San Antonio Pickleball Association

2026 Board of Directors: Dee Smith, President, Marty Ahumada, Vice President, Leslie Saenz, Secretary, Nate Sigars, Treasurer, Cindy Jupe, Member At Large

Member's Appreciation Cookout

*Rescheduled for May 30th*

Please join us for our annual members' appreciation cookout at Fairchild starting at 12:00 p.m. for members, scholarship recipients and their families.

Please RSVP at sapamembership1@gmail.com

2026 Scholarship Ceremony

Congratulations to the 2026 scholarship recepients. The scholarship ceremony was held on Saturday May 9 at 11:00 a.m. at Fairchild Park for scholarship recipients and their families. Twenty students received scholarships this year, and two outstanding students received the Travis Martin Scholarship Award. For more information, contact our SAPA President at sapascholarships@gmail.com or sanantoniopickleball@gmail.com

Congratulations 2026 Scholarship Recipients!

FITNESS IN THE PARK SCHEDULE

Wednesday mornings 8:45am - 11:00 am Fairchild Pickleball Courts 10, 11, 12

1st and 3rd Wednesday evenings 6:30pm - 7:45pm Fairchild Pickleball Courts 5 & 6

Registration open on Pickleball Brackets

SEPTEMBER 25-27, 2026

September 25-27, 2026

Registration Opens April 1, 2026

Thank you 2025 Sponsors!

Donate today, directly to SAPA's Scholarship Program

Now accepting payments via Venmo https://venmo.com/u/SAPickleball

About Us

We are a Non-Profit organization, that is dedicated to promoting the growth of the sport of Pickleball in San Antonio, Texas and the surrounding areas through the conduct of education, training, social events and other amateur sports competitions.

2025 San Antonio Pickleball Associations' High School Scholarship Ceremony where we honored 30 recipients on May 3. Special Shootout to Joola for their generous donation of 2 paddles to each student!

2024 HS Scholarship Ceremony - Congratulations all recipients!!

San Antonio Pickleball Association held our Annual HS Scholarship Ceremony this past weekend and the seniors were thrilled to receive 2 Carbon X paddles from ROKNE during the presentation. The seniors learned to play the game for the first time with ROKNE paddles and continued to play long after the ceremony concluded. As you may have seen I did post on your Facebook page (below) as well as our social media sites.

We are blown away with ROKNE's generosity and support of our local youth in San Antonio. Now, these students will take their new ROKNE paddles off to many different college locations in Texas and beyond. One of our senior recipients has been accepted to Stanford and waitlisted to Harvard. Thank you again for your wonderful sponsorship of our Scholarship ceremony!

We are excited to announce our HS Seniors who are Scholarship recipients for 2025 at our Ceremony held May 3 at Fairchild Park 11am on court 6.

Recipients are invited to come early at 10:30am to learn the game taught by Danna Halff and stay after the ceremony to play pickleball

2025 SAN ANTONIO PICKLEBALL ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP!

We are pleased to be working with the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation, again this year, to award scholarships to High School Seniors. Please see your High School Counselor to apply. Every high school in Bexar County may participate.

The San Antonio Pickleball Association will award one or more scholarships, of a minimum of $1000, to a college bound Bexar County High School Senior. Funds will be awarded in the spring and disbursed in late August/early September, directly to students upon proof of enrollment in classes. In addition to the application requirements, eligible students are required to submit two supplemental essays, approximately 250 words each, describing the following.

#1–How they have contributed to their community to help make it a richer, more vibrant place AND # 2–How participation in amateur or youth sports has shaped them as a person. Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of these essays, and also on financial need, academic accomplishments, community involvement, sports participation, personal narrative and letter of recommendation (from teacher or counselor)

Seniors interested in applying to the scholarship should inform their senior counselor to request a BEXAR COUNTY SCHOLARSHIP CLEARINGHOUSE APPLICATION, provided they meet the criteria required for nomination. The deadline for counselors to turn in scholarships is Friday, November 3, 2024.

2023 Scholarship Recipients celebrating with their donated Gamma paddle and donated Gearbox outdoor balls! Thank you Mark Fischer, Cindy Jupe and Nancy Muldoon, BOD who were able to attend and all of the Scholarship Committee Members for their hard work!

Danna Halff, Committee Chair

Mia Spigel, Thad Bartlet, Erma Curtis, Susanna Borawski, Germaine Craig, Adrianna Conteras

2023 SAPA Scholarship

2021 Tournament Dink Your Heart Out

Children of all ages and parents come out Saturday, May 11 to a free pickleball clinic at Fairchild Park.(1214 E. Crockett St. SA 78202). Learn this easy, fun game while enjoying an activity that the whole family can play together!

Partnering together again, District 2 and San Antonio Pickleball Association! sanantoniopickleball@gmail.com

Our Purpose

To provide instruction in the sport of Pickleball to persons of all ages and/or individuals with disabilities

To provide opportunities for participants to engage in recreational as well as competitive Pickleball

To assist local high school seniors through the awarding of scholarships to pursue post secondary education and to introduce local youth to the developmental benefits of participating in amateur sports.

To sponsor, host and/or participate in events and activities that promote the sport of Pickleball

Become a Member

Becoming a member will help support our mission of growing pickleball in San Antonio as well as give you access to a vibrant pickleball community, discounted:

Gamma & Vulcan Pickleball paddles
Tournament entry fees
Lessons
Clinics

and so much more!

Become a Member!

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