This week, USA Ultimate announced the opening of nominations for the 2021 Callahan Award, which will be awarded despite the lack of a regular season.

Nominations are open immediately and close on December 8th. Voting begins on December 10th and closes on December 21st, the day after the College Championships finals. Normally, voting closes before the College Championships begin and the awards are presented during the tournament. (more…)

Late Wednesday night, USA Ultimate granted permission to college teams to add registrar-approved and eligible players to their Regionals rosters that were not initially included on the teams’ Conferences rosters to begin the 2021 College Series. Teams must pay a late fee for each player added; the deadline is tonight at 11:59 PM MT for teams competing at Regionals this weekend. Teams that are competing on future weekends will be contacted next week.

A new addition to the 2021 College Guidelines stated, “A team must set their roster prior to conferences. The conference championship roster is the final roster for the entire College Series. If an athlete is potentially participating in regionals or the College Championships, but is unavailable during the conference championships, they MUST still appear on the conference championship roster.” This information was also announced in an April 2021 press release about changes to the Guidelines and in the STAR webinar on Fall 2021 college registration. It was not listed in the seven-step “how to register” guide on the college guidelines and registration section of USAU’s college landing page. (more…)