MLP 2026: Every Team’s Roster and How It Changed

Every 2026 MLP roster as it stood at the end of the season — not the February draft sheet that is still the only complete roster document anyone has published. Thirty-five players moved between the draft and the July deadline. We applied the league’s own trade and waiver logs to its own draft results to get the real end-of-season rosters. It does not fully balance, and we show you exactly where.

MLP published all 20 post-draft rosters in February, then ran two trade windows and five waiver periods. The rosters that decided the championship in August bear little resemblance to the ones drafted in February: New Jersey’s Finals MVP, Federico Staksrud, was on Orlando until 20 July.

For each team below: the roster as the season ended, every move in and out with date and counterparty, and the February roster it started from.

Read this firstThe league’s published transaction record does not fully reconcile.

Applied literally, MLP’s logs leave four teams holding seven players instead of six. Two of those four resolve only if you accept that a name is misspelled — we have applied one such correction and flagged it, and left the other alone. One team, the California Black Bears, does not resolve at all: the league records it dropping a player who never appears on its roster. We have published that roster at seven rather than guess which player to cut. Every uncertainty is marked on the team it affects.

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Each card is a page: roster, keepers and draft picks, transactions, and how the season ended.

The 20 teams

Ordered by final regular-season standing. MLP scores its regular season on cumulative standings points across nine events, not on win-loss records — there is no such thing as a 2026 MLP team W-L record in any published source. Anyone showing you one has generated it.

New Jersey 5s

Finished 1 on 118 standings points — qualified for the 12-team playoff.

Roster at season’s end:
Anna Leigh Waters · Jorja Johnson · Noe Khlif · Will Howells · Federico Staksrud · Milan Rane

DateInOutFrom / to
Jul 20Federico StaksrudOrlando Squeeze
Jul 20Milan RaneOrlando Squeeze
Jul 20Martin EmmrichOrlando Squeeze
Jul 20Lina PadegimaiteOrlando Squeeze

February post-draft roster: Anna Leigh Waters · Jorja Johnson · Lina Padegimaite · Noe Khlif · Will Howells · Martin Emmrich

St. Louis Shock

Finished 2 on 111 standings points — qualified for the 12-team playoff.

Roster at season’s end:
Kate Fahey · Anna Bright · Hayden Patriquin · Gabe Tardio · Hunter Johnson · Angie Walker

DateInOutFrom / to
Jun 24Hunter JohnsonChicago Slice
Jun 24Angie WalkerTexas Ranchers
Jun 24John Lucian GoinsChicago Slice
Jun 24Elsie HendershotChicago Slice

February post-draft roster: Kate Fahey · Anna Bright · Elsie Hendershot · Hayden Patriquin · Gabe Tardio · John Lucian Goins

Los Angeles Mad Drops

Finished 3 on 86 standings points — qualified for the 12-team playoff.

Roster at season’s end:
Catherine Parenteau · Jade Kawamoto · Ben Johns · Max Freeman · Samantha Parker · Connor Garnett

DateInOutFrom / to
Mar 3Genie BouchardFlorida Smash
Mar 3Paula Rives PalauFlorida Smash
Jun 1Samantha ParkerCarolina Hogs
Jun 1Genie BouchardCarolina Hogs
Jul 20Connor GarnettUtah Black Diamonds
Jul 20Gabriel JosephMiami Pickleball Club

February post-draft roster: Catherine Parenteau · Jade Kawamoto · Paula Rives Palau · Ben Johns · Max Freeman · Gabriel Joseph

Columbus Sliders

Finished 4 on 83 standings points — qualified for the 12-team playoff.

Roster at season’s end:
Parris Todd · Andrei Daescu · CJ Klinger · Alex Crum · Judit Castillo · Hurricane Tyra Black

DateInOutFrom / to
Mar 14Alix TruongMiami Pickleball Club
Mar 14Alli PhillipsCarolina Hogs
May 28Judit CastilloPhoenix Flames
May 28Alix TruongPhoenix Flames
Jun 15Hurricane Tyra BlackDallas Flash
Jun 15Danni-Elle TownsendDallas Flash

February post-draft roster: Parris Todd · Danni-Elle Townsend · Alli Phillips · Andrei Daescu · CJ Klinger · Alex Crum

Brooklyn Pickleball Team

Finished 5 on 78 standings points — qualified for the 12-team playoff.

