NIRSA Names BreakAway Data Official Stats Platform of the NIRSA Club Flag League

Partnership brings game statistics, player leaderboards, and historical record keeping to the league beginning with its inaugural spring 2027 season

CORVALLIS, OR, UNITED STATES, November 10, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — NIRSA (https://nirsa.net/) today announced a partnership BreakAway Data (https://www.breakawaydata.com/), naming the sports technology company Official Stats Platform and a Founding Partner of NIRSA Club Flag (https://www.nirsaclubflag.com/). The partnership will provide live game stats and season-long leaderboards for the league’s nearly 90 clubs, with coverage continuing through the National Championship.

Built by a team with experience developing performance systems within the Los Angeles Dodgers, NFL, NBA and NWSL, BreakAway brings a professional sports approach to flag football. Its platform, built specifically for flag football, connects game results, box scores, standings and player statistics, helping turn individual games into a season-long record of achievement.

For NIRSA’s growing community of collegiate women’s club flag football programs, the partnership adds another piece of the foundation for a national league: a consistent way to document what happens on the field and recognize the athletes making it happen.

“Our athletes deserve to see their accomplishments recorded, recognized and shared,” said Pamela Watts, Executive Director of NIRSA. “BreakAway Data will help us tell the story of this inaugural season through the performances of the women building these programs. It gives teams another way to celebrate their players and gives families, classmates and fans more ways to follow along.”

Each club will receive free access to BreakAway, allowing teams to record game stats in real time from a phone. Those stats feed live box scores, individual athlete profiles and shareable stat cards available as soon as the game ends, while league standings and leaderboards update throughout the season. Programs can also use BreakAway’s recruiting tools to find and connect with high school talent, helping build the next wave of college flag football players.

“Every touchdown, interception and big performance is part of the story we’re building,” said Emily Hughes, Sr. Director of Business Strategy & Partnerships at NIRSA. “Having a shared stats platform helps connect those moments across our league. It gives athletes something to take pride in and helps people follow the competition beyond their own school.”

BreakAway’s broader platform supports scheduling, brackets and roster management alongside statistics and results. The company provides onboarding and training to help organizations incorporate its tools into their existing operations.

“Flag football is exploding at the youth and high school level, and NIRSA is giving those athletes the chance to play competitively in college,” said Dave Anderson, CEO of BreakAway Data. “This isn’t just for fun, these are important and competitive games and starting this spring, every NIRSA Club Flag game lives on BreakAway, and every athlete builds a career record that’s theirs to share and keep long after each season. If it’s flag football, it’s on BreakAway. Now that includes college.”

The NIRSA Club Flag League begins play in spring 2027 with nearly 600 games and 80+ participating colleges and universities across the United States. Additional information about platform access and implementation will be shared with participating programs ahead of the season.

About NIRSA:
NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation is a nonprofit association dedicated to advancing recreation, sport, and wellbeing in higher education. Since its founding in 1950, NIRSA has supported the learning and growth of college students by fostering inclusive communities and promoting lifelong habits of wellbeing through campus recreation.

About BreakAway Data:
BreakAway is the Home of Flag Football. Teams stat their games on a phone, and every athlete gets a live box score and a profile, plus stat cards to share. From youth leagues to international play, BreakAway gives a sport growing at every level the record it deserves. BreakAway is headquartered in El Segundo, Calif. Learn more at breakawaydata.com.

Jake Duhaime
NIRSA
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