This year at the annual Spring demonstrations and promotions held at the University of Notre Dame, a list of yudansha candidates was generated by head instructors and made public.

This announcement will alert candidates as to their potential for promotion at any point in the future. In most cases, this promotion will occur at the following year's Spring Testing.

Nominees include:
Jim Hoff - 7th Degree
Paul Novak - 5th Degree
Bren Mochocki - 3rd Degree
Aric Gibson - 3rd Degree
Chris German - 2nd Degree
Becky Ladewski - 2nd Degree