Boston.com 5/25/12: BU, Emerson students among those chosen to 1st US national Quidditch team. A student from Boston University and another from Emerson College are among 21 first-string players named to the United States’ first national team in the Harry Potter-derived sport of Quidditch. The squad will compete at an international tournament planned to be held near London shortly before this summer’s Olympic Games, though the Quidditch sport is not part of the actual Olympic Games, according to the International Quidditch Association, which is organizing the games. Kedzie Chase Teller from Boston University and Allison Gillette from Emerson were selected for the first string group from more than 150 nominations “based on their skills on the pitch and ability to be a good ambassador for the sport and the United States,” the association’s website says. Brendan Stack (WHS '10), from BU, and Rebecca Der, from Emerson, were also chosen as reserves for the US national team, according to the site.