Cian Kirby is a 21-year-old Irish Entrepreneur and CEO of RDR Sports, which produced the Apex S1. Kirby told us how he found out about pickleball, why he wanted to start a paddle company, what to expect in the future, gameplay in Ireland and a lot more! #pickleball #paddle #ireland #entrepreneur

Jake "Hospital" Wilson is a former college tennis player who transitioned into pickleball and now plays for Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Learn about the hospital story hours before the NCPA national championships, Jake putting Samford on the map and what else to expect from this young phenom!

The NCPA (National Collegiate Pickleball Association) held its inaugural college national championships from 15-17 at The Hub in San Diego, Calif. Close to 40 colleges and over 220 players were on display at the event, creating a huge hype and buzz for the sport! Here's a quick recap of the event alongside Ryder Henderson who was a commentator at the event. #pickleball #pickleballpodcast

Spencer Sasson is the president and founder of NSU (Nova Southeastern University) Pickleball Club! After taking a deep affinity to recreational pickleball, Spencer decided to take it one step further and found a pickleball club on his campus! Now NSU Pickleball Club has partnered with Pickleballers.io, where they’re working together on apparel fundraisers with proceeds benefiting the club and sponsoring tournaments for the pickleball club! Check out this episode and discover how Spencer and NSU are changing the College Pickleball Club Scene.

Richard Livornese Jr. is a pro pickleball player playing on the APP Next Gen and APP tour. He's won the Next Gen twice, won 2 medals on the APP tour in men's doubles and has only been playing for a couple of years! We talked APP, pro pickle and off-the-court life! The King of Jersey in the flesh!

Noah Suemnick is the CEO of the NCPA (National Collegiate Pickleball Association), and if focused on delivering an amazing college pickleball product for players, fans and spectators! All of that is happening at the NCPA Collegiate National Championships in March in San Diego! Find out what to expect from the NCPA!

Jayce Fitzpatrick is fresh off his DUPR Illinois Super Regional Championship with his 3 teammates, earning Ohio State a DUPR Nationals Bid for this November. Jayce is in his 3rd year at Ohio State and has only played pickleball for 1.5 years. He plans to keep grinding, continue playing college tournaments and enter some APP pro qualifiers.

Jacob Smith, DUPR's Collegiate Pickleball Director, leads the charge in the college pickleball tournament scene. DUPR has amped up their 2024 compared to 2023, including more school bids to their national competition at the end of the year, more tournaments and a new tournament format called the "campus regionals." If you want to know about college pickleball, Jacob Smith is the person!

Collin Shick is a pickleball pro and college pickleball legend, winning the first ever DUPR Team National Championship at the end of 2022. A few months later he went on a monster run in his first PPA tournament ever to bring home a silver in singles. Since then he's been improving drastically, got drafted to an MLP team, signed a PPA contract and played in a tournament with Jack Sock!

Ava Ignatowich is a professional pickleball player who signed a PPA contract at the end of last year. She also competes on the DUPR circuit for college pickleball, all while balancing school and life on campus. We talked about how she can accomplish this, what she plans to do after college and a whole lot more. #pickleball #pickleballpodcast