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Brophy organized his first disc golf tournament as a little kid, when he dragged his younger brother and sister up to their local Southern California park. Over the last several years, Brophy has travelled the world competing, promoting and spreading his passion for disc golf, amazed at the growth he has seen. It was such a little-known sport when he started, but now, disc golf is thriving with over 16,000 courses in over 90 countries. The beauty of flight, time spent in nature and the overall simplicity of the game have captivated tens of millions of players across the globe, with over 5,000 sanctioned and 100,000 unsanctioned tournaments to compete in each year. As an ambassador for Innova Discs, Brophy continues to promote and compete at the highest level, coming off his top-winning season to date. Brophy turned professional in 1998 and has competed in more than 365 events with 59 career wins. One benefit Brophy continues to highlight is disc golf as a lifetime sport, with a set of skills one can continue to develop well into old age. One of Brophy’s beloved mentors was an over-100-year-old world champion—and he didn’t even start playing until he was 93! Disc golf is truly for everybody. There’s always room for improvement, and one is never done learning.

Brewer won the National College Cornhole Singles title in 2022. The tournament is part of the American Cornhole League (ACL) National College Cornhole Championship, broadcast on ESPN. Following his victory in 2022, Brewer has made it back to the National Championship tournament 3 years in a row, including as a runner-up in the 2025 tournament. In 2023, Brewer tied for fifth in his bracket during the American Cornhold League World Championship. Brewer started a cornhole club at Indiana State University. Brewer has a very bright future in cornhole and is looking forward to a successful 2025–26 season. Brewer learned how to play cornhole from his father. He began playing competitively in local tournaments, also known as “blind draws,” in his hometown of Indianapolis.

Garcia is a professional pickleball player based in the Washington, D.C./Arlington, Virginia, metropolitan area. Garcia grew up in New Orleans and ventured to Virginia to play college tennis for Washington and Lee University, where she cemented herself as one of the most decorated female tennis players in school history after being named two-time Singles All-American (2021, 2022), the 2022 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Regional Senior Player of the Year and 2021 Conference Player of the Year, among other distinctions. She then took her talents to Division I, playing for the George Mason University Patriots,leading her team in individual wins and being an All-Conference selection. After playing on the pro pickleball circuit for a little over a year, Garcia is currently ranked #17 in singles, #56 in women’s doubles and #61 in women’s mixed doubles on the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) Tour. In 2024, she appeared in tournaments like the Association of Pickleball Players Women’s Open and the PPA CIBC Texas Open. She’s also had center-court matches in marquee events against top pros, such as Catherine Parenteau.

As a lifelong competitive tennis player, Kendall began her pickleball career in 2023. Upon winning 12 amateur medals, she transitioned into professional pickleball, competing in seven professional tournaments in the last year. Sponsored by Selkirk Sport, she is currently ranked 96th in the PPA world rankings for singles and 106th in the PPA world rankings for women’s doubles. Kendall received a Bachelor of Science in sport management from North Carolina State University in 2015. She previously worked for the Atlanta Falcons, where she spearheaded NFL player, mascot and cheerleader events and appearances supporting military servicemembers and their families.

Kniesteadt is a professional cornhole player who became one of the top players in the country during his rookie season. In April 2023, Kniesteadt took first place in the Tier 1 division of the Open #10 Singles Champions, which helped him finish ninth in the  ACL Pro Singles world rankings. The Michigan native won his bracket after dropping his first game. His run took him the longest possible route to an Open Singles win that a player could go. In his bracket final, he double-dipped Jordan Power. In the final four, he beat Sammy Soto before topping the reigning world champion Mark Richards in 21 rounds.