Sports Envoy
Sports Envoy Program

Ann Shiraishi

Judo

Served as envoy

  • 2023  –  Benin

Ann Shiraishi, a 3rd degree black belt, began studying judo at the young age of 4. She is a two-time Senior National Champion and represented the United States at 2 World Championships (2010 & 2011). In addition, Ann was the 2008 Olympic Alternate in Beijing & was selected as a training partner to accompany the team. After graduating from San Francisco State University with a B.A. in Anthropology, Ann began a career in law enforcement. She is currently a Senior Inspector (sworn) at the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office. She, her husband (Joseph) and twins (Jacob & Emma) live in the east bay.

Sayaka Torra

Judo

Served as envoy

  • 2023  –  Benin

Sayaka Torra began studying judo at the young age of 5 and is currently a sixth degree black belt. She is a 7-time Senior National Champion, represented the United States at 3 World Championships (2001, 2003, 2005), and was a member of the 2008 Olympic Team in Beijing. Sayaka also won a silver medal at the 2000 Junior World Championships in Tunis, Tunisia. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in Mass Communications and a minor in Japanese. Since retiring from competitive judo, Sayaka now leads the competitor’s classes at the East Bay Judo Institute and works as a business operations manager for Humintell, a psychology-based company out of El Cerrito, CA. She, her husband, and son live in the east bay with their two cats, and multiple beehives.

Nina Cutro-Kelly

Judo

Served as envoy

  • 2017  –  France

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Senior World Judo Championship Teams: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017
US Senior National Judo Champions: 2003, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Junior World Judo Championship Team : 2002
3 x SAMBO World Championships Bronze Medalist: 2011, 2014, 2016
2 x SAMBO Moscow Super World Cup Champion: 2014, 2015
2013 French BJJ National Champion
2005 US Heavyweight Women’s Wrestling Champion
RECENT COMPETITION RESULTS :
2017:
● Pan American Championships – Bronze
● Ladies Belgian Open – 5th
2016:
● El Salvador Continental Open – Gold
● Lima Continental Open – Bronze
● US Senior National Championships – Gold
● Pan American Championships Team
2015:
● El Salvador Continental Open – Gold
● Pan American Championships – Bronze
● Pan American Games – Bronze
● Santiago Continental Open – Bronze
● Port Louis Continental Open – Bronze
● Wollongong Continental Open – Bronze
● US Senior National Championships – Gold
2014:
● Miami Continental Open – Bronze
● El Salvador Continental Open – Bronze
● US Senior National Championships – Gold
● Pan American Championships Team

Mariah Holguin

Judo

Served as envoy

  • 2017  –  France

Mariah Holguin is a Junior at Johnson High School. Mariah is ranked Internationally at 57kg for Senior and U21. Mariah is the top ranked U18 and U21 athlete at 57kg in the U.S.. She is ranked 3rd on the Senior Elite Roster at 57kg. She was a member of the Johnson Band during her Freshman and Sophomore years. As a result of her travel and competition schedule she was not able to continue in the band. For her age Mariah has impressive portfolio of countries that she has traveled: France x2, Belgium, Abu Dhabi, Sarajevo, England, Japan, and Canada, Cyprus, Peru, El Salvador. Mariah was a member of the 2015 Cadet World Team and the 2015 Junior World Team.

Experience:

2017-57kg
2017 US Senior Nationals-2nd place
2017 Lima Open-3rd Place
2017 US Scholastic Nationals-U18 2nd place
2017 Texas State Championships U18,U21,and Senior1st place
2016-57kg
2016 Sambo Cadet World Championships Bronze Medal
USA Judo U18 National Champion
USA Judo U21 National Champion
2016 USA Judo Scholastic Nationals Outstanding Athlete Award
US Senior Nationals-5th place
USA Judo Junior Olympic U18 National Champion
USA Judo U21 International Champion
2015-52kg
USA Judo U18, U21- 2nd place
USA Judo Automatic Black Belt promotion
US Senior Nationals -3rd place
USA Judo Cadet World Team – Sarajevo, Bosnia
USA Judo Junior World Team- Abu Dhabi UAE
England Judo National Training Camp participant
2014-48kg
USA Judo Scholastic Nationals- 2nd place
USA Judo Junior Olympics- 1st place
USA Judo Junior Olympics U18 International-2nd place

Jim Hrbek

Judo

Served as envoy

  • 2017  –  France

8TH DEGREE BLACK BELT – USA JUDO

Positions
Chairman – High Performance Committee – USA Judo
USA Judo National Coaching Staff
Head Coach, Universal Judo
San Antonio, TX

Certifications
USA Judo International Gold Level Coach
US Judo Association Master Coach
US Judo Association Master Rank Examiner
Previous Administrative Positions
Junior High Performance Director – USA Judo – 2002-2017
Member USJI National Coaching Staff 1983-present
Chairman, Coaching and Training Committee of USJudo, Inc (1983-1992 and 1996-1997)
Co-ordinator for Women’s Judo, USJudo, Inc (1986- 1992)
Chairman, Women’s Selection Committee, USJudo, Inc (1986-1992)
Member, USJudo Inc Development Committee (1986- 1992)
Member USJudo, Inc Junior Committee (1988-1992)
Member USJudo Association Board of Directors (1980- 1984 approx.)
First President/ Founder of New York State Judo, Inc (1980-1982 approx.)

Honors and Awards
1992 Head Coach – US Women’s Olympic Judo Team
1986 United States Judo Association Coach of the Year
1986 Southland “Olympia” Award – first Coach recipient in any sport
2005 United States Olympic committee – National Judo Coach of the Year
2011 United States Olympic Committee Overall Development Coach of the Year

Memberships
Mensa
Intertel

Heidi Moore

Judo

Served as envoy

  • 2014  –  Turkmenistan

Heidi Moore, LAT, ATC started judo in 1986 in Santa Monica, California. She currently holds the rank of godan, or 5th degree black belt. Heidi has had competitive success at every stage of her career, medaling multiple times at national tournaments at the junior, high school, collegiate, senior, and masters levels. She has won 11 medals at the USA Judo Senior National Championships. She represented the United States at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships and at the 2005, 2007 and 2008 Pan American Championships. She finished the 2007 Pan American Championships with a bronze medal.

Heidi moved to Denver in 1999 and took over Denver Judo with her husband Scott. Through Scott, Heidi became involved in the US Paralympic judo program and has served as a coach for the national team many times, including serving as the assistant coach at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London and the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Heidi serves as head instructor and executive director of Denver Judo and enjoys teaching the youth and senior competitive classes.

Heidi is a Certified Athletic Trainer and an International “A” level coach with USA Judo

Dartanyon Crockett

Judo

Served as envoy

  • 2014  –  Turkmenistan

Dartanyon Crockett was born with Leber’s disease, a genetic condition causing progressive vision loss. After his mother died when he was just eight years old, Dartanyon endured a life of transiency and extreme poverty at the mercy of his father who struggled with substance abuse. Wrestling became an important outlet for Crockett throughout high school, and it was on the mats that the he met his best friend, Leroy Sutton. Sutton lost his legs in train accident at age eleven, and Crockett physically carried Sutton on his back through practices and competitions. In 2009, ESPN featured the extraordinary friendship between these two young men, inspiring thousands of viewers to lift them out of poverty….In 2010, Crockett was invited to try blind judo. Just two years into this new venture, he shocked the world by winning a bronze medal at the London Paralympic Games. Crockett has qualified his weight class for the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games with his victory at last year’s IBSA World Championships.