Iowa State center Audi Crooks leads the 2025-26 Allstate NACDA Winter Good Works Team, seeing 20 student-athletes give back to their communities.
Important takeaways
- Allstate and NACDA named 20 student-athletes to the 2025-26 Winter Good Works Team for their community service and leadership.
- Iowa State’s Audi Crooks was named team captain for his organization’s work supporting youth and families in Iowa.
- The Allstate NACDA Good Works Team was created to highlight and reward student-athletes for their community service.
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 17, 2026 – Allstate and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) today announced the 2025-26 Allstate NACDA Good Works Team (Winter), a group of 20 student-athletes whose service has strengthened their campuses and communities. Iowa State junior center Audi Crooks was named team captain for his exceptional support of children and families across Iowa.
The Allstate NACDA Good Works Team was created to highlight student-athletes for their community service. Honorees include men and women from NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and junior/community colleges, student-athletes recognized each season in winter, spring and fall sports.
This season’s team was selected from 180 student-athletes nominated by their schools. Honorees receive a monetary donation from Allstate to continue to support their community service, with the team captain receiving an additional donation and a Good Works Team letter jacket.
Chris DeBiase, Allstate vice president, chief legal officer and general counsel and corporate sports ambassador:
Holly Rowe, ESPN Sports Analyst:
“As a journalist, I see the heart of these athletes, and it’s strong. Programs like the Allstate NACDA Good Works Team give student-athletes a national platform to lead and work in meaningful ways. It takes organizations like Allstate and NACDA to create and fund opportunities that promote community service, and I’m inspired by their dedication. This team represents other young people who respect them, and use them to honor young people.”
Iowa State center Audi Crooks was named captain of the Winter Good Works Team
Crooks launched the Audi Crooks Foundation in 2025 to provide financial assistance and resources to youth involved in education, athletics and the arts.
In its first year, the foundation supported the Boys & Girls Club of Story County and Feed Our Kids Emmetsburg, provided new uniforms to local youth basketball teams and hosted a Kids and Family Fun Bash in Crooks’ hometown. He also launched Knock N Dash, a volunteer program that assembles and delivers food and essential items to families in need.
Crooks donates a lot of money for his name, image and likeness (NIL) to the foundation and he regularly volunteers with his family. On the court, he earned national honors as an Associated Press and US Basketball Writers Association All-American and recently surpassed 2,000 career points.
Audi Crooks, captain of the 2025-26 Allstate NACDA Career Team (Winter):
“I get to play the sport I love, but giving back to Iowa families is what keeps me grounded. I hope our team shows other student-athletes what can happen when you use your field to lift up your community.”
Meet the 20 Allstate NACDA Winter Good Works Team honorees
The 2025-26 Allstate NACDA Good Works Team (Winter) includes 10 men and 10 women in all divisions, representing cross-country sports such as basketball, swimming and diving, indoor track and field and wrestling. The honorees support a wide range of service causes and ways that today’s student-athletes give back, including:
- Connor Barket, Duke University, Men’s Wrestling: He created the Rising Athletes Foundation to help provide guidance, mentoring and financial assistance to high school athletes to help them achieve their goals.
- Ashtin Elder, Illinois Wesleyan University, Men’s Indoor Track & Field: He serves at Eastview Christian Church, mentors youth, volunteers at a daycare, participates in mission trips and creates digital content for his photography business.
- Ingrid Janney, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Women’s Swimming and Diving: Regular volunteers with the Race4Chase Kids Triathlon program honor the lives lost at Sandy Hook Elementary School, teaching children to swim, bike and run.
- Flau’jae Johnson, LSU, Women’s Basketball: NIL uses proceeds to support the Kay Yow Cancer Fund in honor of her late grandmother, donating $1 to every LSU student who attends the annual Play4Kay game.
- Franck Kepnang, University of Washington, Men’s Basketball: We launched the Franck & Family Foundation, which supports orphanages in Cameroon and provides care packages to people experiencing homelessness, and serves on the board of the UW Black Student-Athlete Alliance.
- Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State University, Men’s Basketball: She serves as a Youth and Community Services Ambassador, encouraging youth through mental health, mentoring and community outreach in her hometown of Ames.
- Sidney Morris, Morehouse College, Men’s Indoor Track & Field: Launched PIES at Morehouse, a comprehensive health and faith initiative that provides mental health resources, service opportunities and personal development tools to student-athletes throughout the Atlanta University Center.
Pat Manak, NACDA CEO:
“Each season, the Allstate NACDA Good Works Team provides a platform to shine a light on student-athletes who strengthen their communities, their institutions and their conferences. As we continue to expand this program, NACDA is honored to join Allstate to honor another amazing group of young leaders in sports.”
The complete list of the Allstate NACDA Good Works Team (Winter) for 2025-26, along with motivational stories for each student-athlete, can be found. here.
About Allstate’s Effect on Collegiate Athletics
Allstate’s long-standing support of collegiate athletics is part of its commitment to empowering young people to lead in their communities. Allstate has been a proud member of the athletics community for 20 years through university and conference sponsorships, academic scholarships and community outreach programs. Since 2005, the Allstate Good Hands Nets program has raised millions of dollars in scholarship for every field goal and extra point scored. Allstate recently boosted individual kick donations, funding additional scholarships for student-athletes in all sports. Since 2008, Allstate and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) have honored hundreds of student-athletes for community service through the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. In 2024, Allstate is expanding the program in partnership with NACDA to recognize student-athletes in all divisions and seasons of sports. This January marked our 20th year as the title sponsor of the Allstate Sugar Bowl, one of the premier events in college football.
About NACDA
Now in its 61st year, NACDA is the professional and educational Association of more than 24,000 college athletic administrators at more than 2,300 institutions across the United States, Canada and Mexico. NACDA manages 19 professional associations and four foundations. In addition to the virtual program, NACDA hosts and/or attends seven major in-person professional development events each year. The NACDA & Affiliates Convention is the largest gathering of affiliated athletic administrators in the country. For more information, visit www.nacda.com.
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