MONTREAT, N.C. — Below is a look at some of the biggest athletic highlights, noteworthy achievements and awards won from the 2025 fall sports season.

Men's Cross Country

• Rated as high as No. 16 in the NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Rating
• Finished runner-up out of 13 squads at the AAC Cross Country Championships
• Qualified for nationals as a team for the eighth consecutive year
• Finished 21^st out of 37 teams at the 2025 NAIA Cross Country Championships
• Ryan Stade and Brock Lauer joined Ethan Stamey (Montreat '25) as the only NAIA All-Americans in program history during the 2025 NAIA Cross Country Championships
• Concluded eighth overall in the 2025-26 USTFCCCA Jack Hazen NAIA Men's Program of the Year standings
• NAIA Scholar Team
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• 2 AAC Runner of the Week (Ronald Way on 9/15/25, 10/6/25)
• 2 NAIA All-Americans
• 1 AAC Champion
• 1 AAC Runner of the Year
• 1 AAC Newcomer of the Year
• 2 First Team All-AAC
• 2 AAC All-Freshman Team
• 4 CSC Academic All-District® Track & Field/Cross Country Team
• 4 NAIA Scholar-Athletes
• 7 AAC All-Academic Team
• 5 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes
• 1 AAC Champions of Character Team

 
Women's Cross Country

• Rated as high as No. 10 in the NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Rating
• Heather Murphy broke her own program 5k record at the Louisville Cross Country Classic (17:10.2)
• Heather Murphy broke her own program 6k record at the AAC Cross Country Championships (24:04.82)
• Finished runner-up out of 14 squads at the AAC Cross Country Championships
• Qualified for nationals as a team for the sixth straight year
• Finished 19^th out of 36 teams at the 2025 NAIA Cross Country Championships
• Heather Murphy achieved the best individual nationals finish in program history at the 2025 NAIA Cross Country Championships (3^rd place)
• Concluded ninth overall in the 2025-26 USTFCCCA Fred Beile NAIA Women's Program of the Year standings
• NAIA Scholar Team
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• 1 AAC Runner of the Week
• 1 NAIA Runner of the Week
• 1 USTFCCCA Women's NAIA National Athlete of the Week
• 1 NAIA All-American
• 1 First Team All-AAC
• 2 Second Team All-AAC
• 6 CSC Academic All-District® Track & Field/Cross Country Team
• 8 NAIA Scholar-Athletes
• 10 AAC All-Academic Team
• 6 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes
• 1 AAC Champions of Character Team

 
Cycling

• Clara Overholser won her first collegiate race at the SECCC MTB Season Opener
• Sarah McCallister won the dual slalom women's C category race at the SECCC Rumble at Rock Creek
• Lucas Zeringue won the short track cross country men's C race at the Lindsey Wilson MTB Showdown
• All three Cavaliers notched a podium finish at the Collegiate MTB Challenge at Lees-McRae

 
Men's Soccer

• Secured its first point from a match versus Union Commonwealth University since Oct. 2, 2019
• Scored a season-high four goals versus Bob Jones University (W 4-2 on 9/20/25) and Johnson University (W 4-1 on 10/25/25)
• Captured its first win against Reinhardt since Nov. 3, 2017
• Notched first clean sheet versus Bryan since Oct. 17, 2020
• NAIA Scholar Team
• 1 AAC Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week
• 2 AAC Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week Honors (Frankie Zavala on 9/29/25, 10/6/25)
• 2 CSC Academic All-District® Men's Soccer Team
• 7 NAIA Scholar-Athletes
• 11 AAC All-Academic Team
• 1 AAC Champions of Character Team

 
Women's Soccer

• Scored first goal versus Truett McConnell University since Nov. 10, 2021
• Scored a season-high six goals at Carolina University on Sept. 23, 2025
• Scored first goal versus Reinhardt University since Nov. 11, 2020
• Captured its sixth consecutive victory over Milligan University and its third straight clean sheet of the season
• Tied for seventh in the AAC regular season standings and entered the AAC Tournament as the No. 8 seed
• Secured an AAC Tournament Play-In Game win at home versus Spartanburg Methodist College on Oct. 28, 2025
• NAIA Scholar Team
• AAC Women's Team of Character
• 1 AAC Offensive Player of the Week
• 1 Second Team All-AAC
• 6 CSC Academic All-District® Women's Soccer Team
• 17 NAIA Scholar-Athletes
• 18 AAC All-Academic Team
• 1 AAC Champions of Character Team

 
Volleyball

• Won its first set of the season, 29-27, at home versus the University of Pikeville
• Won its first road set of the season, 25-17, at Columbia College
• Won a set against AAC Preseason Poll favorite Reinhardt University
• NAIA Scholar Team
• 4 CSC Academic All-District® Women's Volleyball Team
• 6 NAIA Scholar-Athletes
• 9 AAC All-Academic Team
• 1 AAC Champions of Character Team