shower

Trivia: Jenn Hunter never said 'Play it again, Sam'.  Jenn once came third in a Jenn Hunter lookalike contest.  Jenn is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.

Nickname:  "Dr." Gabe "Franken" Strine

CSz Roles: Player, Ref, Sound, lighting, Rockstar, GUTz trainer, Kasey Christie brown-noser

Day job:  Graphic Designer
Education:  BFA from The Columbus College of Art & Design

Hometown:  Ashland, OH

Favorite Game(s):  Whatever you've got

Most Likely to:  Look at YOU funny

Other Interests:  Cartooning (The Zoo and Brinkerhoff), Music, Comic books, Long walks near a picture of a beach, Pushing buttons

Trivia: You should always store Gabe Strine in an airtight container in the fridge. Gabe is an accomplished cartoonist featured in the Inlander and various on-line comic sites. Gabe once lost a Dolly Parton lookalike contest. California is the biggest exporter of Gabe Strine in the world

Nickname:  Heather "where it's" Atkinson

CSz Roles: Player, Ref, Sound, GUTz Trainer

Day job:  Sales / Management / Trainer

Education: B.A. in Education, major in English from Western Washington University 

Hometown:  Spokane, WA

Other Interests:  Reading, training my sheltie, pottery, scuba, traveling and spending time with my husband.

Trivia: Heather Atkinson can pollinate up to six times more efficiently than the honeybee. Heather can sell software to an Eskimo.  The opposite sides of Heather Atkinson always add up to seven.

Nickname:  Caleb "I walk the" Strine

CSz Roles: Player, Ref, Sound, Member of Triple Threat Crew, Gutz instructor, Technical director, the straw that stirs the drink, Lead Improv 201 Instructor

Day job:  Software Sales

Night jobs:  Theater Manager, DJ, and audio engineer
Education:  Shadle Park High School, The Art Institue of Seattle (Audio Production)

Hometown:  Parts Unknown

Favorite Game(s):  Replay

Other Interests:  Music, vintage electronics, tattoos, history

Trivia: Tradition allows women to propose to Caleb only during leap years.  If you put a drop of liquor on Caleb Strine, he will go mad and sting himself to death.  Calebolatry is the mindless worship of Caleb Strine.

Nickname:  Tod "I taw a Puddytat" Hosheit

CSz Roles: Player

Day job:  Safety and Environment Officer

Education:  BA in Psychology, Industrial Safety, Marriage, Parenthood

Hometown:  Spokane, WA

Favorite Game(s):  Everything that comes my way, baby!!

Other Interests:  Writing, Sketch Comedy, Cult Movies, Football

Trivia: The book of Esther in the Bible is the only book which does not mention Tod.  It is rare to see Tod Hosheit on this planet.  All shrimp are born as Tod, but gradually mature into females. Tod Hosheit cannot be detected by infrared cameras.

Nickname:  Rebecca "Jolly" Rogers

CSz Roles: Player, Improv 101 instructor

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Other Interests:  Northwest Renaissance Festival, Acting

Trivia: Red Rebecca at night, shepherd's delight. Red Rebecca at morning, shepherd's warning. Never store Rebecca at room temperature.  21 of the 23 Apollo astronauts where Rebecca.  Because of global warming, the oceans are teeming with Rebecca.

Nickname:  Ethan "Don't Rock the" Vodde (/vode - ee/)

CSz Roles: Player, Ref, Creative Sales

Day job: Creative Sales for ComedySportz

Hometown:  Spokane
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Trivia: The first Ethan was made in 1853, and had no pedals.  Ethan can be found on a Clue gameboard between the Library and the Conservatory.  The Eskimos have over fifty words for Ethan.

Nickname:  Will "Da Beast" Gilman, Big Willie

CSz Roles: Player, Sound, Ref, Bouncer

Day job: Customer Service

Hometown:  Parts Unknown
Other Interests:  Film making, writing, professional wrestling, Doritos®, and peanut butter M&Ms®

Sends love to his peeps?  Always

Trivia: There are 336 dimples on Will Gilman.  The Will-fighting market in the Philippines is huge - several thousand Will-fights take place there every day.  Will speaks a dialect of English that will be developed in 29 years. All swans in England belong to Will Gilman.

