2026 Callahan Award Finalists Announced

The top five for each division!

The finalists for the 2026 Callahan Award were announced today by USA Ultimate.

Here are the finalists in alphabetical order.

Women’s Finalists

  • Quincy Booth — Georgia
  • Faye Burdick — Colorado
  • Mika Kurahashi — British Columbia
  • Goodness Nwakudu — UC Santa Cruz
  • Caroline Stone — Vermont

Men’s Finalists

  • Xavier Fuzat — Texas
  • Adam Grossberg — Georgia Tech
  • Miles Grovic — Maryland
  • Anton Orme — Cal Poly SLO
  • Zeke Thoreson — Colorado

Check out all of their Callahan videos, plus those of the rest of the players who were nominated by schools across the country, on our mega-thread.

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