By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
NCAA Division III Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa has eliminated it’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs, along with shooting sports, immediately.
The moves are part of efforts to reduce an institution-wide budget deficit by about $7 million over the last three years. A long-standing budget deficit was at about $12 million in 2024.
“After a careful review of the College’s programs and long-term financial priorities, Simpson’s administration has made the difficult decision to discontinue the men’s and women’s swimming and diving program effective immediately,” interim athletic director Heath Moenck wrote in an email to the swimming & diving teams. “Please know this decision was not made lightly. We recognize your dedication and hard work as members of this team. We understand this announcement may be disappointing to you and other members of the Simpson College community.”
Jason Mulligan was recently named the school’s full-time director of athletics.
Ky Frederick, a rising sophomore, told the student newspaper that earlier this semester, the teams were told there was no risk to the teams being cut, according to the school’s student newspaper, which reported further exchanges between athletes and the administration.
The school’s online rosters list 7 members on the women’s team and 11 on the men’s team, all swimmers. The women’s team listed 13 names a season prior and reported 15 athletes to the federal government.
Both programs finished 5th out of 5 teams at the A-R-C Championships in February 2026.
The team was led by Audrey Bramlett, who won the conference title in the 1650 free and set four school records at the meet.
The men’s team set five school records at that meet.
Simpson College is a small private Methodist-affiliated college with approximately 1,200 full-time undergraduates.
The school reports total assets of $145 million and total liabilities of $41.9 million as of 2024, and has an endowment of around $82 million.
While the school does not report expenses broken out by team, the total athletics department budget in 2024-2025 was $3.3 million, with $2.3 million being for sports besides football and basketball.
The athletics department went viral on Tuesday on X after posting a picture of its women’s softball team getting off a school-branded plane en route to the NCAA Division III Softball National Championship tournament, with many users not realizing the post was AI-generated.
We have landed safely in Raleigh, North Carolina! Now, on a Charter Bus to our final destination: Salem, Virginia!#RollStorm l #WeBuildChampions pic.twitter.com/xrBxObrEKl
— Simpson Softball (@SCStormSoftball) May 26, 2026
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