UniUSA is proud to recognize the recipients of its inaugural honors celebrating outstanding achievement, leadership, and service during FISU competition. These awards recognize student-athletes, coaches, teams, and leaders who exemplify excellence on the international stage while advancing the values of collegiate sport through integrity, sportsmanship, and global engagement. 2025 UniUSA Honors Recipients Female Athlete of the Year Leah Shackley | Swimming The Student-Athlete

The 2026 FISU America Games will bring together student-athletes from across the Americas, and UniUSA athletes will be ready to proudly represent their country, their schools, and each other in Lima. To help bring that team spirit to life, athletes and staff will receive official team gear designed to represent the United States delegation with pride, unity, and energy.

"Over my 27 years in university sport, I've been fortunate to work on some incredible projects and student-athletes — and this experience absolutely earns a spot on the highlight reel.

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK -- I’ve been doing taekwondo for about 12 years. It started as a hobby that my mom put me in to keep me active growing up. It took a lot of discipline and there were moments when I no longer wanted to train. But my mom told me that I would regret it if I stopped, so I kept going. Roughly five years ago, I began competing nationally and internationally. Since then, I have become a four-time National Taekwondo Champion, two-time USA Collegiate Team Mem

RHINE-RUHR, GERMANY - Missing the action and the friendship? The matches and the emotions? The conferences and the medal ceremonies? Then it’s time to look back to the best moments of the FISU Summer Games in Germany. WATCH HERE

By Rich Perelman July 27, 2025 RHINE-RUHR, GERMANY -- At the last University Games, in Chengdu (CHN) in 2021, the U.S. won 23 medals, including one gold. At the prior Games in 2019, in Naples (ITA), the American team did better, with 53 medals and 21 golds. The 2025 World University Games concluded on Sunday in Germany, with 18 sports across six cities in Germany, called “Rhine-Ruhr 2025.” And the U.S. team, thanks to USA Swimming, topped the medal table for the first time

July 26, 2025 | Men's Water Polo, Women's Water Polo DUISBURG, GERMANY -- UniUSA captured silver medals at the 2025 FISU World University Games in both men's and women's water polo on Saturday, July 26 at ASC Duisburg (Amateur Swimming Club). Team USA, comprised of only players from UCLA Water Polo, made history at the 2025 FISU Games, becoming the first teams from the United States to win a medal in both sports at the same FISU Games. Both programs had great showings, despi

BERLIN, GERMANY – The USA completed a clean sweep of relay events on the final night of swimming at Schwimm-und Sprunghalle im Europasportpark in Berlin, clinching both 4x100m medley relays to confirm their dominance of the pool. Leah Elizabeth Shackley (pictured above), Maxine Charlize Parker and Matthew Carl King each won their fifth golds of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games as nine medal events were decided on Wednesday. Parker, who along with Shackley took