After an amazing 2023, DUPR Collegiate Pickleball is excited to announce everything new we have to offer for 2024! In the post below, we describe changes we’re making to the bids, regionals, and rankings, as well as introducing campus regionals, DUPR duals, and regions! To get in contact with us, use our email at college@mydupr.com.

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Bid System

Here are how bids will work for 2024:

• 4 bids given out at each of the 9 Super Regionals
• 1 bid given out at each of the 16 Campus Regionals
• 16 bids TBD

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In total, there will be 64 bids given out to the 2024 Collegiate National Championship.

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Super Regionals

Regionals run by DUPR have been upgraded into Super Regionals! These Super Regionals will have more bids, scholarship money, teams, and courts than our 2023 Regionals.

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Spring Super Regionals

• Illinois Super Regional - February 3rd-4th (Pickle Haüs in Chicago, IL)
• Utah Super Regional - March 2nd-3rd (The Picklr in Kaysville, UT)
• Virginia Super Regional - March 23rd-24th (Performance Pickleball in Richmond, VA)
• Georgia Super Regional - April 6th-7th (Pickle & Social in Buford, GA)

Fall Super Regionals

• Florida Super Regional - September 21st-22nd (The Pickleball Club in Port St. Lucie, FL)
• Virginia Beach Super Regional - September 28th-29th (MLP Virginia Beach, VA)
• Nevada Super Regional - October 5th-6th (Green Valley Life Time in Las Vegas, NV)
• Texas Super Regional - October 12th-13th (PALA Pickleball in Houston, TX)
• Arizona Super Regional - October 19th-20th (The Picklr in Scottsdale, AZ)

Scholarship Money - $6000 total

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Team Bracket

• 1st Place - $2500
• 2nd Place - $1250
• Lost in the Semifinals - $500
• Lost in the Quarterfinals - $250

Challenger Bracket

• 1st Place - $250

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1st-4th place teams will receive a bid to Nationals. If any of these teams already possess a bid, the opportunity for a bid will extend to the next highest-ranking team that does not have one. In some cases, schools may need to engage in an additional match to determine which team will receive the extended bid opportunity.

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The Team Bracket will consist of MLP teams from each school, where there are 2-3 men and 2-3 women players on each team. It will operate the same as our 2023 Regionals, where teams will play Women’s Doubles, Men’s Doubles, 2 Mixed Doubles, and potentially a Dreambreaker to determine a winner between teams. The Challenger Bracket will be an open doubles tournament, unless we have enough players sign up to split into Men’s Doubles/Mixed Doubles/Women’s Doubles. 

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Schools may bring an unlimited number of teams and challenger players. Any school may attend any Super Regional.

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Entry Requirements

• Have a DUPR account with a doubles rating
• Be taking at least 6 credit hours at the school you are representing
• Be partnered with other players from your school (applies to both the team and challenger brackets)

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Email college@mydupr.com to have a team bracket made for your school in the Regional you want to attend. Your team bracket players will register in that bracket we made for you, and all challenger bracket players will register in the bracket labeled “Challenger Bracket”

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Campus Regionals

Campus Regionals are a way for DUPR Collegiate Pickleball to work with individual clubs running their own collegiate tournaments. If your club is running a collegiate tournament, and it meets certain requirements, the tournament can be a part of our Campus Regional series. Each Campus Regional will receive a Nationals bid to give out, as well as be featured on the DUPR Collegiate Pickleball website. Only 16 tournaments will be selected for the Campus Regional series in 2024. Here is the link for the application and more details.

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2024 Collegiate Individual National Championships (CINC)

Date: June 1st-2nd

Location: The Pickle Lodge in Cincinnati, OH

Scholarship Money: $20,000 total

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Individual Nationals is returning in 2024! This event will crown a champion for each of the Men’s & Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles, and Men’s & Women’s Singles brackets. Any college student taking at least 6 credit hours can compete!

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Sign up for the 2024 Collegiate Individual National Championships HERE!

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2023 CINC Champions

• Mixed Doubles: Collin Shick & Sarah Carpenter (UNC)
• Men’s Singles: Collin Shick (UNC)
• Women’s Singles: Dylan Ciampini (Utah Tech)
• Men’s Doubles: Collin Shick & Hunter Boyd (UNC)
• Women’s Doubles: Dyan Ciampini & Katelyn Nadauld (Utah Tech)

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Entry Requirements

• Be current students taking at least 6 credit hours at the college they are representing
• Be partnered up with someone from your same college (if playing in a doubles bracket)

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Schedule

• Saturday morning - Mixed Doubles
• Saturday afternoon - Men’s & Women’s Singles
• Sunday morning - Men’s & Women’s Doubles
• Sunday afternoon - Semifinals and Finals for all events

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2024 Collegiate National Championship (CNC)

Date: November 1st-3rd

Location: Lapiplasty UPA World Championships in Dallas, TX

Scholarship Monday: $32,000 total

For Nationals, 64 schools from across the country will compete to be the champion! Schools will be split into 16 groups of 4, and every single team will advance to the single-elimination playoffs, March Madness style. MLP teams are still guaranteed 6 matches, no matter their performance. There will also be a challenger bracket at the 2024 CNC, which will operate similar to the 2023 CNC challenger bracket. 

