DUPR is excited to announce our Collegiate Tournament Schedule for 2023!
There will be 12 Regional Tournaments, The Collegiate Team National Championships, and new this year is the Collegiate Individual National Championship. All tournaments will be played at Life Time locations across the country.
DUPR is working to bring the college pickleball experience to as many schools as possible, and that starts by having regionalized tournaments across the nation. DUPR will be hosting the first annual Collegiate Individual National Championship, where players from any school can come and compete in brackets for all 5 events.
To conclude the year, DUPR will be hosting the 2023 Collegiate National Championship for the 36 best college teams in the country!
Here is an overview for each of the tournaments:
DUPR Regionals
DUPR will be putting on 12 Regionals at Life Time clubs between March and October of this year. In order to participate in the DUPR Collegiate National Championship, every college has to participate in at least one Regional, and receive a bid for their school. Regionals are the main way to receive a bid, but there are other methods as listed below. Schools are not locked by location and can play in as many Regionals as they want.
All it takes is 2 men and 2 women players from a college to form a team and compete! Your school doesn't need to have an official pickleball club in order to participate. You just need 4 current students and a DUPR Digital Club for your school. Search here to see if your school already has a DUPR Digital Club, and if not, contact college@mydupr.com to have one made for your school.
To register, go to the Regional event on DUPR (links are below) and sign up in your school's team bracket once your school has decided who is going. If your school doesn't have a team bracket, contact college@mydupr.com to have one made for your school.
Scholarship Money (Per Regional): $4,000
Entry Requirements:
- Have a fully filled out DUPR Digital club for your college
- Any eligible college student taking a minimum of 6 college credits can participate
Format:
- Team Bracket (MLPlay format) and Open Divisions
- A school can submit as many complete teams of 4 into the Team Bracket as they want
Bid Distribution:
- The two finalists of the team tournament will obtain a bid for their school
DUPR Collegiate Individual National Championship
Date: April 14th-16th 2023
Location: Life Time - Fort Worth-Alliance (Fort Worth, Texas)
Scholarship Money: $22,000
In addition to Regionals, DUPR will also be starting the Collegiate Individual National Championship in 2023. We want to recognize the best college players, regardless of what school they are from. This Championship will have a Men’s & Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles, and a Men’s & Women’s Singles bracket for any college student to compete in.
Entry Requirements:
- Any eligible college student taking a minimum of 6 college credits can participate
Format:
- Men’s & Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles, and Men’s & Women’s Singles brackets
Bid Distribution:
- The winner of each bracket will obtain a bid for their school
DUPR Collegiate National Championship
Date: November 17th-19th 2023
Location: Life Time - Peachtree Corners (Atlanta, GA)
Scholarship Money: $31,000
To wrap up the collegiate pickleball season, we are once again having the College National Championship for the best schools in the country. In order to participate, each college will need to obtain a bid. Bids are given out in three ways: Regionals, the Collegiate Individual Championship, and the DUPR Collegiate Council.
Entry Requirements:
- Obtain a bid
- Participate in a Regional Tournament
Format:
- Team Bracket (MLPlay format)
- 6 pools of 6 colleges each with equal DUPR in each pool
- 2 colleges from each pool will advance to the single elimination playoffs
Travel Stipend
DUPR is offering up to a $1000 travel stipend for the first 100 schools that qualify! To see the requirements and apply for the travel stipend, click here.
More Information about Bids
In order to play in the DUPR Collegiate National Championship, a college must obtain a bid either through a Regional Tournament, the Collegiate Individual National Championship, or the DUPR Collegiate Council. DUPR will keep track of which schools have received a bid as the year progresses. Once your school receives a bid, you cannot receive any more. Any bids you would have received will be given to the next highest placed team at the tournament. This prevents schools from blocking other schools from receiving bids.
24 bids will be given out across the 12 regional tournaments, and 5 bids will be given out at the Collegiate Individual National Championship. To get to 36 total bids, the DUPR Collegiate Council will give out bids to schools based on competitiveness, DUPR rating, club size, and how the club has used the DUPR software at their school and community. DUPR will update the colleges regularly about how many bids have been given out, and to which schools.
Contact Us
Email: college@mydupr.com