Roster at season’s end:
Rachel Rohrabacher · Jackie Kawamoto · Hannah Blatt · Riley Newman · Christian Alshon · Chris Haworth

DateInOutFrom / to
Mar 3Christian AlshonTexas Ranchers
Mar 3Luca MackTexas Ranchers
Mar 3Dylan FrazierTexas Ranchers
Mar 3Matthew BarlowTexas Ranchers
Mar 4Chris HaworthCalifornia Black Bears
Mar 4Luca MackCalifornia Black Bears

February post-draft roster: Rachel Rohrabacher · Jackie Kawamoto · Hannah Blatt · Riley Newman · Dylan Frazier · Matthew Barlow

Dallas Flash

Finished 6 on 72 standings points — qualified for the 12-team playoff.

Roster at season’s end:
JW Johnson · Augie Ge · Ivan Jakovljevic · Brooke Buckner · Danni-Elle Townsend · Alix Truong

DateInOutFrom / to
May 15Angie WalkerCarolina Hogs
May 15Samantha ParkerCarolina Hogs
May 16Brooke BucknerLas Vegas Night Owls
May 16Hsiang Wen-Huangwaiver claim
May 16Callie SmithLas Vegas Night Owls
May 16Angie Walkerwaived
Jun 15Danni-Elle TownsendColumbus Sliders
Jun 15Hurricane Tyra BlackColumbus Sliders
Jun 22Alix TruongPhoenix Flames
Jun 22Hsiang Wen-HuangPhoenix Flames

February post-draft roster: Hurricane Tyra Black · Callie Smith · Samantha Parker · JW Johnson · Augie Ge · Ivan Jakovljevic

Palm Beach Royals

Finished 7 on 54 standings points — qualified for the 12-team playoff.

Roster at season’s end:
Sofia Sewing · Tina Pisnik · Tammy Emmrich · Dekel Bar · Tyson McGuffin · Casey Diamond

DateInOutFrom / to
Jun 23Casey Diamondwaiver claim
Jun 23Grayson Goldinwaived

February post-draft roster: Sofia Sewing · Tina Pisnik · Tammy Emmrich · Dekel Bar · Tyson McGuffin · Grayson Goldin

Texas Ranchers

Finished 8 on 48 standings points — qualified for the 12-team playoff.

Roster at season’s end (7 players — does not reconcile, see below):
Lea Jansen · Eric Oncins · Layne Sleeth · Nico Acevedo · Marcela Hones · Rafa Hewett · Kaitlyn Christian

DateInOutFrom / to
Mar 3Dylan FrazierBrooklyn Pickleball Team
Mar 3Matthew BarlowBrooklyn Pickleball Team
Mar 3Layne SleethCalifornia Black Bears
Mar 3Christian AlshonBrooklyn Pickleball Team
Mar 3Luca MackBrooklyn Pickleball Team
Mar 3Sahra DennehyCalifornia Black Bears
Jun 2Nico AcevedoMiami Pickleball Club
Jun 2Aiko YoshitomiMiami Pickleball Club
Jun 2Genie BouchardCarolina Hogs
Jun 2Marcela Honeswaiver claim
Jun 2Dylan FrazierMiami Pickleball Club
Jun 2Ava CavataioMiami Pickleball Club
Jun 2Aiko YoshitomiCarolina Hogs
Jun 2Genie Bouchardwaived
Jun 23Rafa Hewettwaiver claim
Jun 23Angie Walkerwaiver claim
Jun 23Matthew Barlowwaived
Jun 23Marcela Aguila Ampondrop of a player never on this roster
Jun 24Kaitlyn ChristianAtlanta Bouncers
Jun 24Angie WalkerSt. Louis Shock

Why this roster shows 7: the league records this team dropping Marcela Aguila Ampon, a name that appears on no roster and in no transaction anywhere in the 2026 record. That drop removes nobody, so the roster stays one over. We have not guessed a replacement cut.

February post-draft roster: Lea Jansen · Sahra Dennehy · Ava Cavataio · Christian Alshon · Eric Oncins · Luca Mack

Atlanta Bouncers

Finished 9 on 36 standings points — qualified for the 12-team playoff.

Roster at season’s end:
Keilly Ulery · Jay Devilliers · Jaume Martinez Vich · Donald Young · Jessie Irvine · Mari Humberg

DateInOutFrom / to
Mar 3Jessie IrvinePhoenix Flames
Mar 3Daria WalczakPhoenix Flames
Jun 24Mari HumbergChicago Slice
Jun 24Kaitlyn ChristianTexas Ranchers

February post-draft roster: Kaitlyn Christian · Daria Walczak · Keilly Ulery · Jay Devilliers · Jaume Martinez Vich · Donald Young

SoCal Hard Eights

Finished 10 on 34 standings points — qualified for the 12-team playoff.

