#51 Yiding Hou
5’8”, O-line Handler
3rd year NUT, 1st year captain
Hometown: Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Clubs: NUT, Chicago Club, Minnesota Star Power (MSP)
NU: Junior, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences & Mathematics
- Resume Name: Dean Hou
- # of songs on iPod: 17
- Tournament PumpUp Jams: You’re So Vain (Carly Simon), All I Need (AWOLNATION)
- Voted NUT’s cuddliest captain (by default? Ask GungHo captain Jenny Li)
Abilities: Sushi-making, shielding you from reading his thoughts/emotions, caught a disc laying out once
Bottom Line: Yiding has made a huge impact on NUT since his deportation from Minnesota in 2011, unleashing his low-release breaks and ferocious defense on the Great Lakes. He has become our rock on O-line, always open for the reset, always moving the disc, always playing hard D, and keeping the vibes chill. Just when you think Yiding is an emotionless robot, he does something that lets you know he genuinely cares.
Won a Chicago Summer League championship in 2013 with co-captain Ian Connor and team Blue Ivy Carter, a defining moment in his decorated career.