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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ has claimed its sixth Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association (DI-AAA ADA) All-Sports Trophy after a historic season tallying 293.25 points throughout the 2025–26 academic year. 

The DI-AAA ADA All-Sports Trophy is awarded to the institution that has the highest earned point total across its sports programs. To be eligible for inclusion in the point standings, a sport must be sponsored by at least 25 percent of eligible universities. Continuing a longstanding tradition of excellence, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ has received the award five previous times in 2022–23, 2021–22, 2011–12, 2005–06, as well as in the award’s inaugural year in 2004–05. 

2025-26 Season Highlights

"It is a tremendous honor to once again be recognized as the top Division I-AAA athletic department," said Tanner Gardner, director of Athletics at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. "This award reflects the collective effort and commitment of student-athletes, coaches, staff, and University leadership to pursue excellence in competition, the classroom and in the community, for greater purpose. We look forward to building on this momentum as we head into the new academic year."

Division I-AAA consists of approximately 100 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I schools that do not sponsor football. Across all eligible universities, 21 sports are considered for the DI-AAA ADA trophy, including baseball (men only); softball and volleyball (women only); and basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track, and outdoor track (both men and women). 

Securing this year’s trophy, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ finished 56.75 points ahead of second-place High Point University, which earned 236.50 points. The remaining top five institutions also turned in strong performances, with St. John's University placing third with 178.00 points, the University of Denver with 153.00 points, and California Baptist University with 149.00 points. 

Additionally, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ finished atop this year's D1-AAA ADA All-Sports standings in four of the individual sports: both men’s and women's golf and tennis. 

Of this season’s national success, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ also had six team appearances in NCAA tournaments and championships, showcasing high-level excellence and grit across athletic programs. Waves teams contributing to this distinction include our women's tennis, women's golf, and men's volleyball programs, who all finished in top-eight standings at the NCAA’s.

The men’s golf program also recently earned its 24th West Coast Conference (WCC) crown, followed by winning the NCAA regional in June. In addition, the women’s soccer team won its second consecutive WCC championship and placed in the NCAA regionals, and men’s tennis secured a share of the WCC regular season title. The women's swim and dive team set 13 new program records this season, among many other teams which also boasted of a successful year. 

Twelve Waves student-athletes earned All-American recognition throughout the academic year from men's volleyball, water polo, men's golf and women's golf programs. Three Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ athletes earned conference player of the year laurels from the WCC, which included women's golf's Eunseo Choi, men's golf's Mahanth Chirravuri, and women's tennis' Živa Falkner. 

Building upon a history of academic success throughout the classroom, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ student-athletes also achieved a record-setting department-wide 3.37 GPA average across the 2025-26 academic year. 

In sum, this national distinction is a testament to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s commitment to elite levels of athletic excellence across all 17 NCAA Division I intercollegiate varsity sports.