About UCAA

The United College Athletes Association (UCAA) was founded in 2021 as a nonprofit by former college athletes after they experienced the NCAA’s broken system. Now, UCAA is a union whose mission is to protect, organize, and represent college athletes as humans, students, and workers through collective bargaining.

About UCAA

The United College Athletes Association (UCAA) was founded in 2021 as a nonprofit by former college athletes after they experienced the NCAA’s broken system. Now, UCAA is a union whose mission is to protect, organize, and represent college athletes as humans, students, and workers through collective bargaining.

About UCAA

The United College Athletes Association (UCAA) was founded in 2021 as a nonprofit by former college athletes after they experienced the NCAA’s broken system. Now, UCAA is a union whose mission is to protect, organize, and represent college athletes as humans, students, and workers through collective bargaining.

why do we exist?

The UCAA represents college athletes across dozens of universities and is ready to represent over 200,000 NCAA Division I college athletes for purposes of collective bargaining. Ultimately, to establish a collective bargaining system that is safe, fair, and sustainable for future generations of college athletes across sports.

who we are

UCAA is led by top college basketball players, supported by legendary labor leaders, and is represented by one of the most distinguished union-side law firms in the country: O’Donoghue & O’Donoghue headquartered in Washington D.C.

Interim Executive Committee

Oluchi Okananwa

Maryland

Jada
Williams

LSU

Charlisse Leger-Walker

UCLA

Malia
Samuels

Indiana

Brooke Daniels

Michigan

Grace Slaughter

Mizzou

Kennedy
Lee

SDSU

Jenna
Villa

Oregon St.

Destiny Howell

Wisconsin

talia von
oelhoffen

USC

advisors

Jennifer Abruzzo

Former NLRB General Counsel; Bush Gottlieb

Meghann Burke

NWSLPA
Executive Director

Nneka Ogwumike

WNBPA Executive Committee, President

Elizabeth Williams

WNBPA Executive Committee, Secretary

Cameron Brink

WNBA Player,
#2 Draft Pick, 2024

Domonique Foxworth

Former NFLPA President & NBPA COO

Bill Fletcher Jr.

Former AFL-CIO Assistant to President

Garrett Broshuis

Attorney & Co-Founder, Advocates for Minor Leaguers

Jon
Hiatt

Former General Counsel;
AFL-CIO

Our team

Andrew
Cooper

Co-Founder
& Executive Director

Mikayla
Pivec

Co-Founder & Head of Player Relations

Talia von
Oelhoffen

Director of Social & Brand Strategy

Hannah
Johnston

Creative
Director

Lance
Geren

General
counsel

Nicholas
Femia

General
counsel

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