Congratulations to Pitt and CMU Shotokan Karate club members for their hard work and strong showing
| Pitt | New Rank | CMU | New Rank |
| Mateo Rameriz Snell | 8th Kyu | Savita Thompson | 8th Kyu |
| Kevin Sulia | 8th Kyu | Alejandro Gonzales | 6th Kyu |
| An Binh Tran | 5th Kyu | Lanning Zhang | 6th Kyu |
| Bingrui Wang | 5th Kyu | ||
| Yifan Xiang | 5th Kyu | ||
| Olivia Laurence | 5th Kyu | ||
| Jon Hamlin | 2nd Kyu |