National Championships

UT Austin Recreational Sports is an institutional member of the NIRSA. NIRSA conducts national championship events for Sport Clubs through the NIRSA Championship Series.  

If the NIRSA Championship Series is conducting a national championship in a particular activity, Recreational Sports will only support a Sport Club's participation at the NIRSA Championship Series event. A Sport Club may not represent The University of Texas at a non-NIRSA National Championship unless there is no championship in that activity presented by NIRSA. The NIRSA Championship Series currently conducts championships in Soccer, Tennis, Basketball and Flag Football.

Sport Clubs must participate in their respective National Governing Body's highest level offered to be honored for any potential championships.

Tower Lighting Policy

In accordance with official UT Tower Lighting Configurations, the tower will be lit (tower entirely orange configuration) in honor of student organization/sport club national championships.  The UTSCA has established further guidelines relating to the lighting of the tower:

• The tower lighting policy applies to Sport Club team national championships earned at the highest level offered by the event. The tower will not be lit for individual honors.

  • “Team national championships” will be defined as the entire team winning the overall championship, not separate segments of the team, if a team championship is awarded in the sport. For example, a Women’s Handball Team victory would be recognized but the Women’s Handball Doubles championship would not be recognized. Please ask the Sport Club Staff if you have further questions regarding your Club’s national championship format.

• The tower will be lit once in the fall semester and once in the spring semester to honor all sport club national champions earned that semester. Requests may be made if a Club earns a team championship and the dates fall outside of the fall and spring semesters.

• The Sport Club Staff shall request these dates through the President's Office at the beginning of each long semester.

• The lighting will be canceled if no sport club earns a championship during the semester.

The President's Office has final approval on any request to light the tower.