2025 Jim Nantz Award Watch List
Below is a list of the leading candidates for STAA’s 2025 Jim Nantz Award. The award is the highest honor in STAA’s All-America Program, which has been recognizing the nation’s most outstanding collegiate sportscasters since 2009.
Watch list names are not guaranteed to earn All-America honors, nor is it certain the 2025 Nantz winner is on this list. Names will be added as we become acquainted with the nation’s top talent.
Applications for the 2025 Nantz Award will open in March.
2025 Watch List
- Tyler Aitken (Syracuse, Sr)
- Aiden Blanc (Arizona State, Jr)
- Luke Burgess (Syracuse, Jr)
- Sam Corcoran (Syracuse, Sr)
- Rheanna DeCrow (Ithaca, Sr)
- Mickey Doolittle (Missouri, Sr)
- Eli Fishman (Ithaca, Sr)
- Perri Kitei (Northwestern, Sr)
- Grant Kiefer (Ohio U. Jr)
- Jordan Klimes (Ball State, Sr)
- Cavan Malayter (Arizona State, Sr)
- Cam Manna (Ithaca, Sr)
- Kyle Marchak (Virginia Tech, Sr)
- Sam Neiger (Ball State, Jr)
- MJ Newsom (USC, Sr)
- Ian Nicholas (Syracuse, Sr)
- Blake Niemann (Arizona State, Jr)
- Joe Pratt (Baylor, Sr)
- Tyler Reidy (Notre Dame, Jr)
- Hudson Ridley (Syracuse, Jr)
- Paige Riley (Alabama, Sr)
- Jacob Schrantz (Nebraska, Sr)
- Max Schwartzberg (Northeastern, So)
- Andrew Selover (Syracuse, Sr)
- Jack Smith (USC, Sr)
- Carson Trail (Stanford, Sr)
- Riley Underwood (Syracuse, Jr)
- Aylee Weiss (Syracuse, Sr)
- Riley Woodall (Indiana, Sr)
- Max Zepeda (Arizona State, Jr)