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Best NAIA men's programs for multi-events
Not who is famous: who invests. A typical NAIA men's roster puts 2% of its athletes in multi-events. The programs at the top of this list carry and sign far more than that, so they have more spots in the event every year. 118 programs do not recruit it at all.
Where the multi-events talent is
Ranked by share of the division’s top marks in multi-events, per season.
Programs that invest most in multi-events
- 1
Frontier · SD
8% of the roster in multi-events vs 2% NAIA average · 0 signed in the last 2 classes
- 2
GPAC · NE
5% of the roster in multi-events vs 2% NAIA average · 3 signed in the last 2 classes
- 3
GPAC · SD
11% of the roster in multi-events vs 2% NAIA average · 1 signed in the last 2 classes
- 4
Mid-South · KY
6% of the roster in multi-events vs 2% NAIA average · 0 signed in the last 2 classes · event coach on staff
- 5
Crossroads · IN
5% of the roster in multi-events vs 2% NAIA average · 5 signed in the last 2 classes
- 6York NESpecialty
KCAC · NE
27% of the roster in multi-events vs 2% NAIA average · 0 signed in the last 2 classes
- 7Indiana TechCore
WHAC · IN
3% of the roster in multi-events vs 2% NAIA average · 0 signed in the last 2 classes · event coach on staff
- 8Oregon TechCore
CCC · OR
7% of the roster in multi-events vs 2% NAIA average · 0 signed in the last 2 classes
- 9Siena HeightsCore
WHAC · MI
7% of the roster in multi-events vs 2% NAIA average · 0 signed in the last 2 classes
- 10MilliganCore
AAC · TN
6% of the roster in multi-events vs 2% NAIA average · 0 signed in the last 2 classes
See all 32 programs
The full NAIA multi-events list, ranked: roster share, signings and talent rank for every program that recruits the event. Enter your email to open it.
NAIA men's programs that do not recruit multi-events
No athletes racing the event in the seasons we hold and no signings in it. Do not spend your first emails here.
- Aquinas
- Arizona Christian
- Ave Maria
- Baker
- Bellevue University
- Bethany KS
- Bethel IN
- Bismarck State College
- Brewton-Parker
- Bryan
- Bushnell
- Campbellsville
- Carroll MT
- Cleary
- College of the Ozarks
- Columbia Intl
- Columbia SC
- Cornerstone
- Dakota Wesleyan
- Defiance
- Dickinson St
- Dillard
- Dordt
- Embry-Riddle Arizona
- Evangel
- Evergreen St
- Fisk
- Florida Memorial
- Freed Hardeman
- Friends
- Georgetown KY
- Goshen
- Governors State University
- Grace
- Grand View
- Great Falls
- Hannibal LaGrange
- Haskell Indian
- Health Sciences and Pharmacy
- Huntington
- Huston Tillotson
- Indiana East
- Indiana Kokomo
- Jarvis-Christian
- John Brown
- Judson
- Kansas Wesleyan
- Langston
- Lawrence Tech
- Life
- Lindsey Wilson
- Loyola New Orleans
- Madonna
- Marian IN
- McPherson
- Mid-America Christian
- MidAmerica Nazarene
- Midland Lutheran
- Midway
- Missouri Baptist
- Mobile
- Montana Tech
- Montreat
- Morningside
- Mount Mercy
- Mount Vernon Nazarene
- Northwest U
- Northwestern IA
- Ohio Christian
- Okla Panhandle
- Oklahoma City
- Olivet Nazarene
- Ottawa
- Our Lady of the Lake
- Park U
- Park U Gilbert
- Pikeville
- Rio Grande
- Rochester University
- Rocky Mountain
- Rust
- SCAD Atlanta
- Savannah Coll of Art Design
- Shawnee State
- Southeastern College
- Southwestern Christian
- Spartanburg Methodist
- St Ambrose
- St Francis IL
- St Francis IN
- St Mary-of-the-Woods
- St Thomas
- St Xavier
- TAMU-Texarkana
- Tabor
- Talladega College
- Taylor
- Tennessee Southern
- Tennessee Wesleyan
- Texas Wesleyan
- The Masters
- Trinity Christian
- Trinity Western
- Truett-McConnell
- UNT-Dallas
- Valley City State
- Viterbo
- Voorhees
- Waldorf
- Warner
- Warner Pacific
- West Virginia Tech
- Wiley
- William Carey
- William Penn
- William Woods
- Xavier Louisiana
- columbia college
Questions athletes and parents ask
Which NAIA men's programs recruit the most multi-events athletes?
Dakota State, Doane, Mount Marty, Cumberlands, Indiana Wesleyan carry and sign well above the NAIA average in multi-events (2% of a typical NAIA roster). They have more roster spots in the event to fill every year.
Which NAIA programs do not recruit multi-events?
118 NAIA men's programs show no multi-events athletes racing and no signings in the event in the classes we hold, including Aquinas, Arizona Christian, Ave Maria, Baker, Bellevue University, Bethany KS. A thin group there is not an opening.
Does a bigger share of the roster mean more scholarship money?
Colleges do not publish scholarships by event. Where a program spends its roster spots and its signings is the best public evidence of where the money goes, and a program that carries twice the division share in your event has roughly twice the seats to fill. Ask the coach about aid directly.
How is this calculated?
From each program's official outdoor results lists (who raced each event area, averaged over the seasons we hold), its signing classes (2025-26, 2026-27), its share of the division's top marks, and whether a paid coach is titled for the event. Each is compared with the NAIA average and blended; a small class is pulled toward the average so one big year cannot fake a specialty.
Other NAIA men's event areas
As of 2026-10-22. Program counts and shares only; no college athlete is named on this page. Built from official meet results and the signing classes we hold. All event areas