April 2025 Recap & Nationals - Collegiate Pickleball Tour
We’ve had 19 events give out bids to the 2025 Collegiate National Championship, which is remarkable due to the short duration of the season! Between those 19 events, we’ve had 118 unique schools participate, and 1,895 total players. As we prepare for the largest tournament in collegiate pickleball history, we look back on how the 2025 season went, and what to know for Nationals.
Super Regionals
Georgia Super Regional
270 players from 25 different schools competed in the 3rd largest collegiate pickleball event (to date) in Atlanta, GA on March 1st-2nd. Hundreds of spectators came to watch the competition unfold on Saturday and Sunday. In the Finals, the defending Georgia Super Regional champions (Florida) went up 2-0 in the best of 5 series against UNC. However, UNC took the victory from the jaws of defeat and won the last 3 games to upset Florida.
- Champion: UNC
- Bid Winners: UCF, UGA, Kennesaw St., UNF
- Results Link
- Recording Link
Ohio Super Regional
It was a battle for bids in the Midwest, as only 3 of the 11 schools attending had one at the time of the tournament. Ohio State and Wisconsin were the #1 and #2 teams by DUPR going into the tournament, and they met in the finals with Ohio State prevailing. With 150 players, this is the 5th largest DUPR Collegiate super regional. Largest DUPR collegiate super regional not in the states of VA and GA.
- Champion: Ohio State
- Bid Winners: Ohio State, Wisconsin, Miami (OH), Michigan State
- Results Link
- Recording Link
New Jersey Super Regional
Virginia Tech won their first Super Regional, and only dropped 1 game the entire tournament! Between Cornell winning a bid, and Princeton winning the challenger bracket, it was a good tournament for Ivy League schools. There was an exciting dreambreaker in the semifinals between Delaware and UNCC to determine who plays Virginia Tech, with Delaware prevailing.
- Champion: Virginia Tech
- Bid Winners: Delaware, Pitt, UNCC, Cornell
- Results Link
- Recording Link
Arizona Super Regional
USC dominates, only dropping one game during the tournament, which was in their 3-1 victory over SDSU in the finals. GCU had two teams that lost in the semifinals, spoiling the possibility of an all-GCU finals. USC, GCU, and Arizona State all brought 3 teams to the event, raising the energy level in all of their matches.
- Champion: USC
- Bid Winners: SDSU, Arizona, Arizona State, Loyola Marymount University
- Results Link
- Recording Link
2025 Collegiate National Championship
Format
There will be 1st Team, 2nd Team, and Challenger brackets, with the 1st Team Bracket crowing the champion of the 2025 season. It’ll be group play on Friday, with playoffs on Saturday and Sunday.
Schedule
History and Prize Money
This is the 4th annual Collegiate National Championship! Here are the past winners and results:
- 2022
- Champion: UNC
- Results Link
- Recording Link
- 2023
- Champion: UVA
- Results Link
- Recording Link
- 2024
- Champion: Utah Tech
- Results Link
- Recording Link
Over $40,000 will be given out at this event, with $15,000 for the winning team!
You can follow along the action at home with games being livestreamed to the DUPR YouTube channel this weekend. We will also have a prediction bracket contest, stay tuned to the DUPR Instagram account for when that is live on Friday night.
