Named to the men’s team were finweight John Duhart (Houston, Texas/Menlo College), flyweight Charles Smith (Ft. Washington, Md./Prince George’s Community College), bantamweight Andrew Oh (Bayside, N.Y./Queen’s College), featherweight Tal Moriah (Houston, Texas/Rice University), lightweight Manuel Suarez (Miami, Fla./Miami-Dade Community College), welterweight Rudford Hamon (Miami, Fla./Florida International University), middleweight John McBlair (Camarillo, Calif./California-Berkeley) and heavyweight Stephen Lambdin (Colleyville, Texas/Texas Christian University).

Smith and Hamon are both World University Games veterans. Smith captured a bronze medal at the 2005 Games in Izmir, Turkey, and Hamon won bronze at the 2003 Games in Daegu, Korea, and was also a member of the 2005 team.

The women’s squad consists of finweight Rachel Marcial (San Mateo, Calif./University of Phoenix), flyweight Danielle Pelham (Bothell, Wash./Lake Washington Technical College), bantamweight Jesika Torres (San Bernardino, Calif./American Sports University), featherweight Stephanie Beckel (Miami, Fla./University of Miami), lightweight Christina Johnson (Germantown, Md./Montgomery College), welterweight Darcy Kimmich (Aurora, Colo./University of Denver), middleweight Christina Park (New York, N.Y./Lake Washington Technical College) and heavyweight Amie Szymanski (Miami, Fla./Miami-Dade Community College).

Beckel, Kimmich and Park all have prior World University Games experience. All three were members of the 2003 squad where Kimmich won a silver medal, and Beckel and Park also competed at the 2005 Games.