2026 ITA Kickoff Weekend Drafts To Take Place Wednesday and Thursday

Men’s Kickoff Weekend Draft Board | Women’s Kickoff Weekend Draft Board

Tempe, AZ – With the 2024-25 college tennis season now behind us, sights will now turn to the upcoming 2025-26 college tennis season as the 2026 ITA Kickoff Weekend Draft officially gets us underway in the new season.

Serving as the qualifying pathway to the ITA Division I National Team Indoor Championships, the ITA Kickoff Weekend features 56 of the nation’s best men’s and women’s programs competing at 14 men’s and women’s host sites across the country. Held from January 23-26, 2026, the Kickoff Weekend Draft provides coaches the opportunity to choose which host site they would like to compete at in the new year.

This year, the Women’s Kickoff Weekend Draft will take center stage first being held on Wednesday, June 11th at noon (ET). Following a day after, the Men’s Kickoff Weekend Draft will take place on Thursday, June 12th at noon (ET).

Based on ITA Year-End Ranking, the 14 men’s and women’s hosts are the 14 best teams in the country from the previous year. The draft order also follows ITA Year-End Rankings with the No. 15 ranked team getting the first pick in the draft and subsequent picks following the rankings until each host site has four total teams.

Find the complete list of men’s and women’s host sites as well as links to the Kickoff Weekend Draft Boards below.

Women’s Kickoff Weekend Host Sites

Draft to be held on Wednesday, June 11th at noon (ET)

1. University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)2. Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)3. University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)4. University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC)5. Duke University (Durham, NC)6. Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)7. University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)8. Auburn University (Auburn, AL)9. University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)10. University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)11. LSU (Baton Rouge, LA)12. NC State University (Raleigh, NC)13. University of Texas (Austin, TX)14. Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)

Men’s Kickoff Weekend Host Sites

Draft to be held on Thursday, June 12th at noon (ET)

1. Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)2. TCU (Fort Worth, TX)3. University of Texas (Austin, TX)4. Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)5. University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)6. Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)7. NC State University (Raleigh, NC)8. Columbia University (New York, NY)9. University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)10. Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS)11. University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)12. University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)13. University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)14. UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)

How To Follow Along

There will be live draft boards for both the women’s and men’s ITA Kickoff Weekend Drafts. These boards will be updated in real time as coaches make their selections as to where they want to play. Click the buttons below to be taken directly to each draft board.

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