More than 1,500 athletes will have the opportunity to receive their first NIL deal
Braintree, MA (September 4, 2025) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – OOFOS, the global leader in Active Recovery footwear, has teamed up with Her Campus Media (HCM), the top media and marketing ecosystem for college women, for an exciting new partnership centered around the Her Campus Athletic Club. This groundbreaking initiative is set to uplift, empower, and energize college athletes as they navigate the evolving sponsorship world at the intersection of sports and digital influence.
Through this collaboration, OOFOS will serve as the official recovery footwear sponsor of the Her Campus Athletic Club. At the center of the initiative is the opportunity for each participating athlete – more than 1,500 – to opt into a brand partnership with OOFOS. Within this expansive network of athletes, these brand partnerships may likely be their very first Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deal, providing a unique opportunity to use this experience as a training ground for honing their branding skills. Each athlete will receive a pair of OOFOS recovery slides and a curated Team OOFOS creator kit, which includes premium gear and tools to help them create content and share their stories. OOFOS is championing the active lifestyles student athletes live on campus – providing recovery footwear to support them physically and resources to help them grow their personal brands and creator careers.
“Supporting athletes, especially women in sports, as they balance their training, competition, and personal growth is core to who we are at OOFOS,” said Liz White, Chief Marketing Officer at OOFOS. “The Her Campus Athletic Club provides the perfect platform to give these student-athletes not just recovery footwear, but real opportunities to learn, grow, and take their first step into brand partnerships. We’re proud to be part of their journey.”
Launched to champion student-athletes both on and off the field, the Her Campus Athletic Club delivers powerful education, resources, and community designed to help athletes grow personal brands and authentic audiences while balancing the demands of academics and athletic commitments. Leveraging HCM’s unmatched reach, cultural insight and unique position in the marketplace, the Her Campus Athletic Club serves as a dynamic bridge between leading brands and a new generation of Gen Z athletes – fierce competitors who double as campus leaders, trendsetters, and influential voices shaping the future of sports, style, and social conversation. By partnering with OOFOS, Her Campus Media is amplifying the reach and impact of the Her Campus Athletic Club, unlocking meaningful opportunities for student-athletes that go far beyond the game.
A recent survey by HCM of more than 700 college students revealed nearly nine in 10 Gen Z women are sports fans, 73% follow at least one women’s college sport, and nearly six in 10 are more interested in women’s sports today than just a year ago. Further, 45% say they’re more likely to purchase from brands that invest in college sports. Despite this surging demand, women’s sports still receive only 10% of sponsorship dollars – leaving major equity gaps.
“Gen Z women are the heartbeat of the women’s sports movement, driving both cultural momentum and consumer behavior,” shares Katrina Campanale, SVP, Head of Sales at Her Campus Media. “By partnering with OOFOS as the first-ever official recovery footwear partner of the Her Campus Athletic Club, we’re not only championing the next generation of female athletes, but also giving brands an authentic way to connect with Gen Z women who are redefining fandom, influence, and purchasing power in sports.”
OOFOS has taken a thoughtful, innovative approach to NIL, creating opportunities that feel authentic to the brand and impactful for athletes. From its first-of-its-kind sponsorship of the University of South Carolina women’s basketball practice squad, the Highlighters, to a partnership with March Madness standout Jack Gohlke, OOFOS is redefining what athlete collaborations can look like. This new partnership with Her Campus Media builds on that approach, expanding OOFOS’ commitment to supporting athletes with resources and opportunities to grow their personal brands while balancing the demands of academics and competition.
“This community is all about supporting the next generation of athletes at this critical inflection point for the visibility of women’s sports,” says Stephanie Kaplan Lewis, Co-founder & CEO at Her Campus Media. “We feel so lucky to do so with a partner as authentic to this mission as OOFOS, who has a track record of supporting athletes throughout their journeys.”
About OOFOS® OOFOS is the global leader in recovery footwear, founded by a team of industry veterans looking to help runners and fitness enthusiasts recover better from their workouts. Made with revolutionary OOfoam™ technology, OOFOS are designed to absorb 37% more impact than traditional footwear. They reduce stress on joints to keep anyone, of any activity level, feeling their best. From professional athletes to casual walkers, OOFOS footwear will make your hard-working feet and body feel better – all you have to do is feel the OO. For more information, go to www.oofos.com.
