WKA US
National Team
The WKA holds one World Championship in a different country every year. After competeing for the German WAKO Team from 1994 until 1998, Stef competed for the WKA Team from 1998 until 2003. In 2004 she was not allowed to leave the US, because she waited for her green card, so she didn't even try to qualify. However Stef competed at the WKA World Championships with the IAKSA USA in 2005. Her 2nd year on the US Team she competed at the WKA World Championships with the actual WKA USA Team for the first time in 2006.
Team Oakley
Stef met David Oakley at the WKA qualifier in May 2006 in Evansville, IN. She decided to prepare with some of his students and with his help for the World Championships 2006. So at least once a week she would travel two and a half hours down to Virginia in addition to her own training to get some experience in.