Brandon Nsekpong competes on the APP and PPA tours and plays for the CRBN pro team, with a 6.1 doubles DUPR. He came to pickleball with a deep court-sport background — competitive table tennis as a junior, then junior tennis, then basketball through a Division III college career. He found the sport at his local gym, lost his first singles match 11–2 to a player in their fifties, and decided there was more to it than he had assumed. He left a corporate career to play full time and now teaches lessons and clinics worldwide, alongside community events built to bring new players into the game. He lives in Austin.

Lina Padegimaite has competed on the PPA Tour since 2022, with 233 career wins across 74 professional tournaments in women’s and mixed doubles. Born in Kaunas, Lithuania, she represented the Lithuanian national team at the 2011 Fed Cup before moving to the United States to play Division I tennis at the University of Texas, where she was named Big XII Freshman of the Year and led the Longhorns to two conference titles. She holds a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Texas State University and is a certified instructor through the Professional Tennis Registry. She took up pickleball in 2021, two months after the birth of her son, and turned professional the following year. She lives in the Austin area.