Roster at season’s end:
Meghan Dizon · Cailyn Campbell · Naomi Phuong Nguyen · Armaan Bhatia · Will MacKinnon · Rafa Lenhard

No trades and no waiver activity all season — the only team in the league with none. Unusual enough that it may be a gap in the league’s log rather than a fact.

February post-draft roster: Meghan Dizon · Cailyn Campbell · Naomi Phuong Nguyen · Armaan Bhatia · Will MacKinnon · Rafa Lenhard

Las Vegas Night Owls

Finished 11 on 34 standings points — qualified for the 12-team playoff.

Roster at season’s end:
Liz Truluck · Chao Yi Wang · Roscoe Bellamy · Callie Smith · Clayton Powell · Gabriel Joseph

DateInOutFrom / to
May 16Callie SmithDallas Flash
May 16Brooke BucknerDallas Flash
Jun 23Clayton PowellMiami Pickleball Club
Jun 23Blaine HovenierBay Area Breakers
Jul 20Gabriel JosephBay Area Breakers
Jul 20Braden JacobsonBay Area Breakers

February post-draft roster: Brooke Buckner · Liz Truluck · Chao Yi Wang · Roscoe Bellamy · Blaine Hovenier · Braden Jacobson

Chicago Slice

Finished 12 on 33 standings points — qualified for the 12-team playoff.

Roster at season’s end:
Jamie Wei · Zane Navratil · AJ Koller · John Lucian Goins · Elsie Hendershot · Emma Nelson

DateInOutFrom / to
Jun 2AJ Kollerwaiver claim
Jun 2Tom Protzekwaived
Jun 24John Lucian GoinsSt. Louis Shock
Jun 24Elsie HendershotSt. Louis Shock
Jun 24Hunter JohnsonSt. Louis Shock
Jun 24Mari HumbergAtlanta Bouncers
Jul 13Emma NelsonCalifornia Black Bears
Jul 13Jalina IngramCalifornia Black Bears

February post-draft roster: Jamie Wei · Mari Humberg · Jalina Ingram · Hunter Johnson · Zane Navratil · Tom Protzek

California Black Bears

Finished 13 on 31 standings points — missed the playoffs. Positions 13–18 rest on a single aggregator source and should be treated as provisional.

Roster at season’s end (7 players — does not reconcile, see below):
Sahra Dennehy · Luca Mack · Pablo Tellez · Jalina Ingram · Zoey Weil · Dylan Frazier · Martin Emmrich

DateInOutFrom / to
Mar 3Sahra DennehyTexas Ranchers
Mar 3Layne SleethTexas Ranchers
Mar 4Luca MackBrooklyn Pickleball Team
Mar 4Chris HaworthBrooklyn Pickleball Team
Jun 2Connor MogleCarolina Hogs
Jun 2James Delgadowaiver claim
Jun 2Michael LoydCarolina Hogs
Jun 2Connor Moglewaived
Jul 7Mya BuiBay Area Breakers
Jul 7Pablo TellezBay Area Breakers
Jul 7Kiora KunimotoBay Area Breakers
Jul 7James DelgadoBay Area Breakers
Jul 13Jalina IngramChicago Slice
Jul 13Zoey WeilFlorida Smash
Jul 13Emma NelsonChicago Slice
Jul 13Mya BuiFlorida Smash
Jul 14Dylan FrazierMiami Pickleball Club
Jul 14Mohamed Anouar BrahamMiami Pickleball Club
Jul 21Craig Johnsonwaiver claim
Jul 21Martin Emmrichwaiver claim
Jul 21Joey Wilddrop of a player never on this roster
Jul 21Craig Johnsonwaived

Why this roster shows 7: the league records this team dropping Joey Wild, a name that appears on no roster and in no transaction anywhere in the 2026 record. That drop removes nobody, so the roster stays one over. We have not guessed a replacement cut.

February post-draft roster: Layne Sleeth · Kiora Kunimoto · Emma Nelson · Chris Haworth · Mohamed Anouar Braham · Michael Loyd

Orlando Squeeze

Finished 14 on 26 standings points — missed the playoffs. Positions 13–18 rest on a single aggregator source and should be treated as provisional.