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To participate in the team brackets at CNC, a school must:

• Have obtained a bid
• Participated in a Regional (either a Super Regional or a Campus Regional)
• Have all of their players be current students at the college they are representing and taking at least 6 credit hours

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To participate in the challenger bracket at CNC, players must:

• Be partnered up with someone from their same college
• Be current students taking at least 6 credit hours at the college they are representing
• A bid is NOT required to have players from your school compete in the challenger bracket

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Dual Matches

Ready to challenge your local rivals? Got a free weekend and craving some Collegiate Pickleball? We have just the solution - introducing DUPR Duals. This new initiative will allow teams to organize matches against each other that count towards their team record and ranking. All dual matches following this format will be featured on the DUPR Collegiate Pickleball website. Here is the link to our doc explaining how to conduct a dual match with another school. 

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DUPR Collegiate Council

DUPR is the home of collegiate pickleball, and we want to make sure that we continue to foster open communication and collaboration with our player base. In 2024, we will organize a DUPR Collegiate Council that will be made up of leaders and players from each region of collegiate pickleball. The DUPR Collegiate Council and DUPR’s Collegiate Team will meet regularly to discuss feedback on previous events, the steps that DUPR is taking to grow the sport, and your input on what we can do to increase each player’s experience. Participation in the DUPR Collegiate Council will be by invitation only. If you are interested in lending your experience to help us grow collegiate pickleball, you may apply here.

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Power Rankings and Leaderboard

Power Rankings are back for 2024! The goal of our Power Rankings is to answer the question: "Which school would win the Collegiate National Championship if it were held today?". Power Rankings are calculated by aggregating the highest doubles DUPRs from the top 2 men and top 2 women from a school. In order for a school to be on the Power Rankings, they must have brought a MLP team to any Super Regional, Campus Regional, Dual Match, or event from 2022 & 2023. To be eligible to count towards their college's power ranking, a player 1) must still be a current student at that college, 2) must have played in any DUPR event, and 3) must have a doubles DUPR. Spring, summer, and fall graduates have until July 31st, August 31st, and December 31st, respectively, before their student status is removed.

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Power Rankings will be released on the first Friday of every month. The full list is available at our website here.

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We have added the Leaderboard to our website, which tracks all of the matches, games, and points from every Super Regional, Campus Regional, and Dual Match. The goal of the Leaderboard is to provide a way to compare the stats of each school to each other, and to provide insight into which schools are winning the highest % of their matches, games, and points. The Leaderboard has no effect on bids or tournament seeding.

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DUPR Regions

Introducing DUPR Regions - Teams are split up into different regions based on geographic location. These regions were decided based on a variety of factors, and with the ever-growing collegiate pickleball landscape, we shall review regional splits on an annual basis. DUPR Regions will allow players to be eligible for regional awards, experience heightened rivalries, and access more competitive opportunities.

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Please note - Due to the current distribution of Collegiate Pickleball teams, not all regions will have the same amount of Super/Campus Regionals for 2024. Teams can compete in any regional tournament they wish, regardless of their assigned region.

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See below to see what region your team belongs to - 

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DUPR Awards

Starting in 2024, DUPR shall implement the inaugural DUPR Collegiate Pickleball Awards! This initiative aims to reward players, coaches, and programs for their contributions to the success of DUPR Collegiate Pickleball on and off the court. These awards will be decided by the DUPR Collegiate Council and will be given out at the 2024 Collegiate National Championship during the awards banquet. 

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DUPR All-American 

• Honors the top 4 male and top 4 female players based on multiple performance criteria as judged by the DUPR Collegiate Council.

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DUPR Scholar-Athlete

• Have a minimum GPA of 3.7
• Be a full-time student
• Competed in a DUPR Super Regional 

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DUPR Rookie of the Year

• Honors a first-year student who made significant contributions to his/her team in the areas of leadership, sportsmanship, and performance.

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DUPR Senior Player of the Year

• Honors the senior student who had the best year among all players in his/her class in areas of leadership, sportsmanship, and performance.

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DUPR Coach of the Year

• Honors a coach who has exhibited outstanding leadership in ways that contribute to on and off-court team performance.

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DUPR Community Service Award (Team)

• Honors a team that gives back to their campus and their community through pickleball and non-pickleball pathways.

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DUPR Ambassador of the Year

• DUPR will recognize two students (1 male, 1 female) who advance the mission of DUPR by devoting consistent time and effort to promotional activities, and by supporting and bringing awareness to their school program and collegiate pickleball in general.