Nobody was better at helping get their team to the end zone.
November 18, 2025 by Josh Katz and Alex Rubin in Awards
Ultiworld is pleased to announce our annual Club Awards. While we consider both regular season and postseason performance, because of the nature of the Club division, we weight success in the Series and at Nationals above all else. The Club Awards are voted on by Ultiworld reporters, contributors, and editors.
Our awards continue with the Man-Matching and Woman-Matching Offensive Players of the Year, recognizing the players who we felt had the most impactful and productive seasons helping their teams score. For the first time, Ultiworld’s Offensive, Defensive, and Breakout Player of the Year awards in the mixed division are presented by gender matchup. Our first and second team all club have always featured an equal number of woman-matching and man-matching players, and this change now comes to our award podiums to reflect the most unique aspect of the mixed division. They set up goals, finished off points, and produced yardage at consistently high levels against the top defenders.
Player of the Year Award
All-Club First Team
All-Club Second Team
Offensive Player of the Year Award
Defensive Player of the Year Award
Breakout Player of the Year Award
Coach(es) of the Year Award
Club Awards Voting Breakdown
Snubs and Superlatives
2025 Woman-Matching Mixed Division Offensive Player of the Year
Sadie Jezierski (XIST)
When it was revealed that Sadie Jezierski was coming back east and joining XIST, there was plenty of reason for excitement. But few were expecting quite the level of fireworks and offensive explosion that she put up in her debut campaign, as she racked up assist after assist en route to her first OPOTY win.
Jezierski may not operate like a traditional backfield handler, but everything about her game comes back to her throwing abilities. When she is on her game, as she was for much of the season and just about all of Nationals, there are few players across the entire sport that are both as confident as her to look deep every chance they get and good enough to actually complete those deep shots with regularity.
When it all comes together for Jezierski, as it did in San Diego, it’s like watching a magician at work. Time and time again, she found herself open, and soon with the disc, within striking range of the end zone. Time and time again, an XIST teammate would immediately take off deep. And nearly every time, Sadie was much obliged to reward her teammate’s excellent cut with a perfect throw. It didn’t matter if she was throwing a flick, or a backhand, or a hammer, to the open side or to the break side, high in the air or inches off the ground. Anytime Sadie Jezierski threw the disc, you knew it was right on the money. She was simply unstoppable.
– Josh Katz
Runner-up
Jolie Krebs (XIST)
Few players can compare their career rise to what Krebs has shown in the last half decade. The 2024 D-I Offensive Player Of The Year adds a podium appearance on the club side following a stellar season pacing the XIST backfield. Krebs exhibits so many traits of a top handler that it is difficult to pinpoint exactly what she does best. Pinpoint OIIO throws open up break-lane flow for the rest of a talented O-line. Elite conditioning allows Krebs to continuously get open for reset throws despite taking on the most points played on the team1 and frequently facing off against opponents’ best defenders. As Krebs continues to mature as a player and gain comfort at the elite club level, she should contend for many more of these awards in the future.
– Alex Rubin
2025 Man-Matching Mixed Division Offensive Player of the Year
Tannor Johnson-Go (Sprocket)
Tannor Johnson-Go is the engine that keeps Sprocket’s gears churning. His motor continues to churn out reset cuts, gainers, skyball catches, and whatever else the team needs. Johnson-Go takes the open space the defense forces him to and turns his motion into leverage to take advantage of his situation. Whether that requires a bendy throw or a quick release give-and-go, Johnson-Go has every single tool in the box to diagnose a defense and figure out a way to score.
It was always going to be difficult for an upstart program like Sprocket to repeat their magical 2024 season, but Tannor Johnson-Go made such a bracket run possible with another incredible season. While it may not be the most efficient offense imaginable, Sprocket’s best chance to score was to ensure that Johnson-Go was touching the disc as often as possible. Despite getting attention from some of the best defenders in the division, despite his name in big bold letters atop opponents’ game plans, and despite a mountain of expectations heaped upon his shoulders, Johnson-Go delivered in every single game he played this season.
The concept of a “true hybrid,” a player who can operate effectively like a cutter downfield and like a handler in the backfield has become a bit of a meme recently. But, no player models the type of consistent play not matter their place on the field like Johnson-Go can and did all season long.
– Alex Rubin
Runner-up
Aaron Bartlett (Hybrid)
Bartlett just won his third consecutive championship,2 and each year he takes on more and more responsibility on offense. Bartlett balances poise and power, carefully placing delicate throws to tight spaces and rampaging down the cutting lanes to make himself an option for easy continuations. On an O-line stacked with players in contention for other awards, Bartlett stood out as the clear A-1 option and someone that his star teammates clearly rely on. Still years away from reaching his potential, it is fair to assume that Bartlett will be in contention for awards like this for years to come.
– Alex Rubin
