The UPA Consortium Program

The UPA offers a program that allows two or more schools meeting certain requirements to compete as a consortium (single-team from multiple schools) in the UPA College Series. Please note that this program is the ONLY way students can play with a team from a school that they do not attend.

All schools in the proposed consortium must:

• have a prior academic consortium with each other
• have a history of athletic collaboration
• share the same athletic facilities

Other issues that will be considered include:

• the viability of independent teams
• the admissions standards at each school

To apply, schools must submit a single, unified consortium proposal in writing to the UPA College Eligibility Committee by February 15th of the year in which the schools wish to compete under single-team status. The proposal must include:

• documentation showing that all schools in the proposal meet the above criteria
• contact information for a single person representing the proposed consortium.

NOTE: The UPA may reject a consortium proposal for insufficient information and/or documentation.

Single-team status for a consortium will be reviewed every two years. Status may be revoked at any time if any of the schools in the consortium no longer meet the required criteria, or the UPA deems such action beneficial to the growth of Ultimate.

Any school in a consortium may withdraw from the consortium if they make such a request in writing to the UPA National College Director by February 15th of the year in which they wish to compete separately. The request must include the reason for wishing to withdraw. Schools that withdraw from a consortium cannot apply for another consortium until the following year.

The withdrawal of one or more schools from a consortium does not dissolve the consortium of the remaining schools.

Without regard to the aforementioned rules, the status of any school (whether a member of a consortium or not) during their Sectional tournament in the UPA College Series will remain the same throughout that year's UPA College Series.

Please email electronic copies of your application and supporting documentation to upa_coll_elig_comm@upa.org by the February 15th deadline. If hard copies of your application or supporting documentation are requested, please mail to: