MISSION
"Expanding athletic opportunity to tomorrow's leaders through the sport of Jiu Jitsu by practicing honesty and integrity, making sacrifices, striving for excellence, persevering through adversity, and competing with dignity and pride"
GROWING PROGRAMS
Despite the fact that grappling is one of the fastest growing sports in America, colleges and universities have been unable to offer grappling opportunities for their incoming students within their athletic departments. The NCGA builds programs under the student services or recreational sports departments of universities. We provide a national governing body for competition, communication between programs and promotion of college grappling.
GOVERNING BODY
The NCGA is committed to a vision that, at its core, has increased athletic opportunity for all students. We hope to provide a spawning ground for new grappling teams. With college grappling in its infancy, the NCGA will promote a set of standardized, safe competition and practice rules that will protect our athletes as they progress in the sport throughout their college years.
PROFESSIONAL MENTORSHIP
Ultimately, some athletes will wish to move on to amateur and professional MMA or Boxing Careers. This transition can be very difficult, since current leadership in boxing and MMA have been known to take advantage of young athletes physically and emotionally without regard to their well being. The NCGA is opposed to these abusive tactics and has developed a transition program into MMA or boxing for athletes that have successfully completed their college degree. The NCGA Mentor Program provides graduating seniors individual mentors from within the professional ranks that protect the fighter by providing advice, coaching and reputable connections to advance their athletic career.
OUR LEADERSHIP
The NCGA was founded with the student athlete in mind. We are composed of non-paid volunteers and students committed to helping our athletes accomplish their goals and dreams, and to reach for excellence in everything they do. Through athletic endeavor, club leadership responsibilities, and community involvement, NCGA students will leave college life to meet a competitive world head on.
We encourage you to take the next step in expanding the way your school sees student involvement in athletics. Join us in changing lives.
Executive Director: Jim Giunta
National Chair: Teylor West
Officials Director: Don Turnage
The National Collegiate Grappling Association is an affiliate association of the NCWA and as such, has similar goals and beliefs.
GROWING PROGRAMS
Despite the fact that grappling is one of the fastest growing sports in America, colleges and universities have been unable to offer grappling opportunities for their incoming students within their athletic departments. The NCGA builds programs under the student services or recreational sports departments of universities. We provide a national governing body for competition, communication between programs and promotion of college grappling.
GOVERNING BODY
The NCGA is committed to a vision that, at its core, has increased athletic opportunity for all students. We hope to provide a spawning ground for new grappling teams. With college grappling in its infancy, the NCGA will promote a set of standardized, safe competition and practice rules that will protect our athletes as they progress in the sport throughout their college years.
PROFESSIONAL MENTORSHIP
Ultimately, some athletes will wish to move on to amateur and professional MMA or Boxing Careers. This transition can be very difficult, since current leadership in boxing and MMA have been known to take advantage of young athletes physically and emotionally without regard to their well being. The NCGA is opposed to these abusive tactics and has developed a transition program into MMA or boxing for athletes that have successfully completed their college degree. The NCGA Mentor Program provides graduating seniors individual mentors from within the professional ranks that protect the fighter by providing advice, coaching and reputable connections to advance their athletic career.
OUR LEADERSHIP
The NCGA was founded with the student athlete in mind. We are composed of non-paid volunteers and students committed to helping our athletes accomplish their goals and dreams, and to reach for excellence in everything they do. Through athletic endeavor, club leadership responsibilities, and community involvement, NCGA students will leave college life to meet a competitive world head on.
We encourage you to take the next step in expanding the way your school sees student involvement in athletics. Join us in changing lives.
Executive Director: Jim Giunta
National Chair: Teylor West
Officials Director: Don Turnage
The National Collegiate Grappling Association is an affiliate association of the NCWA and as such, has similar goals and beliefs.
Beginning With the Basics
The National Collegiate Grappling Association (NCGA) is the first and only college grappling governing body.
The NCGA will function to serve, promote and protect grappling athletes at the college level.
Benefits include:
Organized College Competition
Collegiate National Championship Event
Awarding Collegiate All-American Status
Providing Programs with 1,000,000 / 3,000,000 Liability insurance
Encouraging facility sharing with NCWA Wrestling mats
Standardized Collegiate Grappling rules
Providing Individual athlete secondary Injury Insurance.
Academic All-American recognition
Development of team rivalry events to coincide with football rivalry
The NCGA will function to serve, promote and protect grappling athletes at the college level.
Benefits include:
Organized College Competition
Collegiate National Championship Event
Awarding Collegiate All-American Status
Providing Programs with 1,000,000 / 3,000,000 Liability insurance
Encouraging facility sharing with NCWA Wrestling mats
Standardized Collegiate Grappling rules
Providing Individual athlete secondary Injury Insurance.
Academic All-American recognition
Development of team rivalry events to coincide with football rivalry