About Her Campus Media Her Campus Media is the #1 media and marketing ecosystem for college women and Gen Z, reaching hundreds of millions of readers and social followers across its family of brands, including Her Campus, Spoon University, College Fashionista, InfluenceHer Collective, and Generation Hired, with a highly curated network of 100,000+ influencers and ambassadors across 2,300+ colleges. Leveraging its digital, social, experiential, influencer and on-campus reach, Her Campus Media provides award-winning marketing programs that drive consumer engagement and loyalty for the world’s leading brands. Her Campus has been named to Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies, Adweek’s Campaign of the Year, Entrepreneur magazine’s Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America, and Forbes 100 Best Websites for Women among other accolades.
HONOLULU — Charlie Wade will take it every single time.
The No. 2 Hawaii men’s volleyball team proudly showcased its stacked roster in its season-opening sweep of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, 25-11, 25-16, 25-14 on Friday night at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.
UH, which reached last year’s national semifinals, dismissed the Highlanders with a 13.5-0 advantage in blocks and a 6-0 advantage in aces.
A crowd of 5,685 passed through the turnstiles (6,721 tickets issued) for the brisk show. Opposite Kristian Titriyski pounded 12 kills on 22 swings, Adrien Roure added eight and UH committed only four attack errors as it hit .517 to NJIT’s .045.
Junior setter Tread Rosenthal made good on the extra inch he grew since last season — he’s up to 6 feet 11 — with a career-high-tying eight blocks and three aces dealt. On a prolonged second match point, Rosenthal ended it himself with a dump shot.
FINAL: No. 2 #HawaiiMVB sweeps NJIT 25-11, 25-16, 25-14 in the 2026 season opener.
UH hits .517, outblocks NJIT 12-0 and out-aces 6-0. The look of a national title contender, again. pic.twitter.com/BaE9imcODX
With a roster stocked with national team-caliber players, one of Wade’s biggest challenges on the night was not the opponent — it was how to get everyone involved. But the massive talent was definitely not an unbearable weight for the 17th-year head coach as UH won its 13th straight season opener.
“It’s a lot better than not having any talent, you know what I’m saying?” Wade said. “I don’t think you can ever have too many good players.”
So stacked was the lineup that two experienced players who would start for a significant portion of the country, hitter Finn Kearney and middle Ofeck Hazan, were limited to serving-sub duty in the first two sets, then got some run in the third with the match well in hand.
Hazan, the native of Israel who was effective as a true freshman last year, was displaced from the starting lineup by Grand Canyon transfer Trevell Jordan, who registered four kills on six swings, four digs and six blocks.
“It was a lot of the fans, the community,” Jordan said post-match of what made UH his choice as he had to leave the GCU program that suddenly shut down at the NCAA Division I level in the spring. “Just what the program has built and become. And it just really invited me. I knew a lot of the guys too, and they helped me get here and made it so much easier for me.”
Wade quipped, “And the coaching?” Jordan smiled and nodded.
Among the other starters, Louis Sakanoko put down four kills on eight swings and Justin Todd was 3-for-3 in the middle. UH made do without sophomore opposite Kainoa Wade, the coach’s son who missed the match after taking some balls off the head in practice this week.
Wade said he felt the program is still ascendent with Rosenthal the centerpiece coming off a sweep loss to UCLA in the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
UH broke through for national titles in 2021 and 2022, but has been a half-step behind old rivals UCLA and Long Beach State in the endgame in the last few years. Wade’s longtime associate head coach, Milan Zarkovic, left for UCLA in the offseason. To counter, Wade promoted alumnus Kupono Fey to be his new right-hand man and added former Ball State head coach Donan Cruz to his staff.
The 6-foot-10 Jordan ball-hawked above the net about a foot higher than the reach of anyone for NJIT. He was clearly Wade’s kind of competitor as UH looks to make up for the loss of vocal team leader Kurt Nusterer in the middle.
UH also didn’t appear to lose a step with libero Quintin Greenidge of Canada stepping into the starting lineup for ‘Eleu Choy, the fan favorite who completed a six-year college career in 2025. Greenidge was named a co-starter with UH veteran Kai Taylor, though Greenidge received the bulk of the playing time.
Hawaii libero Quintin Greenidge received a serve against NJIT in the 2026 season opener. (Spectrum News/Brian McInnis)
“The best players want to go play with other good players,” Wade said. “If there’s a guy who doesn’t want to come, and we’ve had this — we clearly have missed some recruits that are like, ‘ehhh, I’m not going in that gym, because I’m years away from playing. It’s the wrong spot.’
“We want guys who are going to come in and battle and are confident enough, good enough players where they think, ‘look, I’m going to play. I’m a good player. Doesn’t matter, my first year, my fourth year.’ So, everybody here knows what they signed up for. This is the best of the best on a global level. These are the best players in the world at their age group, and that is not hyperbolic. That is a fact. So they all signed up for it, and here we go — let’s try to win as many matches (as) we can, let’s let them keep trying to improve and become professionals and Olympians and hopefully win a boatload of matches along the way.”
