D-I College Awards Watchlist

A look at the early shortlists for end-of-season college awards.

Lia Schwartz of Tufts EWO sizes up a forehand at Stanford Invite 2025. Photo: Rodney Chen – Ultiphotos.com

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Now that we’re entering the final stretches of the regular season, it feels like a good idea to share some of our staff’s ongoing internal college awards dialogue. Here are some of the players currently on our radar. A few disclaimers: first, while this is a pretty good snapshot of now, things can change in a hurry. Second, and as is always the case, awards consideration will be heavily influenced by what we see on the field at Nationals. Finally, these lists are not exhaustive by any means.

Player of the Year

Laura Blume of UC Santa Barbara Burning Skirts goes fully horizontal for a grab at Stanford Invite 2025. Photo: Rodney Chen – Ultiphotos.com

Women’s Division

  • Laura Blume (UC Santa Barbara Burning Skirts)
  • Mika Kurahashi (UBC Thunderbirds)
  • Clil Phillips (Colorado Quandary)
  • Lia Schwartz (Tufts EWO)
  • Trout Weybright (Oregon Fugue)
Cal Ursa Major’s Dexter Clyburn at Santa Barbara Invite 2025. Photo: William ‘Brody’ Brotman – Ultiphotos.com

Men’s Division

  • Dexter Clyburn (Cal Ursa Major)
  • Mica Glass (Oregon Ego)
  • Kyle Lew (Cal Poly SLO SLOCORE)
  • Declan Miller (Carleton CUT)
  • Josh Singleton (UNC Darkside)

We’ll start the conversation here in the men’s division, where the near-total absence of a couple of bigtime upperclassmen (Ben Dameron, Wyatt Kellmann) has opened the field a little.

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