Quang Duong Picked 7th as MLP Announces Premier Level Free Agency Draft

The MLP Premier Level Free Agency Draft took place on 2 March 2025, with the16 Premier Level teams will filling out their 2025 season rosters via a dynamic-bidding selection process. It was the same process used for the 2024 Premier Level Draft, with Teams bidding for draft slots and then selecting 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).
Here are the Premier Free Agency Draft pick results as of 3 March 2025:
# | 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 |
Below is a breakdown of the Premier Level 2025 rosters by team:


