UPA Asia has introduced the athletes who made the minimize for UPA Asia Trailblazers Programme Season 2. A complete of 16 of the area’s high younger gamers have been chosen after an intensive pre-selection coaching camp at Infinity Academy in December.
Eight of those sixteen athletes have been chosen for the Trailblazers Programme and earned for themselves a two-year UPA Asia Professional Contract. They will even participate in six-week immersions in America’s pickleball heartland, and can prepare underneath high coaches at world-class amenities. Moreover, they are going to obtain complete media coaching, and compete on the Carvana PPA Tour alongside the game’s finest. The programme, in brief, will present every thing these athletes must develop their expertise, construct their profiles, and thrive on the highest degree {of professional} pickleball.
The Trailblazers are:
Trailblazers
- Tya Karina Aditya (INA)
- Julian Chow (HKG)
- Mihae Kwon (KOR)
- Dang Ngo (VIE)
- Tang Nok Yiu (HKG)
- Syed Uzair (MAS)
- Colin Wong (MAS)
- Anni Xie (CHN)
Apart from these Trailblazers, UPA Asia additionally named eight Rising Stars. These younger abilities secured one-year UPA Asia Professional Contracts with complete athlete pathway help, media coaching, and growth assist underneath knowledgeable steering, as they set up themselves on the PPA Tour Asia.
Chosen because the Rising Stars are:
Rising Stars
- Timothy Foo (MAS)
- Yunqi He (CHN)
- Paranya Jareonvongrayab (THA)
- Pei-Yu Lai (TPE)
- Longsheng Liu (CHN)
- Christian Josua Luna (PHI)
- Anh Hoang Nguyen (VIE)
- Seina Shima (JPN)
Watch the Class of 2026 take the courts in Asia and the USA over the approaching months, as they’re locked in and able to compete.
