2025 MLP Premier Level Free Agency Draft Results

The MLP Premier Level Free Agency Draft is taking place Sunday, March 2, beginning at 12 p.m. ET. Live results will be updated below. A draft recap and 2025 season preview show will air live on Pickleball TV at 7 p.m. ET.
The 16 Premier Level teams will fill out their 2025 season rosters via a dynamic-bidding selection process, the same process used for the 2024 Premier Level Draft. Teams will bid for draft slots, then select from the pool of available players. There is no spending cap for the Drafts.
Premier Level teams will have rosters of six (three males, three females). On Feb. 16, all teams had to declare their player keepers – who were carried over from 2024 (there were some eligibility requirements) – and drop at least one player. A total of 40 Premier players were kept and all kept players must slot into a team’s top four roster spots. All teams will have to fill out their first four (4) roster slots during the Draft before bench players are able to be selected.
That means a total of 56 selections will be made in the Premier Free Agency Draft (24 spots to fill out starting fours for all 16 teams, then 32 more picks to build out bench players).
Premier Free Agency Draft pick results (refresh the page to see new results):
# | Team | Player |
1 | St. Louis Shock | Kate Fahey |
2 | Dallas Flash | Augustus Ge |
3 | Columbus Sliders | Lea Jansen |
4 | D.C. Pickleball Team | Riley Newman |
5 | Chicago Slice | James Ignatowich |
6 | Phoenix Flames | Jack Sock |
7 | LA Mad Drops | Quang Duong |
8 | New Jersey 5s | Genie Bouchard |
9 | Chicago Slice | Vivienne David |
10 | Chicago Slice | Max Freeman |
11 | Atlanta Bouncers | Victoria Di Muzio |
12 | Chicago Slice | Callie Smith |
13 | Utah Black Diamonds | Mehvish Safdar |
14 | Texas Ranchers | Noe Khlif |
15 | New York Hustlers | Zane Ford |
16 | New York Hustlers | Donald Young |
17 | Miami Pickleball Club | Mya Bui |
18 | Orlando Squeeze | Samantha Parker |
19 | New York Hustlers | Helena Spiridis |
20 | Miami Pickleball Club | Jay Devilliers |
21 | New York Hustlers | Dominique Schaefer |
22 | Carolina Pickleball Club | Tammy Emmrich |
23 | SoCal Hard Eights | Ivan Jakovljevic |
24 | SoCal Hard Eights | Ryan Fu |
25 | St. Louis Shock | Felicity Di Laura |
26 | Texas Ranchers | Michael Loyd |
27 | Texas Ranchers | Helena Jansen |
28 | St. Louis Shock | Erik Lange |
29 | D.C. Pickleball Team | Hannah Blatt |
30 | SoCal Hard Eights | Blaine Hovenier |
31 | New York Hustlers | Juan Benitez |
32 | Columbus Sliders | Roscoe Bellamy |
33 | New Jersey 5s | Christa Gecheva |
34 | New York Hustlers | Danna Funaro |
35 | Orlando Squeeze | Tom Evans |
36 | Orlando Squeeze | Alli Phillips |
37 | Atlanta Bouncers | Sam Querrey |
38 | Utah Black Diamonds | Genie Erokhina |
39 | Miami Pickleball Club | Yuta Funemizu |
40 | D.C. Pickleball Team | Pat Smith |
41 | Phoenix Flames | Alex Walker |
42 | Dallas Flash | Darrian Young |
43 | Atlanta Bouncers | Rachel Rettger |
44 | Columbus Sliders | Marcela Hones |
45 | Utah Black Diamonds | Yates Johnson |
46 | LA Mad Drops | Thomas Wilson |
47 | New Jersey 5s | Craig Johnson |
