PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown standouts Mia Karine Myklebust and Kate Siedem have been selected to compete in the 2025 USA Field Hockey Senior Nexus Championship. USA Field Hockey made the announcement on Monday (June 23).
 
The Senior Nexus Championship begins on July 18 and continues through July 20 at the Virginia Beach Regional Training Center and features 145 collegiate and post-collegiate players.
 
A step along the Olympic Development Pathway program, the Senior NXC serves as a selection opportunity for the 2025-26 U.S. U-21 Women’s National Team Selection Camps, Junior USWNT Selection Camps, U.S. Women’s National Development Squad and U.S. Women’s National Team.
 
“As a program deeply committed to player development, I’m incredibly proud to see Kate Siedem selected to join MK Myklebust in the U.S. Olympic Development Pathway at the Senior Nexus Tournament this July,” said head coach Britt Broady. “This tournament will be an important final tune-up for MK ahead of the Junior Pan-American Games with the U-21 squad, and a tremendous opportunity for Kate as she positions herself for the next U-21 cycle as current players age out.”
 
Siedem started in all 17 games at Brown as a sophomore in 2024 and has played in every game in her collegiate career. It marks the first USA Field Hockey selection for the Madison, New Jersey native.
 
“I’m very honored and excited to play at the Senior Nexus Championship in July!” said Siedem. “I am looking forward to competing and continuing my development as a player in preparation for our season this fall.”
 
Myklebust was recently named to the United States Under-21 National Team to earn her spot at the Nexus Championship. The Los Gatos, California native was named First Team All-Ivy last fall after leading the Bears with nine goals.
 
There are 40 colleges represented among the 144 players named to the Championship. Brown is one of six Ivy League programs represented along with Princeton (5), Yale (2), Columbia (1), Harvard (1), and Penn (1). Brown is one of 24 programs with multiple selections.
 
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Ahead of a bumper summer of sport, the Women’s Sport Trust’s latest visibility report sheds light on what is happening among audiences, broadcasters and digital platforms.

According to the analysis, in collaboration with insights agency GSIQ, viewership is down year-on-year, with a 13% decline in three-minute UK broadcast reach between January and May 2025. This is the first decline since 2022. However, it doesn’t mean fans aren’t watching and brands shouldn’t be investing.  

The drop in viewership coincides with a 15% reduction in coverage hours and a decline in Barclays Women’s Super League (BWSL) and Guinness Women’s Six Nations (W6N) average audiences.  

Ahead of a bumper summer of sport, the Women’s Sport Trust’s latest visibility report sheds light on what is happening among audiences, broadcasters and digital platforms.

According to the analysis, in collaboration with insights agency GSIQ, viewership is down year-on-year, with a 13% decline in three-minute UK broadcast reach between January and May 2025. This is the first decline since 2022. However, it doesn’t mean fans aren’t watching and brands shouldn’t be investing.  

The drop in viewership coincides with a 15% reduction in coverage hours and a decline in Barclays Women’s Super League (BWSL) and Guinness Women’s Six Nations (W6N) average audiences.  

BWSL’s broadcast audience fell by 35%, while W6N’s reach dropped from 8.1 million to 6.6 million. 

“Progress isn’t linear,” says Women’s Sport Trust CEO Tammy Parlour. “There will be fluctuations and not all metrics will move in the same direction at the same time.”  

However, she describes the broader picture for women’s sport as one of “momentum and opportunity”, noting that investment is continuing to rise. 

Growth in digital

The “unprecedented” growth in digital channels suggests the media mix for women’s sport is evolving.  

The first five months of 2025 saw a 105% increase in TikTok views for the eight most-viewed women’s sport accounts on the platform. On YouTube, this figure is 84%.  

In the UK, BWSL’s digital engagement was the highest, with 56 million TikTok views, 20 million YouTube views and 6 million Instagram engagements. Globally, the Women’s National Basketball Association led the way with 131 million views and the Women’s Tennis Association came out on top on YouTube, with 75% growth to 63 million views.  

“It’s hugely encouraging to see women’s sport thriving on digital platforms, with athletes, teams and leagues leveraging new ways to connect with fans. This ecosystem – built through collaboration between broadcasters, rights holders and platforms – is vital to continuing the sport’s growth,” says Parlour. 

However, she cautions the decline in broadcast viewership is a reminder of the “fierce competition” for audience attention.

“We must ensure that investment in production and distribution keeps pace with fan demand and the quality of the sport on offer,” says Parlour. 

She describes the report as sending a “strong signal” to brands that digital engagement in women’s sport is growing fast and the opportunity to connect with fans, particularly through player-led content, has “never been greater”.

“The upcoming UEFA Women’s EURO will bring a wave of attention, but the real value lies in showing up consistently – not just in the big moments,” Parlour adds. “The brands that invest now, with the right tone and timing, will be the ones that build lasting connections as the audience matures.”

