Each season, Ultiworld staff submit a ballot of the best players in the D-I Men’s and D-I Women’s divisions, counting up the votes to rank who they think are the top athletes. From wily vets to buzzy breakouts to rising rookies, we comb the rosters and plant our flags.

Our final rankings also take into account ballots from college players and our subscribers. These ballots will close Monday, April 20 at 1 PM ET.

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The Ultiworld Editorial Staff has named the second annual Writer Awards winners. We wanted to recognize the hard work and creative vision of our writing staff. While our plaudits go well beyond just these winners, these exemplified what can make Ultiworld’s storytelling meaningful and impactful in the community.

Writer of the Year

Alex Rubin

“Alex Rubin continues to expand as a storyteller and analyst, while maintaining thorough, disciplined, and dedicated reporting. And he’s a sharp interviewer, too.”

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Chris Graber, a resident of North Canton, Ohio, and member of the UFA’s Pittsburgh Thunderbirds for six seasons, is now the Guinness World Record holder for the pistol squat, setting the world record on May 25, 2025.

Graber, who started playing ultimate with his family when he was 9 years old, has long been known in the ultimate community as a springy and explosive player.

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Ultiworld’s coverage of the 2025 club ultimate season are presented by Spin Ultimate; all opinions are those of the author(s). Find out how Spin can get you, and your team, looking your best this season.

The Club Championship pools are set after National Men’s Director Adam Goff drew teams into pools live on Deep Look earlier today. The World Cup-style draw, instituted in 2023, sees the top four seeds based on USAU’s post-Regionals rankings placed at the top of the pools, then the remainder of the qualifiers sorted into “pots” and randomly placed into the remaining three spots in each pool.

Here are the pools for each division, with the team’s post-Regionals Power Ranking¹ indicated in parentheses.

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1. Which will be published later this week ↩

After a breakout run to the final, expectations are high for this group’s followup campaign.

Here’s their 2025 roster.
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Notable adds for XIST are generating a lot of optimism for one of the strongest programs in the mixed division over recent seasons.

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