2024 DCPT Premier Level Roster
James Ignatowich
Rachel Rohrabacher
Rachel Rohrabacher
James grew up in Darien, CT, and now lives in Delray Beach, FL. Once ranked top 5 in the U.S. National High School Recruiting Rankings, Ignatowich attended Vanderbilt University to play collegiate tennis for two years.
As his love for tennis dwindled, his passion for pickleball grew. Ignatowich started playing in 2021 and has quickly sh
James grew up in Darien, CT, and now lives in Delray Beach, FL. Once ranked top 5 in the U.S. National High School Recruiting Rankings, Ignatowich attended Vanderbilt University to play collegiate tennis for two years.
As his love for tennis dwindled, his passion for pickleball grew. Ignatowich started playing in 2021 and has quickly shot to the top of the pickleball rankings.
James enjoys running his own podcast: The James Ignatowich Show, where he interviews fellow pickleball professionals.
Rachel Rohrabacher
Rachel Rohrabacher
Rachel Rohrabacher
Rachel grew up in Tampa, FL, and currently resides in Cincinnati, OH. She earned a full scholarship to the University of South Carolina and reached a national ranking of #9 in collegiate doubles.
Rachel was introduced to pickleball by her former junior tennis coach and transitioned fully over to the sport in 2023. She made an immediate i
Rachel grew up in Tampa, FL, and currently resides in Cincinnati, OH. She earned a full scholarship to the University of South Carolina and reached a national ranking of #9 in collegiate doubles.
Rachel was introduced to pickleball by her former junior tennis coach and transitioned fully over to the sport in 2023. She made an immediate impact in her MLP debut and is on the fast track to the top.
Rachel enjoys playing Apex Legends on Xbox and aims to get her LCSW to become a therapist one day.
Vivian Glozman
Vivian Glozman
Vivian Glozman
Vivian grew up in Bellevue, WA and currently resides in the LA area. She attended University of California as a freshman before transferring to University of Virginia where she played D1 tennis. After graduating she was introduced to pickleball in 2022 and has quickly ascended the ranks in the pro game. She is one of six players in Majo
Vivian grew up in Bellevue, WA and currently resides in the LA area. She attended University of California as a freshman before transferring to University of Virginia where she played D1 tennis. After graduating she was introduced to pickleball in 2022 and has quickly ascended the ranks in the pro game. She is one of six players in Major League Pickleball who made the jump from the Challenger to Premier level.
Vivian's family still resides in Washington state and her younger sister will be attending and playing tennis at Stanford University this Fall.
Dekel Bar
Vivian Glozman
Vivian Glozman
Dekel is a native of Israel, and currently resides in Austin, TX. He is a former professional tennis player who reached the #3 ranking in Israel and #370 ATP in doubles during his 6 year career.
“Big D”, as his friends call him, started playing pickleball in 2018 and was able to find his groove as a pro post 2020.
Dekel enjoys his Econo
Dekel is a native of Israel, and currently resides in Austin, TX. He is a former professional tennis player who reached the #3 ranking in Israel and #370 ATP in doubles during his 6 year career.
“Big D”, as his friends call him, started playing pickleball in 2018 and was able to find his groove as a pro post 2020.
Dekel enjoys his Economics and Entrepreneurship studies and being a co-owner of two businesses: Pickleball 360 and Pickleball Getaways.
2023 DCPT Premier Level Roster
Riley Newman
Jackie Kawamoto
Jackie Kawamoto
Riley Newman was born on Whidbey Island, Washington and currently resides in Dallas, TX. He grew up in the middle of five sisters and one brother and earned a tennis scholarship at a D-I college in Seattle, WA. He entered his first 5.0 tournament with sister, Lindsey, five years ago and won gold in mixed doubles.
Riley is currently ranked
Riley Newman was born on Whidbey Island, Washington and currently resides in Dallas, TX. He grew up in the middle of five sisters and one brother and earned a tennis scholarship at a D-I college in Seattle, WA. He entered his first 5.0 tournament with sister, Lindsey, five years ago and won gold in mixed doubles.
Riley is currently ranked #2 for Men's & Mix Doubles in the world.
He enjoys spending time with his family, attending professional sporting events, working out, and vacationing in his favorite part of the country (Pacific Northwest in the summer).
Jackie Kawamoto
Jackie Kawamoto
Jackie Kawamoto
Jackie Kawamoto was born and raised in Maui, Hawaii and moved to Indianapolis in 2004 where her and her twin sister and teammate Jade currently reside. After claiming the Indiana high school state tennis championship in 2013 she attended the University of Dayton where she played D-I tennis and was a biology major.
