Ettrick,Va. (Aug 5, 2025) – America Collegiate Athletic Affiliation (USCAA) has formally accepted Virginia State College as a full-time member for girls’s soccer, males’s soccer, and baseball, starting with the 2025–26 tutorial 12 months.
This membership grants Virginia State College full eligibility to compete within the USCAA postseason tournaments and nominate student-athletes for nationwide awards. The three Trojan athletic applications will take part on the Division I stage throughout the affiliation, whereas sustaining their NCAA Division 2 standing.
VSU baseball has competed within the New South Atlantic Convention (NSAC) because the 2021 season. With official membership, VSU is now eligible to compete within the USCAA Small Faculty World Collection.
Virginia State’s ladies’s and males’s soccer applications—getting into their third and second seasons respectively—may even profit from the affiliation. Each groups will compete as independents however will share USCAA membership with CIAA peer establishment Shaw College, a USCAA member because the 2017 athletic season.
“Becoming a member of the USCAA opens up new alternatives for Virginia State College to recruit gifted student-athletes and supply them with a championship-caliber expertise,” mentioned Tiffani-Daybreak B. Sykes, Affiliate Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics. “It ensures that our student-athletes have entry to nationwide recognition, significant postseason experiences, and a aggressive platform. This affiliation not solely enhances the visibility of our baseball and soccer applications, but additionally marks an thrilling new chapter in VSU Athletics as we proceed to develop our model and increase our footprint in faculty athletics.
In regards to the USCAA America Collegiate Athletic Affiliation (USCAA) exists to offer high quality athletic competitors on a nationwide scale for small schools that align with the foundations and requirements set by the affiliation and its bylaws. The USCAA fosters the holistic growth of student-athletes—thoughts, physique, and spirit—by aggressive alternatives rooted in integrity, management, scholarship, and life values.
By selling instructional priorities alongside athletics, the USCAA ensures that student-athletes develop each academically and athletically.
