College pickleball players have the chance to ring in 2024 with a BANG! The APP will kick off January with its first signature event of the year, the 2024 U.S. Collegiate Championships, to be held at the Grand Park Sports Campus in Westfield, Indiana. The event, the first of its kind, will allow college students to represent their universities as part of a team or as an individual and compete against each other in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles events for a prize purse of $50,000!

Win Prize Money

The team competition prize money will total $32,500. With a round robin format which includes playoffs, teams will be playing for the following prize money breakdown:

• 1st Place: $12,000
• 2nd Place: $6,000
• 3rd Place: $3,500
• 4th Place: $2,000
• 5th - 8th Places: $1,250 each
• 9th - 12th Places: $1,000 each

Compete as an Individual

All players have the opportunity to enter the individual bracket and compete for event titles in singles, gender doubles, or mixed doubles. Seize this opportunity to win part of the $17, 500 prize money, which will be broken down in the following way:

• Women's Singles: Gold - $875, Silver - $525, Bronze - $350
• Men's Singles: Gold - $875, Silver - $525, Bronze - $350
• Women's Doubles: Gold - $2,175, Silver - $1,305, Bronze - $870
• Men's Doubles: Gold - $2,175, Silver - $1,305, Bronze - $870
• Mixed Doubles: Gold - $2,175, Silver - $1,305, Bronze - $870

Be Featured on National TV

An extended highlights show from the 2024 U.S. Collegiate Championships will air on CBS Sports Network on January 8, 2024 from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST, so family, friends and fellow students can catch the action.

Act now! To get your school in the team competition, sign up here. Registration for the individual brackets can be found here.

See you in Westfield!