Colorado Springs, Colo. (May 5, 2026) – Today USA Ultimate, the national governing body for the sport of ultimate in the United States and member of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, opens the voting window for the 2026 Callahan Award. Running May 5 through May 12, voting is open to all active college division players and can be accessed via their member account page.
Players have been nominated for this prestigious award by their teams or by USA Ultimate college regional directors. Eighty-two athletes have been nominated in the men’s division and 41 in the women’s. These nominees represent the best of college ultimate — demonstrating superior skill and athleticism, as well as outstanding sportsmanship, leadership and dedication to the sport. A full list of nominees is below, and additional information on each can be viewed on their individual bio pages on the Callahan website.
Following this voting period, finalists for each division will be shared Thursday, May 21. The 2026 winners will be announced live during an awards ceremony at the D-I College Championships on May 24.
2026 Callahan Nominees
| Men’s Division Aaron Bartlett – Michigan Adam Grossberg – Georgia Tech Adam Goldstein – Georgia Aiden Ballard – West Virginia Alex Kirages – Carnegie Mellon Alex Warrington – Ohio State Ammon Longenecker – Emory Andy Ploskunak – Duke Anton Orme – Cal Poly Ben Brink – Chicago Bennett Hartley – Northeastern (B) Bilal Nizamani – Georgetown Brian Bekken – Alabama-Huntsville Callahan Bosworth – Oregon State Carter Lankford – UC Berkeley Charlie Craemer – Washington (B) Christopher Heron – Washington University Coby Loveranes – Virginia Tech David Ciccarone – Miami Declan Kervick – Vermont Drew Laird – Mississippi State Dylan Wu – McGill Eamon Conneely – Syracuse Eddie Kim – NYU Eliav Malone – Tufts Elijah Diamond – Western Washington Elliot Davis – Michigan State Ethan Phillips – Clemson Ethan Pigeon – Penn State Evan Bembenista – SUNY Buffalo Evan Gorthy – SUNY Albany Gabe Schoepke – Iowa State Gabriel Jagt – Minnesota Gavin Abrahamsson – Massachusetts Hudson DeGroff – Tulane Ian Stone – Appalachian State Isaac Stiepleman – Columbia Jack McIntyre – Iowa Jack Weinberg – Oregon State Jacob Herz – William & Mary James Pardo – SUNYt Binghamton Jason Tapper – Brown Jimmy Beckman – Northeastern Jon Snell – Marquette Jonah Rominski – Grand Canyon Josh Reed – Auburn U Josh Singleton – North Carolina Justin Podnar – British Columbia Kristoff Boor – UNT Kydan Young – Miami (OH) Kye Haniph – Temple Lars Neske – UNC Charlotte Leo Kruse – Washington Lochlan Margison – Victoria Loic Billaut – UCLA Mark Henke – Texas A&M Marshall Hodges – Tennessee Matthew Imm – Purdue Matti Lee – NC State Mica Glass – Oregon Milan Moslehi – UC Santa Cruz Miles Grovic – Maryland Nate Astrom – Illinois Nate Poshkus – Case Western Nick Lopez – USC Noah Petersen – Wisconsin Patrick Joyce – West Chester Patrick Vorathiankul – James Madison Peter Kotz – Pittsburgh Rory Lenny – Colorado State Ryan Chapman – UC Santa Cruz (B) Ryan Neumann – UT Dallas Stephen Abel – LSU Stewart Kelley – UNC Wilmington Thomas Selwood – Pittsburgh (B) Tyler Husband – Virginia Tyler Mackey – Rutgers Vincent Fan – MIT Will Selfridge – Utah William Hines – Stevens Xavier Fuzat – Texas Zeke Thoreson – Colorado | Women’s Division Alli Reilly – North Carolina Alys Shah – Maryland Anna Pettis – Washington Brooke Chomko – Tufts Bryn Harper – Cal Poly Caitlin Lian – MIT Caledonia Krieger – UC Berkeley Calliope Cutchins – Michigan Caroline Stone – Vermont Delilah Masket – USC Devin Allard-Neptune – Brown Dylan Mullaney – UC San Diego Ericka Edgell – Victoria Esther Filipek – Stanford Faye Burdick – Colorado Goodness Nwakudu – UC Santa Cruz Isabella Bevans – NC State Isabelle Deputy – Case Western Jenna Mansfield – San Diego State Jia Johnson – Florida Jiwei Wu – Washington University Juliette Warga – Georgetown Kailey Rugani – Carnegie Mellon Karalie Morrison – Texas Kate Barry – Utah Liliana Hobday – Notre Dame Lilly Innes – Wisconsin Lily Johnson – American Madeline Franz – Pittsburgh Meg Zeng – Ohio State Meredith Weiner – William & Mary Mika Kurahashi – British Columbia Morgan Strong – UC Davis Poppy Wagner – Pennsylvania Quincy Booth – Georgia Riley Raker – UC Santa Barbara Sabrina Belkin – UCLA Sara Bauman – Northeastern Sydney Mannion – Virginia Trout Weybright – Oregon |
