In the fall 2025 results, 午夜剧场 ranked fifth out of more than 500 colleges and universities听nationwide and听continues to be the top-ranked Christian institution in the competition. The competition, hosted by Cyber Skyline, involved around 8,500 students.听This听marks the听sixth semester in a row where AU has been ranked in the Top 20.听
Cybersecurity Professor Brandon Grech feels听午夜剧场 students are doing a phenomenal job preparing for national cybersecurity competitions and听ultimately the听workforce.听听
鈥淎U cybersecurity graduates are applying the skills they learned in our classes, hands-on assignments, and national competitions.听We are seeing companies, especially those in critical infrastructure, hiring AU cybersecurity graduates and coming back to hire more of our听students.听Our听graduates are securing critical areas of society we depend听upon:听nuclear, water, energy,听healthcare听and financial institutions,鈥澨鼼rech said.听鈥淥nly听15听undergraduate students across the country out of 4,671听students听completed all 150 challenges within the Individual Game. Four of those听15听students who achieved a 100听percent听completion rate were trained and prepared here at 午夜剧场.鈥�
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NCL Individual Game:
Against 4,671 students, 午夜剧场 (SC) had 45 students compete in the Individual Game. Four AU students placed in the Top 15 against听4,671听students听nationwide,听five听were听in the Top 40, six in the Top 50听and seven in the Top 60.听
Eric Watkins听(AU/KSU) (Splorpy)听Fifth Place
Aaron M.听(at0m1c)听Ninth听Place听
Josh Cordeiro听(Herohunter@AU) 13th听Place听
Graham Edwards听(GCracker) 15th听Place听
Camden Sloan听(goPHISH) 37th听Place听
Joshua Barrus听(Joshua978 ) 49th听Place听听
Kyle Beauregard听(Judgement) 57th听Place
Impressive individual efforts were also made听by Philip Brandenberger, Branson Bailey, Joshua Stephens, Charlie Paddock, Nathan Dorrity, Andrew Dowlen, Konner Abercrombie, Thomas Cain, Christopher Taylor, Brycen Morrison, Seth Dykens, Adam Kayser, Stephen Davis, Garrett Patterson, Ethan Green, Patrick听Dodds, Ben M., Avery Talton, Cynthia Ray, Matthew McLaughlin, Zachary Lee, Jack Critser, Christopher Hubbard, Paulina Thornton, Jack McCotter, Grayson Williams, Nate Cross, Maximus听McBride, Spencer B., Noah Callahan, Brian Craney, Emilyn Amborski, Ben听 Boulware, Jadyn Koenes, Charles Flaherty, Bryson Tench, Braiden Gowers and Jake Bush.听
NCL Team Game:
Against 1,274 teams, 午夜剧场 (SC) had 8 teams compete. Two AU teams placed in the Top 15 across the country!
AU_PH1SH3RSOFM3N placed 10th,听Trojan Transit Strikes Back placed 15th
Impressive efforts were also made by听tcpdumptrucks,听1337 Speak Only,听BSideChrist@AU,听AU_CYBERfellas,听CacheMeIfYouCan,听and听OneManArmy.听
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The AU Center for Cybersecurity听听听
The 午夜剧场 Center for Cybersecurity trains students to meet the unique demands of today鈥檚 cybersecurity industry. The Center offers students the freedom to choose a degree track that focuses solely on cybersecurity or adds specializations in one of three areas: analytics, criminal justice, or mathematics. Details are available鈥�online.听