66 competitors from 12 academies are registered for 2026 Texas State Judo Championships & Brown Belt Championship on March 28, 2026 in Plano, TX, United States. This USAJUDO event draws athletes from across the region.
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | Adrian Santos | 2,316 | Becerra Judo Club | 7-3 |
| 2 | Sawyer Pham | 1,058 | Unaffiliated | 1-1 |
| 3 | Anton Molina | 1,011 | Ntx MMA | 2-0 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | Kyle Ambriz | 2,157 | Eastside Dojo | 11-4 |
| 2 | Sawyer Pham | 1,058 | Unaffiliated | 1-1 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | Cahel Valle | 3,472 | Obc Judo | 33-3 |
| 2 | Eduardo Carrasco | 1,742 | Obc Judo | 19-25 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | Veda Nair | 2,972 | Eastside Dojo | 19-7 |
| 2 | Nyla Quiroz | 1,011 | Eastside Dojo | 2-0 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duncan Ma-hain | 1,031 | Eastside Dojo | 1-5 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andranik Avetisyan | — | Eastside Dojo | — |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nia Allen | — | Pan-afrikan Grappling | — |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avery Goolsby | 1,020 | Universal Judo | 0-4 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | Leah Bista | 1,810 | Eastside Dojo | 8-6 |
| 2 | Amelia Goolsby | 1,048 | Universal Judo | 1-1 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arianna Washington | — | Pan-afrikan Grappling | — |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khaiza Thomas | — | Pan-afrikan Grappling | 0-1 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clara Weaver | — | Ntx MMA | — |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claire Ambriz | — | Eastside Dojo | — |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulip Foster | — | Mshq Judo | — |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Averley Pinson | 1,147 | Ntx MMA | 15-30 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophia Colorado | 1,086 | Ntx MMA | 6-15 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amina Esparza | — | Mshq Judo | — |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaylie Strickland | 1,175 | Fort Worth Judo Club | 1-0 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colette In | 1,175 | Eastside Dojo | 1-2 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaylee Mejia | — | Obc Judo | — |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyla Quiroz | 1,011 | Eastside Dojo | 2-0 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javan Patrick | 1,713 | Pan-afrikan Grappling | 8-1 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jax Pinson | 1,681 | Eastside Dojo | 9-3 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | Anton Molina | 1,011 | Ntx MMA | 2-0 |
| 2 | Ethan Schachar | — | Becerra Judo Club | 0-2 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erandeni Gonzalez | 1,052 | Becerra Judo Club | 0-3 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cahel Valle | 3,472 | Obc Judo | 33-3 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Harrison III | — | Pan-afrikan Grappling | 1-5 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eden Baur | 1,010 | Eastside Dojo | 0-2 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ezra Guzman | 1,185 | Fort Worth Judo Club | 0-2 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Augustin Pham | 1,637 | Unaffiliated | 9-19 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian Santos | 2,316 | Becerra Judo Club | 7-3 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyler Heard | — | Obc Judo | — |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Strickland | 1,020 | Fort Worth Judo Club | 1-2 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan Ambriz | 1,414 | Eastside Dojo | 6-4 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francisco Liam Lira | — | Obc Judo | 0-1 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo Huynh | 1,024 | Eastside Dojo | 4-5 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walker Barry | 1,241 | Obc Judo | 11-8 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Cline | — | Mshq Judo | 2-6 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jarvin Boyd | 2,253 | Mshq Judo | 11-7 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linda Dervisoglu | 1,075 | Eastside Dojo | 25-22 |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Osmany Llerena González | — | Obc Judo | — |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tian Zhang | — | Eastside Dojo | — |
| # | Name | JITS | Academy | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darius Mosley | — | Eastside Dojo | — |
| JITS | Fighter | Academy | Record | Medals | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,472 | Cahel Abram Valle | Vagabond Brazilian Jiu Jitsu | 33-3 | 111 | 33-311 golds7+ monthsTop 2% |
IBJJF has three promotion timelines, and even the slowest one moves a white belt to grey in under 12 months. Their fastest system? Five months. An active competitor who is regularly entering tournaments and winning should be promoted significantly faster — not held back to medal farm off noobs.
There is no legitimate reason for a competitive athlete with 15+ wins and multiple gold medals to still be at white belt after a year. None. If they’re good enough to win that consistently, they’re good enough to be promoted. Every gold medal they continue to win at white belt is taken from an athlete actually competing at their real level.
This is killing youth BJJ.
A kid who shows up to their first tournament and gets smashed by someone more experienced doesn’t sign up for a second one. They quit. Their parents pull them out. And the sport shrinks so that a handful of people can pad their medal counts for Instagram.
The IBJJF recognized this exact problem at the adult level in 2022 and eliminated minimum time-at-belt for dominant competitors. Youth brackets — where the damage falls on kids — have zero protection.
What you can do: If a flagged competitor is in your child’s bracket, contact the tournament organizer before the event.