National University Qualifiers:
Qualification for the university nationals as it has been in the past with the addition of the requirement to compete at an NUQ. NUQ's can be hosted by any collegiate team or if a collegiate athletes competes at a state championships. There will also be a virtual option available in Janu 2022.
The purpose of NUQ events is to promote intercollegiate competition to help strengthen future applications to the NCAA emerging sport program i.e. we have to show there is a need and a population that is participating in collegiate level events.
University National Qualification
- Maximum age: 25
- Currently enrolled in 1 credit hour or more OR
- Graduated within 1 year of the competition
- Collegiate eligibility in BARS ex. transcript
- NUQ event or LWC state championship participation
The list below includes both scholarship and non scholarship programs.
Athletes who would like to be contacted by university teams may complete the recruitment form HERE
Teams are not required to respond to inquiries and athletes are encouraged to reach out directly to teams if a response is not received in a timely manner.
Report updates or incorrect information to suzy.sanchez@usaweightlifting.org
Updated 8/16/21
NAIA
Club
Mid-american Nazarene
- Head coach: Whitney Rodden
- Website: www.mnusports.com
- Contact phone: 913-669-1513
- Contact email: wtrodden@mnu.edu
Funding: Partial scholarships
Oklahoma City University
- Head Coach: Jason Miller
- Contact Email: jmiller2@okcu.edu
- Oklahoma City University Info Packet
Funding: Full and partial scholarships
Varsity
Louisiana State University Shreveport (Men & Women)
- Head coach: Kyle Pierce
- Email: kyle.pierce@lsus.edu
Funding: In-state tuition waiver
Menlo College
- Head coach: Karl Reyes
- Email: karl.reyes@menlo.edu
- Menlo College Info Packet
Funding: Full and partial scholarships
Brewton-Parker College
- Head Coach: Vance Newguard
- Contact email: vnewgard@bpc.edu
- Contact phone: 906-251-8567
Funding: Full and partial scholarships
Missouri Valley University
- Head Coach: John Anderson
- Contact email: andersonj@moval.edu
Funding: unknown
NCAA
Club
University of North Florida
- Head Coach: Alison Consentino
Funding: unknown
University of Iowa
- Head Coach: Jon Roettger
- Contact email: Jonroe18@live.com
- Website: https://www.facebook.com/IowaWLC/
Funding: unknown
University of Northern Iowa
- Head Coach: Andrew Dolphin
- Contact email: dolphina@uni.edu
Funding: unknown
Sacred Heart University
Funding: unknown
Texas A&M - College Station
- Head coach: Sam Dollar
- Email: sdollar1@gmail.com
Funding: unknown
University of Texas- Austin
- Head Coach: David Griffin
- Contact email: david.c.griffin2@utexas.edu
- Contact phone: 302-229-7948
- UT Weightlifting Constitution
- University of Texas Weightlifting Info Packet
- Instagram: @utexasweightlifting
Funding: Travel expenses pending fundraising
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
- Head coach: Shane Perkins
- Website: http://www.uww.edu/recsports/warfitness
Funding: unknown
West Virginia University
- Head Coach: Guy Hornsby
- Contact email: william.hornsby@mail.wvu.edu
- Contact phone: 713-470-7455
- West Virginia University Info Packet
Funding: unknown
Weber State University
- Head coach: Matthew Barker
- Website: https://www.weber.edu/weightlifting
Funding: unknown
University of Oregon
- Head Coach: Jack Carpenter
- Contact email: jcarp3@icloud.com
- University of Oregon Info Packet
Funding: unknown
Tarleton State University
- Head coach: Cason Kelly
- Email: cason.kelly@go.tarleton.edu
Funding: unknown
Texas State University
- Head coach: DJ Bray
- Email: 1409.strength@gmail.com
Funding: unknown
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
- Head coach: Colton Berger
- Website: https://uwlmyorgs.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/olympicweightlifting
Funding: unknown
East Carolina University
- Club Faculty Advisor: Dave Kemble
- Email: weightlifting-club@ecu.edu
- Website: https://engage.ecu.edu/organization/olympic-weightlifting-club-sport
- Instagram: @eastcarolina_clubweightlifting
Funding: ECU Club Weightlifting is fully funded through the East Carolina University Club Sports program (Non-scholarship).
Shippensburg University
- Head coach: Kyle Fields
- Website: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010677965958&lst=1338030075%3A100010677965958%3A1550112512&sk=timeline
Funding: unknown
University of Michigan
- Head coach: Bob Morris/Celia Gold
- Website: https://maizepages.umich.edu/organization/MichiganWeightlifting
Funding: unknown
East Tennessee State University
- Head Coach: Satoshi Mizuguchi
- Contact email: harahara10@hotmail.com
- East Tennessee State University Info Packet
Funding: full and partial scholarships
University of Vermont
- Head coach: Tim Laracy
- Website: https://thelynx.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/uvmoly
Funding: Unknown
University of Florida
- Head Coach: Michael Espinosa
- Contact email: mike@thearkfitness.org
- University of Florida Weightlifting Club
Funding: unknown
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Club Contact email: uncweightlifting@gmail.com
Funding: unknown
Emory University
- Head coach: Julianna Christman
- Email: emoryweightlifting@gmail.com
- Website: https://www.facebook.com/EmoryWeightliftingClub
Funding: unknown
California State University-Northridge (Northridge, CA)
- Head coach: Emmy Vargas
- Contact phone: 818-534-6054
- Contact email: jeffreysuarez33@gmail.com
Funding: unknown
University of California - Santa Barbara
- Head coach: Alison Parakh
- Website: https://recreation.ucsb.edu/sport-club/coed-weightlifting
Funding: unknown
Swarthmore College
- Head coach: Briana Sfamurri
- Contact email: BDS627@yahoo.com
- Contact phone: 484-437-4811
Funding: None
Michigan State University
- Head coach: Marianne Huebner
- huebner@msu.edu or spartanweights@gmail.com
- Facebook: @spartanbbc (https://www.facebook.com/spartanbbc/)
- Spartan Barbell Club Constitution
Funding: unknown
Tarlton State University
- Head coach: Cason Kelly
Funding: unknown
Varsity
Lenior Rhyne
- Head coach: Travis Mash
- Email: masheliteperformance@gmail.com
- Website: https://lrbears.com/sports/2020/11/7/mens-weightlifting-roster.aspx?path=anews
Funding: full and partial scholarships
Northern Michigan University - Olympic Training
- Head coach: Tyler Depuydt
- Northern Michigan University Info Packet
Funding: full and partial scholarships
NJCAA
State College of Florida (Club)
Funding: unknown
Intramural/Other
Miami University
- Head coach: Nicholas Spurgus
- Website: https://muhub.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/MUWC
Funding: unknown
University of Southern California
- Website: https://ignite.usc.edu/project/14641
Funding: unknown
Armstrong State University
- Head coach: Cullun Watts
- Website: https://recreation.georgiasouthern.edu/armstrong/clubsports/
Funding: unknown
Rutgers Weightlifting Club
- Head coach: Jeffrey Chan
- Contact email:ru.olympic.weightlifting@gmail.com
- Website:https://rutgers.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/WeightliftingClub
Funding: unknown
Florida State University
Funding: unknown
University of Miami
Funding: unknown
Virginia Tech
- Head coach: Shae McMillan
- Email: shaem@vt.edu
Funding: unknown