UH gets its next chance to add one to its ledger in a rematch with NJIT at 5 p.m. Sunday. Andre Aleixo led the Highlanders with 10 kills and 10 digs.
Brian McInnis covers the state’s sports scene for Spectrum News Hawaii. He can be reached at brian.mcinnis@charter.com.
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl.
Long Beach State men’s volleyball fans got their first look at the defending national champions on Friday, as the Beach hosted their annual North American Challenge with the first of two pairs of matchups against Alberta and Calgary. First-year head coach Nick MacRae used the games as an opportunity to get everyone involved, as the Beach defeated Alberta 3-1 in the afternoon before sweeping Calgary 25-10, 25-14, 25-23.
“This is a big-time jump start for our season with bringing down Calgary and Alberta [from Canada],” MacRae said. “We have a great relationship with both teams, and they’re going to help challenge us and give us a lot of lessons to learn as a staff and a team. You saw two different matchups today with two different lineups, and a lot of guys going through growth while always trying to flex our Long Beach brand.”
The second lineup against Calgary featured a handful of familiar returning starters from last year, including senior star Skyler Varga, who was deemed Player of the Game and led the match with 13 kills on an efficient .500 hitting. Alex Kandev and Daniil Hershtynovich each chipped in seven kills apiece, as the Beach hit a collective .431 on the night.
The two matchups also provided an opportunity for fans to get a look at a couple of standout freshmen, including Long Beach native and 6-foot-10 middle Jackson Cryst, who was in on four blocks against Calgary. Earlier in the day, freshman Wojciech Gajek won Player of the Game with a 16-kill performance against Alberta, while freshman Myles Jordan also had a solid debut with six kills.
The Beach will be back in action on Sunday with another double header, taking on Calgary at 10am before facing Alberta at 5:30pm.
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Tread Rosenthal and Trevell Jordan were up for a block against NJIT Highlanders Andrew Fedmasu during an NCAA mens’ volleyball game on Friday.
The University of Hawaii men’s volleyball team scored the first five points and never looked back in its season-opening sweep of the New Jersey Institute of Technology tonight.
UH never trailed in a 25-11, 25-16, 25-14 romp before a boisterous turnstile crowd of 5,685 at Bankoh Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center.
It was evident from the start that the Highlanders were not at the level of the Rainbow Warriors, who are ranked No. 2 nationally in the coaches preseason poll.
The opening salvo displayed just part of the Warriors’ wide array of weaponry. It started with Adrien Roure and Kristian Titriyski kills, followed by Tread Rosenthal’s first ace, a block by Justin Todd and Titriyski and then Rosenthal’s second of his team-high three aces.
After NJIT settled down a little, UH middle Trevell Jordan got into rhythm with his first kill, followed immediately by a combo block with Rosenthal, putting Hawaii ahead 9-3.
Titriyski led UH with 12 kills, including four in the first set. He also had two aces.
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Hawaii hit .517 to .045 for the visitors.
UH’s setter, Rosenthal, also led the block party, in on eight of his team’s 13.5. NJIT had no blocks. The Warriors had 10 in the first set alone.
Andre Aleixo led NJIT with 10 kills.
The Highlanders kept it close with three ties to start the third set, but then the Warriors strung together one of Roure’s eight kills with two blocks by Finn Kearney and Ofeck Hazan go ahead 6-3.
This was the first of eight home matches to start the season for UH.
The same teams meet Sunday, with first serve at 5 p.m. The Warriors will receive their 2025 Big West championship rings after the match.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ten BYU football players received Phil Steele postseason honors today, including five who were named All-American among 10 who received Big 12 All-Conference recognition.
All-American honorees include safety Faletau Satuala, who was named second team, and running back LJ Martin, who was a third-team selection. In addition, linebacker Jack Kelly, center Bruce Mitchell and safety Tanner Wall received honorable mention honors.
SATUALA, a 6-4, 210-pound sophomore from Bountiful, Utah, was previously named second-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America. He played in all 14 games for No. 12-ranked BYU, leading the Cougars in tackles (84) and forced fumbles (2) and was third on the team in interceptions (3) and tackles for loss (7.5). He was also previously named All-Big 12 First Team by Sports Info Solutions and All-Big 12 Third Team by the conference coaches.
