TEAM ELITE WAS FOUNDED IN 1996 BY SPENCER ARRINGTON, AN ENTREPRENEUR
WITH NUMEROUS BUSINESS DWELLINGS IN WASHINGTON, DC AND BALTIMORE. SPENCER
HIMSELF WAS A NASKA NATIONAL CHAMPION IN 1995 IN THE SENIOR BLACK BELT
FIGHTING DIVISION.
THE TEAM CURRENTLY HAS 22 MEMBERS FROM ALL OVER THE US. SPENCER WANTED
TO HELP MARTIAL ARTIST THAT COULD NOT FINANCIALLY AFFORD COMPETING ON A
NATIONAL LEVEL. TEAM ELITES WOMEN AND YOUTH DIVISION ARE COACHED BY WIL
KING FROM ALABAMA. WIL KING IS ALSO COACH TO DOTTIE WHITE. THE MENS
FIGHTING COACH IS MIKE CONROY FROM NORTH HAVEN, CONN.
TEAM ELITE MEMBERS:
DOTTIE WHITETE-FROM ALABAMA
NICK NAME: DANGEROUS DOTTIE WHITE
SHE RECEIVED HER NICKNAME FROM WINNING THE TOUGHWOMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ON PAY-PER-VIEW.
DOTTIE WHITE WAS THE OVERALL NASKA FIGHTER FOR 1997 AND 1998.
DEE DEE BEY-FROM NEW JERSEY
DEE DEE WAS AN UNDEFEATED YOUTH COMPETETOR. IN 1999 SHE MOVED UP TO THE
ADULT DIVISION. IN HER FIRST TOURNAMENT AS ADULT, SHE BEAT OUT EVERY
COMPETITOR AT THE CHARLE LEE TOURNAMENT AND WON GRAND CHAMPION WITH A 5
TO 0 SCORE.
JEFFERY DOSS-FROM VIRGINIA
ONE OF TEAM ELTES ORIGIONAL MEMBERS AND YOUTH TEAM CAPTAIN.
JOHNATHAN HILLMAN-FROM VIRGINIA
A YOUTH COMPETITOR THAT HAS MORE TITLES UNDER HIS BELT AT 11 YEARS OLD
THEN MOST COMPETITORS DREAM OF IN THEIR ENTIRE CAREER
IDA HENLEY-FROM VIRGINIA
STEPHANIE FLOWERS-FROM COLORADO
THE NEWEST YOUTH MEMBER
IN 2000 SHE CROSSED OVER TO ADULT DIVISION
MARC FAHRINGER-FROM VIRGINIA
WEAPON-KAMAS
DJ PERCINSKY-FROM PENN
WEAPON-BO
YOUTH DIVISION 10-11
CHAMPION POINT SPARRER
JESSIE WRAY-FR0M NY
TEAM ELITES ADULT CAPTAIN
DOUG BERTRAND-WASH, DC
ANOTHER ORIGINAL MEMBER
STYLE; KUNG FU
COMPETES IN THE LIGHT WEIGHT SPARRING DIVISION
FRANK JONES-FROM NEW YORK
HEAVY WEIGHT DIVISION
(Not Pictured)
AKIN WILLIAMS-FROM NY
LIGHT MIDDLE FIGHTING DIVISION
THOMAS WRIGHT- FROM KENTUCKY
CROSSED OVER TO ADULT DIVISION IN 1999
FREDDIE LAPAN-FROM VERMONT
LIGHT MIDDLE SPARRING DIVISION
MALLORY WOODS-FROM VIRGINIA
SUPERLIGHT WEIGHT SPARRING DIVISION
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