The 2nd Annual College Individual National Championship is Fast Approaching!
The 2nd annual College Individual Championship is coming up fast! Get ready for the CINC tournament, where students from schools all over the country compete for the title.
Dates: June 1st-2nd, 2024
Location: The Pickle Lodge, 7373 Kingsgate Way, West Chester Township, OH 45069
If you want to stay in the area, here is the tournament hotel link. You will need to create an account with Pivot to use it.
Pricing
- Until April 30th, the price per bracket per person is $59
- From May 1st to May 22nd (when registration closes), the price per bracket per person is $74
Who Can Participate?
- Any student taking at least 6 credit hours can participate!
- Players that graduate in the 2024 spring semester are still eligible to play
- If you are playing in a doubles bracket, you must play with someone from your same school
- Players must fill out a registrar’s form and submit it here before the tournament starts to certify they are a student at their school.
Scholarship Money
*Breakdown per event
1st place $1000 per player
2nd place $500 per player
3rd & 4th place $250 per player
5th - 8th place $125 per player
In total, there will be $20,000 awarded!
Tournament Format
- Saturday 9am-1pm, Mixed Doubles Group Play and Quarterfinals
- Saturday 1pm-7pm, Men’s & Women’s Singles Group Play and Quarterfinals
- Sunday 7am-1pm, Men’s & Women’s Doubles Group Play and Quarterfinals
- Sunday 1pm-7pm, All Events Semifinals and Finals
All events will start with group play, and then the top 8 teams from group play will advance to the single elimination playoffs to determine the 2024 National Collegiate Champion for that particular event. All players in all events are guaranteed at least 4 group play games. The groups will be seeded to have an even amount of DUPR in each group.
Players can play in 1, 2, or all 3 events, they are not limited to just singles or just doubles.Group play games will be 1 to 21, win by 2, rally scoring. Playoff games will be 2/3 to 21, win by 2, rally scoring.Times are subject to change based on registration numbers. Bids will not be awarded at this event.
How to Sign Up?
Click the link here to be taken to the registration page on Swish.
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: Dylan Ciampini & Katelyn Nadauld (Utah Tech)
About Collegiate Pickleball
DUPR brings the excitement of professional level leagues to colleges all across the US with eight Super Regional events and both a team and individual National Championship. Learn more about the recently concluded Virginia and Georgia Super Regionals!
