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March 28, 2006

NCJA Offers Incentives for Collegiate Gold Medalists

On behalf the National Collegiate Judo Association we would like to thank everyone that took part in our National Championship tournament this past weekend. Special thanks to all of the local organizers as well as the referees that traveled across the country the make this event happen.

We would also like to thank the sponsors for their continued support of the NCJA. Swain Sports International not only provided the mats for the competition but donated “All American Judo Player” T-shirts to each of the medalist.

In addition to Swain Sports we would also like to thank the Orange County Kodokan Judo Club for their generous donations. The Orange County Kodokan Judo club has pledged a donation incentive for each of the Gold Medal winners from the 2006 National Championships. The following incentive program will be offered to each our Collegiate gold medalist that can achieve success at the Senior National Championships in Houston Texas.


Collegiate National Gold Medal & Senior National Gold Medal $500 Incentive
Collegiate National Gold Medal & Senior National Silver Medal $300 Incentive
Collegiate National Gold Medal & Senior National Bronze Medal $200 Incentive

The NCJA wishes the best of luck to all college athletes competing in Houston next month.

Chuck Jefferson
NCJA President

2006 National Collegiate Judo Championships

Complete Results

Team Champions Male

1st San Jose State University
2nd West Point Military Academy
3rd Texas A&M
3rd Northern Arizona University


Team Champions Female

1st San Jose State University
2nd West Point Military Academy
3rd Texas A&M
3rd Northern Arizona University


Most Outstanding Male

Felipe Nova University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Most Outstanding Female

Marti Malloy San Jose State University

Tom Lambert Most Inspirational Award

Travis Stevens San Jose State University

Jeremy Glick Sportsmanship Award

Nausikaa Davis Highline Community College

Collegiate Coach of the Year Award

Yosh Uchida San Jose State University

Individual Results


Women 48kg
1. Ann Shiraishi (Elk Grove, Calif./Sacramento City College)
2. Tabitha Lum (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
3. Ashley Broussard (Erath, La./Univ. of Louisiana-Lafayette)
4. Safiyyan Shabazz (Atlanta, Ga./Atlanta Technical)

Women 52kg
1. Anna Palmer (Colorado Springs, Colo./University of Colorado – Colorado Springs)
2. Jessica Elizalde (Scotia, N.Y./Schenectady College)
3. Whitney Lanfranco (College Station, Texas/Texas A&M)

Women 57kg
1. Marti Malloy (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
2. Heather Swett (Medford, Mass./Salem State College)
3. Nausikaa Davis (Renton, Wash./Highline Community College)
4. Chi Fung Chan (Honolulu, Hawaii/University of Hawaii – Honolulu)
5. Andrea Alexander (West Point, N.Y./ West Point)

Women 63kg
1. Corinne Geier (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
2. Sara Knutson (West Point, N.Y./West Point)
3. Kelly O'Donnell (Flagstaff, Calif./Northern Arizona University)
4. Janine Nakao (Marina, Calif./University of California – Davis)
5. Sarah Schultz (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud State University)

Women 70kg
1. Tomoyo Yoshinaga (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
2. Jane Lock (Colorado Springs, Colo./Pikes Peak Community College)
3. Cleo Grinberg (Tarrytown, N.Y./University of Albany)
4. Marissa Kobayashi (West Point, N.Y./West Point)
5. Samantha Bleier (Ames, Iowa/Iowa State University)

Women 78kg
1. Rhonda Morrell-Pruitt (Centerville, Ohio/University of Cincinnati)
2. Oronica Juarez (Fresno, Calif./California State – Fresno)
3. Sara Drane (West Point, N.Y./West Point)

Women +78 kg
1. Leyen Zulueta (Dayton, Ohio/Miami Jacobs College)
2. Sara Parson (Springdale, Ark./Northwest Arkansas Community College)

Men 60kg
1. Joshua Peacott (Mililani, Hawaii/University of Hawaii – Manoa)
2. Jared Higashi (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
3. Scott Neuburger (Flagstaff, Ariz./Northern Arizona University)
4. Russell Hill (College Station, Texas/Texas A&M)
5. David Burris (West Point, N.Y./West Point)

Men 66kg
1. Felipe Novoa (Colorado Springs, Colo./University of Colorado – Colorado Springs)
2. Joshua O'Neil (Racine, Wis./Pikes Peak Community College)
3. Sean Lang (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
4. Vincent Bryan (Dickinson/College of Mainland)
5. Jeff Fong (The Woodlands, Texas/Montgomery College)

Men 73kg
1. Eduardo Novoa (Colorado Springs, Colo./University of Colorado – Colorado Springs)
2. Michael Eldred (Fruitland, Idaho/Boise State University)
3. David Torres (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
4. Steven Combs (Barlett, Tenn./University of Memphis)
5. Takeshi Young (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)

Men 81kg
1. Travis Stevens (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
2. Yuko Sin (Glenville, N.Y./SUNY Albany)
3. Andrew Hung (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
4. Iavov Kostadinov (Boulder, Colo./University of Colorado)
5. Ross Macbaisey (Atlanta, Ga./Emory University)

Men 90kg
1. Michael Lee (West Point, N.Y./West Point)
2. Atsushi Yoshinaga (Lombard, Calif./San Jose State University)
3. Michael Grossman (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
4. Neil Coker (Bloomington, Indiana/Indiana University)
5. Freddie Lewis III (West Point, N.Y./West Point)

Men 100kg
1. Djamaldin Aliev (Greenwood Village, Colo./Metro State College – Denver)
2. Brent Carr (West Point, N.Y./West Point)
3. Alexis Martell (Belleville/Wayne County Community College)
4. Joseph Grabarczyk (Hammond, Ind./Ball State University)
5. Jonathan Fuller (College Station, Texas/Texas A&M)

Men +100kg
1. Konrad Bach (Largo/Duke University)
2. Mick Kaminsky (Mundelein, Ill./Northern Michigan University)
3. Arjun Ghosh (College Station, Texas/Texas A&M)
4. Tyler Barna (Omaha, Nebraska/University of Nebraska)