48 | Phoenix Flames | Pesa Teoni |
49 | LA Mad Drops | Angie Walker |
50 | Ava Ignatowich | Miami Pickleball Club |
51 | Chicago Slice | Pierina Imparato |
52 | Carolina Pickleball Club | Liz Truluck |
53 | Dallas Flash | Tatiana Ruhl |
54 | Carolina Pickleball Club | Brandon French |
55 | SoCal Hard Eights | Lauren Hidalgo-Smith |
56 | Chicago Slice | Carlos DiLaura |
Premier Level 2025 rosters, broken down by team:
Team | Player | Acq. | Player | Acq. | Player | Acq. | Player | Acq. | Player | Acq. | Player | Acq. |
Atlanta Bouncers | Vivian Glozman | Kept | Jaume Martinez Vich | Kept | Todd Fought | Kept | Victoria Di Muzio | FA – 11 | Sam Querrey | FA – 37 | Rachel Rettger | FA – 43 |
Carolina Pickleball Club | Ben Johns | Kept | Kaitlyn Christian | Kept | Collin Johns | Kept | Tammy Emmrich | FA – 22 | Liz Truluck | FA – 52 | Brandon French | FA – 54 |
Chicago Slice | James Ignatowich | FA – 5 | Vivienne David | FA – 9 | Max Freeman | FA – 10 | Callie Smith | FA – 12 | Pierina Imparato | FA – 51 | Carlos Di Laura | FA – 56 |
Columbus Sliders | Andrei Daescu | Kept | Parris Todd | Kept | CJ Klinger | Kept | Lea Jansen | FA – 3 | Roscoe Bellamy | FA – 32 | Marcela Hones | FA – 44 |
D.C. Pickleball Team | Rachel Rohrabacher | Kept | Jackie Kawamoto | Kept | Dekel Bar | Kept | Riley Newman | FA – 4 | Hannah Blatt | FA – 29 | Pat Smith | FA – 40 |
Dallas Flash | JW Johnson | Kept | Jorja Johnson | Kept | Tyra Black | Kept | Augie Ge | FA – 2 | Darrian Young | FA – 42 | Tatiana Ruhl | FA – 53 |
Los Angeles Mad Drops | Catherine Parenteau | Kept | Jade Kawamoto | Kept | Hunter Johnson | Kept | Quang Duong | FA – 7 | Thomas Wilson | FA – 46 | Angie Walker | FA – 49 |
Miami Pickleball Club | Milan Rane | Kept | Eric Oncins | Kept | Mya Bui | FA – 17 | Jay Devilliers | FA – 20 | Yuta Funemizu | FA – 39 | Ava Ignatowich | FA – 50 |
New Jersey 5s | Anna Leigh Waters | Kept | Zane Navratil | Kept | Will Howells | Kept | Genie Bouchard | FA – 8 | Christa Gecheva | FA – 33 | Craig Johnson | FA – 47 |
New York Hustlers | Zane Ford | FA – 15 | Donald Young | FA – 16 | Helena Spiridis | FA – 19 | Dominique Schaefer | FA – 21 | Juan Benitez | FA – 31 | Danna Funaro | FA – 34 |
Orlando Squeeze | Federico Staksrud | Kept | Dylan Frazier | Kept | Lacy Schneemann | Kept | Samantha Parker | FA – 18 | Tom Evans | FA – 35 | Alli Phillips | FA – 36 |
Phoenix Flames | Meghan Dizon | Kept | Tyson McGuffin | Kept | Jessie Irvine | Kept | Jack Sock | FA – 6 | Alex Walker | FA – 41 | Pesa Teoni | FA – 48 |
SoCal Hard Eights | Irina Tereschenko | Kept | Judit Castillo | Kept | Ivan Jakovljevic | FA – 23 | Ryan Fu | FA – 24 | Blaine Hovenier | FA – 30 | Lauren Hidalgo-Smith | FA – 55 |
St. Louis Shock | Anna Bright | Kept | Hayden Patriquin | Kept | Gabriel Tardio | Kept | Kate Fahey | FA – 1 | Felicity Di Laura | FA – 25 | Erik Lange | FA – 28 |
Texas Ranchers | Christian Alshon | Kept | Etta Tuionetoa | Kept | Tina Pisnik | Kept | Noe Khlif | FA – 14 | Michael Loyd | FA – 26 | Helena Jansen | FA – 27 |
Utah Black Diamonds | Connor Garnett | Kept | Tyler Loong | Kept | Alix Truong | Kept | Mehvish Safdar | FA – 13 | Genie Erokhina | FA – 38 | Yates Johnson | FA – 45 |