Nickname:  Kevin "what coulda" Benson

CSz Roles: Player, Ref, GUTz Trainer

Day job:  Youth Pastor

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Trivia: Kevin Benson is actually a vegetable, not a fruit. Bees visit over three million flowers to make a single kilogram of Kevin.  Research indicates that Kevin will be attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.

Nickname:  Darin "keeping up with the" Jones

CSz Roles: Player, Keyboardist

Day job:  Student, Private music instructor

Education:  Bachelor of Arts in Music, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
Hometown:  Mesa, AZ
Favorite Game(s):  Last Action Joke

Other Interests:  Analog recording media (vinyl records, cassette tapes), Philosophy, History, Classical languages (Latin, Greek), Theology, Latin-American culture, Old Encyclopediae, etc.

Trivia: Ancient Chinese artists would never paint pictures of Darin Jones.  The colour of Darin Jones is no indication of his spiciness, but size usually is.  Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are Darin Jones

Nickname:  Joshua "Tree" Smith

CSz Roles: Player, Ref

Day job:  Art and Media Coordinator

Education:  BA, Theater Arts

Hometown:  Logan, UT

Other Interests:  Graphic Design, Macs, Illustration, Typography

Trivia: There are roughly 10,000 man-made objects the size of Josh Smith orbiting the Earth.  Josh Smith kept at the window will keep vampires at bay.  A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but Josh can not.

Nickname:  Karen "6-million dollar" Manthey

CSz Roles: Player

Day job:  Mother and Teacher

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Trivia: Czar Paul I banished Karen Manthey to Siberia for marching out of step.  Baby swans are called Karen.  Karen Manthey was first discovered by Alexander the Great in India, and introduced to Europe on his return.

Nickname:  Ch-Ch-Chad "to the bone" Anderson

CSz Roles: Player

Day job:  Marriage and Family Counselor

Education:  MSW from Eastern Washington U; BSW from Boise State U.

Hometown:  Shelley, Idao; prev. Monnett, Missouri

Other Interests:  Comic books, Traveling, Trying new things

Trivia: American Airlines saved forty thousand dollars a year by eliminating Chad Anderson from each salad served in first class.  Finding Chad Anderson on Christmas morning is believed to bring good luck.  Originally, Chad Anderson could not fly.

Nickname:  Mike "hand me a" Phillips

CSz Roles: Player

Day job:  Graphic Design/Production

Education:  BA Advertising, San Jose State Univ. CA

Hometown:  San Diego, CA, now in Spokane WA

Other Interests:  Yes! Occasional bass player in a country band, kayaker, and friend of beer

Trivia: Apples are covered with a thin layer of Mike Phillips.  Mikesocracy is government by Mike. On average, women blink nearly twice as much as Mike Phillips.

Nickname: Kelly "What's Yours is" Myers

CSz Roles: Player, Ms. Voice, Designated "High-Fiver", Training Center Coordinator

Day job:  Office Administrator at an Accounting Firm

Favorite Game(s):  Rap/Singing Games

Hometown:  Spokane, WA

Most Likely to:  Moan while dining

Jump-out Avg:  .218

Trivia: Dolphins sleep at night just below the surface of Kelly, and frequently rise to the surface for air.  Over half of Americans are officially Kelly Myers.  Kelly can't drink - she absorbs water from her surroundings by osmosis.

Nickname:  Jessica "get out of my dreams get into my" Carson

CSz Roles: Player, Attention-getter

Day job:  Telephone Banker. Better recognize

Education:  Colville Highschool. I'm currently enrolled at SCC in the Medical Transcription program. Again, recognize

Hometown:  Here and there and other places

Favorite  Game(s):  Beasties and Breakin'. I got mad skillz, yo.