Roster at season’s end:
Lacey Schneemann · Alex Walker · Jack Sock · Yates Johnson · Lina Padegimaite · Greg Dow

DateInOutFrom / to
Jul 20Martin EmmrichNew Jersey 5s
Jul 20Lina PadegimaiteNew Jersey 5s
Jul 20Federico StaksrudNew Jersey 5s
Jul 20Milan RaneNew Jersey 5s
Jul 21Greg Dowwaiver claim
Jul 21Martin Emmrichwaived

February post-draft roster: Lacey Schneemann · Milan Rane · Alex Walker · Federico Staksrud · Jack Sock · Yates Johnson

Miami Pickleball Club

Finished 15 on 24 standings points — missed the playoffs. Positions 13–18 rest on a single aggregator source and should be treated as provisional.

Roster at season’s end:
Estee Widdershoven · Isabella Dunlap · Rika Fujiwara · Mohamed Anouar Braham · James Delgado · Anderson Scarpa

DateInOutFrom / to
Mar 14Isabella DunlapCarolina Hogs
Mar 14Alix TruongColumbus Sliders
Jun 2Dylan FrazierTexas Ranchers
Jun 2Ava CavataioTexas Ranchers
Jun 2Rika Fujiwarawaiver claim
Jun 2Nico AcevedoTexas Ranchers
Jun 2Aiko YoshitomiTexas Ranchers
Jun 2Ava Cavataiowaived
Jun 23Luc PhamBay Area Breakers
Jun 23Zane Fordwaiver claim
Jun 23Clayton PowellLas Vegas Night Owls
Jun 23Luc Phamwaived
Jul 14Mohamed Anouar BrahamCalifornia Black Bears
Jul 14Dylan FrazierCalifornia Black Bears
Jul 15Tyler LoongUtah Black Diamonds
Jul 15Yuta FunemizuUtah Black Diamonds
Jul 20Gabriel JosephLos Angeles Mad Drops
Jul 20James DelgadoBay Area Breakers
Jul 20Tyler LoongUtah Black Diamonds
Jul 20Gabriel JosephBay Area Breakers
Jul 21Anderson Scarpawaiver claim
Jul 21Zane Fordwaived

February post-draft roster: Alix Truong · Estee Widdershoven · Aiko Yoshitomi · Yuta Funemizu · Nico Acevedo · Clayton Powell

Utah Black Diamonds

Finished 16 on 17 standings points — missed the playoffs. Positions 13–18 rest on a single aggregator source and should be treated as provisional.

Roster at season’s end:
Etta Tuionetoa · Allyce Jones · Victoria Di Muzio · Tama Shimabukuro · Yuta Funemizu · Tyler Loong

DateInOutFrom / to
Jul 15Yuta FunemizuMiami Pickleball Club
Jul 15Tyler LoongMiami Pickleball Club
Jul 20Tyler LoongMiami Pickleball Club
Jul 20Connor GarnettLos Angeles Mad Drops

February post-draft roster: Etta Tuionetoa · Allyce Jones · Victoria Di Muzio · Connor Garnett · Tama Shimabukuro · Tyler Loong

Bay Area Breakers

Finished 17 on 15 standings points — missed the playoffs. Positions 13–18 rest on a single aggregator source and should be treated as provisional.

Roster at season’s end:
Ella Yeh · Genie Erokhina · Len Yang · Blaine Hovenier · Kiora Kunimoto · Braden Jacobson

DateInOutFrom / to
Jun 23Blaine HovenierLas Vegas Night Owls
Jun 23Luc PhamMiami Pickleball Club
Jul 7Kiora KunimotoCalifornia Black Bears
Jul 7James DelgadoCalifornia Black Bears
Jul 7Mya BuiCalifornia Black Bears
Jul 7Pablo TellezCalifornia Black Bears
Jul 20Gabriel JosephMiami Pickleball Club
Jul 20Braden JacobsonLas Vegas Night Owls
Jul 20James DelgadoMiami Pickleball Club
Jul 20Gabriel JosephLas Vegas Night Owls

February post-draft roster: Mya Bui · Ella Yeh · Genie Erokhina · Pablo Tellez · Len Yang · Luc Pham

Florida Smash

Finished 17 on 15 standings points — missed the playoffs. Positions 13–18 rest on a single aggregator source and should be treated as provisional.

Roster at season’s end:
Martina Frantova · Cason Campbell · Chris Crouch · Paula Rives Palau · Connor Mogle · Mya Bui

DateInOutFrom / to
Mar 3Paula Rives PalauLos Angeles Mad Drops
Mar 3Genie BouchardLos Angeles Mad Drops
Jun 23Connor Moglewaiver claim
Jun 23Travis Rettenmaierwaived
Jul 13Mya BuiCalifornia Black Bears
Jul 13Zoey WeilCalifornia Black Bears

February post-draft roster: Martina Frantova · Genie Bouchard · Zoey Weil · Cason Campbell · Travis Rettenmaier · Chris Crouch

Carolina Hogs

Final standing: not published. Neither this team’s points total nor its finishing position appears in any source we could reach, including the league’s own standings page.

