PLAYING PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL WAS NEVER ON EMILY’S RADAR UNTIL THE FALL OF 2022. EMILY FIRST PLAYED IN A PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT IN AUGUST 2020 WITH WESLEY BURROWS. DURING THE TIME SHE WAS HOME FROM COLLEGE DUE TO COVID-19, EMILY’S DAD, PAUL, STARTED GETTING INTO PICKLEBALL AND WOULD RUN INTO WES AT THE LOCAL PARK.
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EMILY WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THOUSAND OAKS, CA WITH HER PARENTS, MAI AND PAUL, AND HER TWO OLDER SIBLINGS, KAITLYN (28) AND ZACHARY (26). EMILY PLAYED COMPETITIVE JUNIOR TENNIS IN SOCAL FROM AGE 7 UNTIL COLLEGE WHERE SHE RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP TO PLAY DIVISION 1 TENNIS AT CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO. WHILE AT CAL POLY, EMILY PLAYED NUMBER 1 DOUBLES ALL FOUR YEARS AND FINISHED AT NUMBER 4 SINGLES IN HER SENIOR YEAR. SHE COMPLETED HER COLLEGE TENNIS CAREER WITH A DOUBLES RECORD OF 41-16 AND A SINGLES RECORD OF 32-19. IN HER JUNIOR YEAR OF COLLEGE, EMILY WAS NATIONALLY RANKED FOR DOUBLES AND BEAT THE #1 DOUBLES TEAM FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. EMILY RECEIVED FIRST-TEAM BIG WEST DOUBLES HONORS ALL 4 YEARS AT CAL POLY.
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