MARTIN was previously named second-team All-American by Pro Football Network as well as Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Year and first team Big 12 by the conference coaches. In addition, he was named first-team All-Big 12 by both Pro Football Focus and Sports Info Solutions. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound junior from El Paso, Texas, led the Big 12 in yards rushing (1,305), yards per game (100.4) and all-purpose yards (1,560). He was also second in the Big 12 in rushing touchdowns (12).
KELLY was previously honored by the Big 12 coaches as first-team All-Big 12 and received honorable mention honors as Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. The 6-2, 240-pound senior captain from Kearns, Utah, finished the regular season third in the Big 12 in sacks (10), fourth in tackles for loss (13.5) and tied for fifth in forced fumbles (2). He was also previously named to the Pro Football Network All-Big 12 Third Team.
MITCHELL was also honored by the Big 12 coaches as first-team All-Big 12 and honorable-mention Offensive Lineman of the Year. He was also named Pro Football Network first team All-Big 12 and to the 2025 Pro Football Focus All-Big 12 Football Team. The 6-4, 305-pound junior from Kearns, Utah, was on the midseason watch list for the Rimington Trophy and was the sixth-highest graded center in the country during the regular season by PFF. He was also twice named to the PFF National Team of the Week at center.
WALL, a two-year captain, helped lead BYU to a 25-4 record as the starting safety. He was previously honored as first-team All-Big 12 by the conference coaches. The 6-1, 205-pound senior from Arlington, Virginia, finished the year second on the team in tackles (71) and interceptions (4). In September, Wall was named to the prestigious 2025 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team by the American Football Coaches Association. He was also a finalist for both the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy and the Pop Warner College Football Award and was a semifinalist for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award.
PHIL STEELE BIG 12 ALL-CONFERENCE Phil Steel first team Big 12 All-Conference selections included Kelly, Martin, Mitchell, Satuala and punt returner Parker Kingston, who was also named second-team All-Conference at wide receiver. Wall was also named to the All-Big 12 Second Team.
Third-team honorees included long snapper Garrison Grimes and defensive tackle John Taumoepeau, while fourth-team selections included linebacker Isaiah Glasker and cornerback Evan Johnson.
First Team – LJ Martin (running back) – Bruce Mitchell (center) – Jack Kelly (linebacker) – Faletau Satuala (safety) – Parker Kingston (punt returner) Second Team – Parker Kingston (receiver) – Tanner Wall (safety) Third Team – John Taumoepeau (defensive tackle) – Garrison Grimes (long snapper) Fourth Team – Isaiah Glasker (linebacker) – Evan Johnson (cornerback)
The top high school volleyball players in the state regardless of class are featured in the AL.com Super All-State team.
The team was compiled by the AL.com high school sports staff with input from coaches.
AL.com named Player of the Year, Attacker MVP, Setter MVP, Defensive MVP and Coach of the Year. Award winners are listed separately, but considered part of the Super All-State team.
AL.COM SUPER ALL-STATE VOLLEYBALL TEAM
(Players listed alphabetically)
Ava Bartlett, Addison, 5-11, Jr., Middle
Bennett Boulo, St. Paul’s, 5-10, Sr., Setter/Right Side
Kendall Buckley, Bob Jones, 6-0, Sr., Outside Hitter
Millie Burgess, Vestavia Hills, 6-1, Sr., Outside Hitter
Mary George Vandergriff, Guntersville, 5-8, Sr., Setter
Elise Wheeler, Pleasant Valley, 5-9, Jr., Setter
Bea Wiggins, Spain Park, 5-11, Sr., Outside Hitter
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
McGill-Toolen’s Alice Wood sets the ball during a 2025 match. (Erin Nelson Sweeney)Erin Nelson Sweeney
Alice Wood, McGill-Toolen
5-9, Jr., Setter
ATTACKER MVP
Daphne’s Ella Lomax attacks during a 2025 match. (Dennis Victory | preps@al.com)Dennis Victory
Ella Lomax, Daphne
5-11, Sr., Outside Hitter
DEFENSIVE MVP
Thompson’s Kenzly Foote readies for play against McGill-Toolen during the AHSAA Class 7A volleyball state championship at Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Dennis Victory | preps@al.com)Dennis Victory
Kenzly Foote, Thompson
5-7, Sr., Defensive Specialist
SETTER MVP
Spanish Fort’s Cailyn Boykin sets the ball against Hazel Green during the AHSAA Class 6A volleyball state championship at Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (Dennis Victory | preps@al.com)Dennis Victory
Cailyn Boykin, Spanish Fort
5-8, Jr., Setter
COACH OF THE YEAR
Cherokee County coach Tiffany Rieger walks to receive the trophy during the AHSAA Class 4A volleyball state championship at Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Dennis Victory | preps@al.com)Dennis Victory
