Sam Kanner was born and raised in Amherst, MA. He learned to play Ultimate at a very young age and worked his way through the most accomplished and successful HS programs in the country – Amherst Regional HS.  Sam co-captained at Carleton College with fellow coach Chris Kosednar in their 2009 championship season, graduated from Carleton College in 2010, and took the place of his studious sister at Camp UP.  Sam is working on his Ph.D in engineering at UC Berkeley and plays for Revolver.