Jackie began playing pi
Jackie Kawamoto was born and raised in Maui, Hawaii and moved to Indianapolis in 2004 where her and her twin sister and teammate Jade currently reside. After claiming the Indiana high school state tennis championship in 2013 she attended the University of Dayton where she played D-I tennis and was a biology major.
Jackie began playing pickleball in 2019 and quickly found her way to the podium, winning the 2022 MLP Newport event and taking gold alongside her sister Jade in women's doubles.
She enjoys teaching pickleball and hosting pickleball events in her community.
Jade Kawamoto
Christian Alshon
Christian Alshon
Jade Kawamoto was born and raised in Maui, Hawaii and moved to Indianapolis in 2004 where her and her twin sister and teammate Jackie currently reside. She attended the University of Dayton where she played D-I tennis and was an environmental biology major.
Jade began playing pickleball in 2019 and quickly found her winning ways taking g
Jade Kawamoto was born and raised in Maui, Hawaii and moved to Indianapolis in 2004 where her and her twin sister and teammate Jackie currently reside. She attended the University of Dayton where she played D-I tennis and was an environmental biology major.
Jade began playing pickleball in 2019 and quickly found her winning ways taking gold in 2022 alongside her sister Jackie in women's doubles.
Like her sister, she enjoys hosting pickleball events in her community.
Christian Alshon
Christian Alshon
Christian Alshon
Christian Alshon grew up in Boca Raton, Florida where he currently resides. He ranked No. 1 in the country in tennis singles and doubles for 16s, 18s and eventually NCAAs during his time at the University of Chicago where he studied Economics.
Christian began playing pickleball regularly in 2021, two weeks after winning the D-III NCAA te
Christian Alshon grew up in Boca Raton, Florida where he currently resides. He ranked No. 1 in the country in tennis singles and doubles for 16s, 18s and eventually NCAAs during his time at the University of Chicago where he studied Economics.
Christian began playing pickleball regularly in 2021, two weeks after winning the D-III NCAA tennis championships at UC, where he was team captain and undefeated at position one in singles, going 18-0.
2023 DCPT Challenger Level Roster
Sam Querrey
Shelby Bates
Shelby Bates
The California native joined Major League Pickleball as our #1 Draft pick in the MLP Challenger Draft. Sam is a former world tennis #11, Wimbledon semifinalist, 10-time ATP Titleist, and has wins over some of the biggest names in tennis such as Djokovic, Nadal, and Murray.
Sam is father to Ford and Owen and resides in California with his wife Abigail.
Shelby Bates
Shelby Bates
Shelby Bates
Shelby Bates who started tennis at the age of 4 and went on to play Division 1 college tennis at Coastal Carolina University was born in Jericho, NY and currently resides in Jupiter, FL. She started playing pickleball in February 2022 and turned pro in August of 2022.
Shelby is an only child who loves electronic dance music!
Stefan Auvergne
Stefan Auvergne
Stefan Auvergne
Born in Virginia, Stefan moved to France as a toddler and grew up there playing Tennis and Video games competitively. He became a French National Call of Duty 2 champion in 2006. He currently lives in Austin, TX and works as a software engineer for a fitness app called Fitbod and enjoys racing his very own BMW M4 at the Circuit of the Am
Born in Virginia, Stefan moved to France as a toddler and grew up there playing Tennis and Video games competitively. He became a French National Call of Duty 2 champion in 2006. He currently lives in Austin, TX and works as a software engineer for a fitness app called Fitbod and enjoys racing his very own BMW M4 at the Circuit of the Americas. He discovered pickleball at the beginning of 2021 and was hooked ever since. As a lefty, he relies on his put away power and defensive skills to pressure his opponents.
Judit Castillo
Stefan Auvergne
Stefan Auvergne
"You-dit" was born in Teruel, Spain and is a proud “Chinchirina” referred to as those from Mosqueruela, Teruel. Judit began playing tennis at the age of twelve. Five years later, after graduating high school in Valencia, Spain, she received a scholarship at Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NCAA DI). After graduate school, Judit
"You-dit" was born in Teruel, Spain and is a proud “Chinchirina” referred to as those from Mosqueruela, Teruel. Judit began playing tennis at the age of twelve. Five years later, after graduating high school in Valencia, Spain, she received a scholarship at Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NCAA DI). After graduate school, Judit became the Head of Racket Sports and Fitness at East Ridge Country Club in Shreveport, Louisiana before pursuing her professional pickleball career full-time. Judit is the youngest of three siblings, Ismael and Marta.
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