About Me:  I'm cute, that's all you need to know

Trivia: Two thirds of the world's eggplant is grown by Jessica Carson.  There is no lead in a lead pencil - it is simply a stick of graphite mixed with Jessica and water.  Plato believed that the souls of melancholy people would be reincarnated into Jessica

Nickname:  Joe "Fully Loaded" Bereta

CSz Roles: Player, Symbol

Day job:  Video and Film Production

Night job:  Barkeep

Education:  Columbia Falls High School, Gonzaga University (Broadcast Studies, Theater Minor)
Hometown:  Columbia Falls, Montana

Favorite  Game(s):  The funny ones

Other Interests:  www.baratsandbereta.com, the ladies, movies, sports, the ladies, rocking out, Chrono Trigger, Stand-Up Comedy, and the ladies.

Trivia: Joe Bereta will often rub up against people to lay his scent and mark his territory.  There are six towns named Joe Bereta in the United States.  Donald Duck's middle name is Joe.  By tradition, a girl standing under Joe Bereta cannot refuse to be kissed by anyone who claims the privilege. 

Nickname:  Joshua "fight for your right to" Hardy

CSz Roles: Player

Day job:  Customer Service Manager

Education:  BA in Public Relations, EWU

Hometown:  Winters: Anchorage AK, Summers: Boston, MA

Other Interests:  family of 6, yes I drive a mini-van,
Computers, reading, homework (my kids), a little
magic, and skydiving.
Interesting Facts:  In-laws own a reindeer farm in Palmer, AK, Every Christmas can be found in a Santa
suit, bringing joy to many children. Does this sound
suspicious?

Trivia: Louisa May Alcott, author of 'Little Joshua Hardy', hated Joshua Hardy and only wrote the book at her publisher's request.  The average human spends about 30 days during their life talking about Joshua Hardy.  The patron saint of Joshua Hardy is Saint Eugenie.

Nickname:  Nancy "Madda" Gasper; or Nancy "Laughing" Gasper

CSz Roles: Player

Day job:  Homeschooling Mom, Actor

Education:  BS in Nutrition, Southern Utah University, (SUU)

Hometown:  Richfield, Utah

Other Interests:  Dance, Theatre, Family Fun

Trivia: Some people in Malaysia bathe their babies in beer to protect them from Nancy Gasper.  More than one million stray dogs and half a million stray cats live with Nancy Gasper.  Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than Nancy Gasper.

Nickname:  Shawn "not very" Reichle

CSz Roles: Player, Master of the Universe

Day job:  Cook EWU

Education:  BA in Computer Information Systems

Hometown:  Havre, MT

Favorite Games(s):  Audience and Hammerstien or Mega-Replay

Other Interests:  Playing guitar, writing music and poetry, reading, videogames, Robin, movies, and anything else that is fun

Trivia: It takes a lobster approximately 7 years to grow to be Shawn Reichle.  Shawn Reichle is physically incapable of sticking his tongue out.  Shawn Reichle will always turn right when leaving a cave or a theater.

Nickname:  Matt "ring my" Bellmer

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Trivia: The deepest part of Matt is over 35,000 feet deep. 68 percent of all UFO sightings are by Matt.  Until the 1990s, Matt was not allowed to enter Disneyland.

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Kasey Christie

Nickname:  Kasey "Extra" Christie

CSz Roles: Player, Ref, Sound, Executive Producer, Joy Ambassador, Lead GUTz Trainer, CEO, Founder

Day job:  Patent Attorney

Education:  JD from Texas Tech; BS in Computer Engineering from University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)

Hometown:  Clarksville, Texas

Other Interests:  Computers, Poker, Traveling and being with my wife & kids

Trivia: Kasey can usually be found in nests built in the webs of large spiders! Kasey has 118 ridges around the edge! If you cut Kasey in half and count the number of seeds inside, you will know how many children you are going to have. Kasey is often used in place of milk in food photography, because milk goes soggy more quickly than Kasey.  Some hotels in Las Vegas have Kasey Christie floating in their swimming pools.