At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, 35 former, current and incoming NCAA student-athletes combined to earn 51pieces of hardwarefor the United States across eightParalympic sports. The athletes represented 35 NCAA schools and 28 conferences from all three divisions.
Of the medals earned by athletes with NCAA ties, 21 were gold, 23 were silver and seven were bronze. Of the NCAA medalists, 23 were women, or roughly 66%. Athletes with ties to Division I schools earned 33 medals, followed by Division III at 10 and Division II at seven.
Below are some notable highlights of NCAA medalist data, based on the NCAA'scomprehensive Paralympic qualifier dashboardthat includes 71 athletes.
Athletes with medals
5 medals:
- Christie Raleigh Crossley, para swimming, Florida State.
3 medals:
- Olivia Chambers, para swimming, University of Northern Iowa.
- Noah Malone, para athletics, Indiana State.
2 medals:
- Jaydin Blackwell, para athletics, Purdue Northwest.
- Ezra Frech, para athletics, Southern California.
- Derek Loccident, para athletics, Central Oklahoma.
- Brittni Mason, para athletics, Eastern Michigan.
- Morgan Stickney, para swimming, Biola.
- Ali Truwit, para swimming, Yale.
- Mallory Weggemann, para swimming, Gardner-Webb.
- Hunter Woodhall, para athletics, Arkansas.
1 medal:
- Sarah Adam, wheelchair rugby, Augustana (Illinois).
- Mark Barr, para triathlon, Cal Poly.
- David Blair, para athletics, Weber State.
- Samantha Bosco, para cycling road, University of Central Florida.
- Carson Clough, para triathlon, North Carolina.
- McKenzie Coan, para swimming, Loyola Maryland.
- Liza Corso, para athletics, Lipscomb.
- Skylar Dahl, para rowing, Virginia.
- Whitney Dosty, sitting volleyball, Arizona.
- Emelie Eldracher, para rowing, MIT.
- Chris Hammer, para triathlon, Grand Valley State.
- Katie Holloway Bridge, sitting volleyball, California State University, Northridge.
- Isaac Jean-Paul, para athletics, Lewis.
- Noelle Malkamaki, para athletics, DePaul.
- Nicole Nieves, sitting volleyball, Queens (New York).
- Grace Norman, para triathlon, Cedarville.
- Grace Nuhfer, para swimming, Akron.
- Gia Pergolini, para swimming, Florida International University.
- Courtney Ryan, wheelchair basketball, Metropolitan State University of Denver.
- Sydney Satchell, sitting volleyball, Howard.
- Zach Shattuck, para swimming, Frostburg State.
- Roderick Townsend, para athletics, Boise State.
- Gemma Wollenschlaeger, para rowing, Temple.
- Colleen Young, para swimming, Fairfield.
Top 4 Paralympic sports
- 1.(tie) Para athletics (track and field):18 medals won by 11 NCAA athletes — eight gold, six silver and four bronze.
- 1.(tie)Para swimming:18 medals won by 10 NCAA athletes — six gold, 11 silver and one bronze.
- 3. (tie) Para triathlon:Four medals won — two gold, one silver and one bronze.
- 3. (tie) Sitting volleyball:Four gold medals won.
Top 4 conferences
- 1. (tie) Atlantic Coast Conference:Six medals won by three athletes — two gold and four silver.
- 1. (tie) Missouri Valley Conference:Six medals won by two athletes — two gold, three silver and one bronze.
- 3. (tie) Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference:Three gold medals won by two athletes.
- 3. (tie) Mid-American Conference:Three silver medals won by two athletes.
School breakdown:
4 medals:
- Florida State.
3 medals:
- Indiana State.
- University of Northern Iowa.
2 medals:
- Arkansas
- Biola
- Central Oklahoma.
- Eastern Michigan.
- Gardner-Webb.
- Purdue Northwest.
- Southern California.
- Yale.
1 medal (24 schools):
- Akron.
- Arizona.
- Augustana (Illinois).
- Boise State.
- Cal Poly.
- California State University, Northridge.
- Cedarville.
- DePaul.
- Fairfield.
- Florida International University.
- Frostburg State.
- Grand Valley State.
- Howard.
- Lewis.
- Lipscomb.
- Loyola Maryland.
- MIT.
- Metropolitan State University of Denver.
- North Carolina.
- Queens (New York).
- Temple.
- University of Central Florida.
- Virginia.
- Weber State.
Data notes:A medalist is considered an athlete who earned an individual medal or was part of a team/relay that earned a medal. The data counts medals individually for relay/team events, whereas those are considered singular medals in traditional Paralympic data counters. Medalists are credited for their current school, including incoming athletes for the 2024-25 academic year. In the case of former student-athletes who transferred, they are only credited to the school/conference in which they most recently competed. Additionally, this data only includes athletes with ties to NCAA championship sports or sports in the Emerging Sports for Women program.