By the Numbers: Highlights from 2025
86 Student Officials
95 Participating Universities
2,000+ Student Athletes
50 Volunteer Staff
2025 Tournament MVPs
Women’s Championship Division: Ally Maloney, Michigan State University
Men’s Championship Division: Brayden Gonder, BYU
Women’s Open Division: May Lu, UCLA
Men’s Open Division: Zachary Preucil, Cal Poly
Champions by Year
For results history prior to the 2021 tournament, please contact NIRSA staff.
Women’s National Champions
- 2025: Michigan State University
Runner Up: San Diego State University | Overland Park, KS - 2024: Cal Poly
Runner Up: UCLA | Foley, AL - 2023: UCLA
Runner Up: Boston College | Round Rock, TX - 2022: Cal Poly
Runner Up: University of Connecticut | Round Rock, TX - 2021: Penn State University
Runner Up: UNC-Chapel Hill | Foley, AL
Men’s National Champions
- 2025: Brigham Young University
Runner Up: UCLA | Overland Park, KS - 2024: Brigham Young University
Runner Up: Ohio State| Foley, AL - 2023: Brigham Young University
Runner Up: Boston College | Round Rock, TX - 2022: Brigham Young University
Runner Up: Minnesota | Round Rock, TX - 2021: Brigham Young University
Runner Up: Texas | Foley, AL
Women’s Open Division Champions
- 2025: UCLA
Runner Up: Purdue | Overland Park, KS - 2024: Colorado “Black”
Runner Up: Missouri| Foley, AL - 2023: San Diego State University
Runner Up: UC Santa Barbara| Round Rock, TX - 2022: UCLA
Runner Up: Kansas | Round Rock, TX - 2021: James Madison University
Runner Up: University of Connecticut | Foley, AL
Men’s Open Division Champions
Officials Recognition
Tournament Directors
- Tournament Director, Nicole Jackson, NIRSA Headquarters
- Assistant Tournament Director, Lauren Carlson, NIRSA Headquarters
- Co-Director of Competition, Laurel Hanna, University of Michigan
- Co-Director of Competition, Max Miller, Swarthmore College
- Assistant Director of Competition, Mario Rios, Tarleton University
- Director of Operations, Brooks Ford, The University of Texas at Austin
- Assistant Director of Operations, Alex Pendar, University of Wisconsin – River Falls
- Director of Officials, Abby Van Note, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Assistant Director of Officials, Christian Ramirez, Loyola Marymount University
- TEAL, Keith Woolems, University of Portland
- TEAL, Jessica Cuadra, Duke University
- TEAL, Sophia Caro, University of Texas at Dallas
- TEAL, Christopher Baunoch, Georgetown University
- Tournament Host, Eric Olson, Overland Park
- Tournament Host, Chad McFarland, Overland Park
- Soccer Work Team Co-Chair, Alex Pendar, University of Wisconsin – River Falls
- Soccer Work Team Co-Chair, Gresh Urbanowski, The University of Texas at Austin
Tournament Staff
- Hanna Anderson, Purdue University
- Peter Aysseh, University of South Carolina
- Cait Carney, Northwestern University
- Dianna Choque, University of Tennessee
- Brittany Close, Creighton University
- Shane Conti, Boston College
- Pedro Niccolini Coelho, USC Columbia
- Abbie Cunningham, Texas A&M College Station
- Noel Durante, Missouri State University
- Jeff Eckert, NIRSA
- Connor Haines, Georgia Southern
- Lauren Hoffman, Cornell University
- Jonathan Johnston, East Texas A&M University
- Jerrell Kelly, University of Colorado Boulder
- Paul Klein, The University of Texas at Dallas
- Rachel Lucas, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
- Madi Luney, Sam Houston State University
- John McNeal, University of Alabama
- Genevieve Nhan, University of Texas at Austin
- Valeria Ortega, The University of Texas at Austin
- Sebastian Prado, Michigan State University
- Ashley Schmidt, Clemson University
- John Scrimger, Texas Tech University
- Keegan Sheffler, West Virginia University
- Courtney Sherwin, UC Santa Cruz
- Sierra Smith, NIRSA
- Yadira Soto, University of California, Irvine
- Nicole Stallard, Northwestern University
- Jacob Steffen, West Virginia University
- Lulu Troll, University of New Hampshire
- Jared Tollas, Texas Tech University Gresh Urbanowski, The University of Texas at Austin
- Eric Vaughn, Missouri State
- Camie Williams, Pittsburg State University
- Dan Wrenholt, Washburn University
Featured Awards
Winning the positive sporting behavior awards were:
Cornell University in the Women’s Division
Weber State University in the Men’s Division
Hall of Fame
Induction into the NIRSA Championship Series Hall of Fame commemorates the spirit of excellence, dedication, and sporting behavior that defines the NIRSA Championship Series community. Discover inspirational figures who’ve guided future generations towards their own path of greatness.