PPA Newport Beach: Team Selkirk Preview
The PPA Tour heads to Newport Beach, California, this week for the fifth stop of the year. Shimabukuro tests new partnerships 15-year-old Tama Shimabukuro was the talk of the MLP Draft last week, as the youngest player drafted in the top 10 this season. The Utah Black Diamond’s newest talent will play in all three events this tournament. He’ll test two new partnerships, teaming...
Collegiate pickleball: Utah Tech, LMU head to St. Louis for the NCPA Nationals
Collegiate pickleball’s best teams head to St. Louis this weekend for the NCPA Nationals, the first major event of the season. The No. 1 team in the country, the Utah Tech University Trailblazers, will look to prove their top-ranked status and capture the title, while the Loyola Marymount University Lions aim to shake up the draw. Play kicks off on Friday with pool play...
Rising star Emilia Schmidt triple crowns at APP Next San Antonio
Team Selkirk’s Emilia Schmidt put on a show at the most recent APP Next event in San Antonio, where she earned her second APP Next Triple Crown. The 21-year-old competed against some of the country’s best young and rising talent and came out on top in all three events. Schmidt, who moved from her home country of Australia to the U.S. in 2024, already...