Water Polo Australia is pleased to announce its team for the 2025 World Aquatics U20 Water Polo Championships.

WPA has selected 14 athletes to compete at the event, which will be held in Salvador, Brazil from 10-16 August 2025.

The team has been selected following a camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.

Water Polo Australia would like to congratulate the following athletes on their selection:

Anneliese Pamp (Sydney Uni, NSW)

Bless Daly (Polo Bears, QLD)

Charley Stephens (Drummoyne, NSW)

Chelsea Johnson (Mermaids, QLD)

Ebony Nash (Sydney Uni, NSW)

Georgia Chapman (Balmain, NSW)

Isabel Scott (Sydney Uni, WA)

Kali-yah Taoso (Mermaids, QLD)

Koko Bacic (Drummoyne, NSW)

Layla Smith (Balmain, NSW)

Samantha Hardingham (Sydney Uni, NSW)

Saskia Dunn (Balmain, NSW)

Sienna Owen (Mermaids, QLD)

Tayla Dawkins (Balmain, SA)

Reserve: Horatia Schlect (Polo Bears, QLD)

Reserve: Matilda Waugh (Balmain, NSW)

Reserve: Sophie Pethers (Balmain, NSW)

 

Head Coach: Dusan Damjanovic (QLD)

 

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Five University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa track and field athletes earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors on June 24, for their accomplishments in the classroom and in competition.

Honorees must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher while ranking highly in a regional ranking in their respective events.

Track and Field Honorees

• Rose Forshaw – Throws
• Helen Hoadley – Pole Vault
• Catherine Touchette – Multis
• Lilian Turban – Jumps/Throws
• Tara Wyllie – Jumps/Hurdles

This marks the third consecutive year that the Rainbow Wahine have had the maximum number of student-athletes named Academic All-District. Turban earned the honor for the third straight year while Hoadley and Wyllie have claimed the recognition for the second consecutive season.

Read more at Hawaiiathletics.com.

UC Santa Barbara alum Ajay Mitchell became the ninth former Big West student-athlete to win an NBA title on Sunday, when the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers four-games-to-three in the 2025 NBA Finals. 

With the series tied 3-3, the Thunder took care of business in game seven with a 103-91 victory at home. Guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named MVP. 

Mitchell was drafted with the 38th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks and subsequently traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The former Gaucho guard was a three-time All-Big West selection, garnering First Team honors in the final two seasons, and was the league’s Player of the Year and Championship MVP in 2022-23. In 2023-24, the Ans, Liege, Belgium product averaged 20.0 points, on 50.4 percent shooting, 4.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game.

Wednesday, June 25, marks the start of the 2025 NBA Draft, with the first round taking place. The second round will be held on Thursday, June 26. The Big West has produced 128 NBA Draft selections since 1970. 

Big West Alums That Have Won an NBA Title

Name	Year	NBA Team	Big West School
Glenn McDonald	1976	Boston Celtics	Long Beach State (’74)
Bob Gross	1977	Portland Trailblazers	Long Beach State (’75)
Craig Hodges	1991, 1992	Chicago Bulls	Long Beach State (’82)
Scott Brooks	1994	Houston Rockets	UC Irvine (’87)
Randy Brown	1996, 1997, 1998	Chicago Bulls	New Mexico State (’91)
Brian Shaw	2000, 2001, 2002	Los Angeles Lakers	UC Santa Barbara (’88)
JR Rider	2001	Los Angeles Lakers	UNLV (’93)
Bruce Bowen	2003, 2005, 2007	San Antonio Spurs	Cal State Fullerton (’93)
Ajay Mitchell	2025	Oklahoma City Thunder	UC Santa Barbara (’24)

Water Polo Australia (WPA) is pleased to announce its women’s team for the 2025 FISU World University Games.

Set to be held in Rhine-Ruhr from 17-27 July, WPA has selected a 13-strong team to compete at the event.

Coached by three-time Olympian Rowie Webster, the team has been selected following a camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.

Water Polo Australia would like to congratulate the following athletes on their selection.

 

Alexandra Nasser (Australian Catholic University)

Alyssa West (University of Queensland)

Chelsea Isaac (Loyola Marymount University)

Emma Putt (University of Notre Dame)

Isabella Sayer (University of Notre Dame)

Jasmine Higgs (Indiana University)

Jessica Bihler (University of WA)

Lilli Harris © (University of Sydney)

Lucinda Marsh (University of Notre Dame)

Madeline Marshall (Monash University)

Mimi Stoupas (San Diego University)

Nioka Thomas (Arizona State University)

Samantha Henderson (Australian Catholic University)

 

Reserves: Isobelle Pamp, Nancy Lee, Olivia Muir