CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Evergreen State College is ranked 75th in the 2025-26 Learfield Directors' Cup standings for the NAIA through the winter seasons as released on April 2. Evergreen picked up points from NAIA postseason competition in women's indoor track and field, men's wrestling, and women's wrestling during the winter. Evergreen received 165.5 points in the Learfield Directors' Cup standings.

At the 2026 NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Evergreen earned 12rth place in the team standings. Izabelle Trefts (Sr.) won her third NAIA Championship in the women's 3,000-meter race walk. It was the second consecutive NAIA title for Trefts at Evergreen after winning her first title at Columbia College (S.C.) in 2023.

Trefts won this year's indoor race walk in 13:11.95. It was the fastest 3,000-meter women's race walk time in NAIA and collegiate history. Also, in the women's race walk at the NAIA Indoor Championships, Madison Palek (So.) placed fourth in 15:13.77, as she lowered her personal record by 64 seconds.

Alauna Carstens (Jr.) took second in the women's indoor 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:51.95, just six seconds behind the winner. Trefts, Palek, and Carstens were named NAIA All-Americans.

Evergreen placed 15th in the team standings at the 2026 NAIA Women's Wrestling Championships. Shannon Workinger (Sr.) finished second in the 160-pound weight class and Haley Le (So.) placed fifth in the 138-pound weight class. Workinger and Le were chosen as NAIA All-Americans.

Also earning NAIA All-American status was Horacio Godinez (So.) at the 2026 NAIA Men's Wrestling Championships. He became Evergreen's first All-American in men's wrestling Godinez placed eighth in the 141-pound weight class and earned wins over the #1 and #6 ranked competitors. Even with just one competitor, Evergreen placed 33rd out of 63 teams in the tournament.

University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) led the winter Learfield Directors' Cup standings for the NAIA. Indiana Wesleyan University was #2. Marian University (Wisc.) was #3 and Lindsey Wilson University (Ky.) was listed at #4. Life University (Ga.) was #5.

The Learfield Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in NAIA Championships in all sports. The final standings for 2025-26 will be released after the conclusion of all spring sports championships.