Collegiate Pathways
Celebrating the connection between schools, conferences, National Governing Bodies and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee to support student-athletes
The American college system is one of the primary pathways to Team USA. More than 84% of 2024 U.S. Olympic medalists and 54% of 2024 U.S. Paralympic medalists in Paris had ties to collegiate sport programs.
Competing on campus helps Team USA student-athletes and athletes around the globe grow not just as athletes, but as people. The hard work they put in helps them graduate to the world’s stage, becoming leaders of the future who command the world’s attention.
The USOPC Collegiate Pathways team supports NGBs, schools, conferences, and institutions across the collegiate system (NCAA, NAIA, collegiate club and collegiate adaptive programs) to protect, optimize and strengthen the collegiate pathway to Team USA.