Roster at season’s end:
DJ Young · Brandon French · Abbigail Hatton · Aiko Yoshitomi · Nicole Conard · Wyatt Stone

DateInOutFrom / to
Mar 14Alli PhillipsColumbus Sliders
Mar 14Isabella DunlapMiami Pickleball Club
May 15Samantha ParkerDallas Flash
May 15Angie WalkerDallas Flash
May 16Abbigail Hattonwaiver claim
May 16Connor Moglewaiver claim
May 16Ava Ignatowichwaived
May 16James Delgadowaived
Jun 1Genie BouchardLos Angeles Mad Drops
Jun 1Samantha ParkerLos Angeles Mad Drops
Jun 2Aiko YoshitomiTexas Ranchers
Jun 2Michael LoydCalifornia Black Bears
Jun 2Nicole Conardwaiver claim
Jun 2Genie BouchardTexas Ranchers
Jun 2Connor MogleCalifornia Black Bears
Jun 2Alli Phillipswaived
Jul 13Wyatt StonePhoenix Flames
Jul 13Michael LoydPhoenix Flames

February post-draft roster: Ava Ignatowich · Angie Walker · Isabella Dunlap · James Delgado · DJ Young · Brandon French

Phoenix Flames

Final standing: not published. Neither this team’s points total nor its finishing position appears in any source we could reach, including the league’s own standings page.

Roster at season’s end:
Alexa Schull · Jonathan Truong · Camden Chaffin · Daria Walczak · Michael Loyd · Alli Phillips

DateInOutFrom / to
Mar 3Daria WalczakAtlanta Bouncers
Mar 3Jessie IrvineAtlanta Bouncers
May 28Alix TruongColumbus Sliders
May 28Judit CastilloColumbus Sliders
Jun 22Hsiang Wen-HuangDallas Flash
Jun 22Alix TruongDallas Flash
Jul 13Michael LoydCarolina Hogs
Jul 13Wyatt StoneCarolina Hogs
Jul 14Alli Phillipswaiver claim
Jul 14Hsiang Wen-Huangwaived

February post-draft roster: Jessie Irvine · Judit Castillo · Alexa Schull · Jonathan Truong · Camden Chaffin · Wyatt Stone

How we built this, and what is missing

We started from MLP’s own draft results, which publish all 20 post-draft rosters in text, then applied every transaction from Trade Window 2 and all five waiver periods in date order. Trade Window 1 is deliberately excluded: it closed on 15 February, twelve days before the draft, so those moves are already reflected in the post-draft rosters. Applying them again would double-count.

One judgement call worth stating. Four dates carry both a trade and a waiver period, and the league does not timestamp within a day. We applied trades before waivers, because it is the only order that works — on 2 June, Miami trades for Ava Cavataio and waives her the same day. That ordering is inferred from internal consistency, not stated by the league.

The corrections we made, and the one we did not

Applied. The log has Dallas claiming Hsiang Wen-Huang off waivers on 16 May, then trading Albie Huang to Phoenix on 22 June — a name on no roster anywhere — then Phoenix dropping Hsiang Wen-Huang on 14 July, which Phoenix could only do if it held him. The only reading under which all three lines are possible is that Albie Huang and Hsiang Wen-Huang are the same person. We have applied that, and Dallas and Phoenix then reconcile to six. It is our inference, not the league’s statement.

Not applied. Texas claims Marcela Hones on 2 June and drops Marcela Aguila Ampon on 23 June, a player it never acquired. These are very likely the same person, and treating them so would tidy Texas to six — but nothing in the record says it, and one name-merge per page is already one more than we would like. Texas is published at seven.

Unresolvable. On 21 July the California Black Bears drop Joey Wild, who appears nowhere in the draft, either trade window, or any other waiver line. No name pairs with him. One of the seven players listed was presumably off the roster and the league’s record does not say which.

Separately, the three-way trade of 14 March names the wrong origin team: it has Carolina receiving Alli Phillips from Miami, but Phillips was drafted by Columbus and was on Columbus that day. Net rosters are unaffected, but anyone building a database keyed on the stated origin team will corrupt it.

What we are not showing you, and why

No win-loss records. MLP does not keep standings that way. The regular season is scored on cumulative points from Super Sunday placement across nine events, so a W-L column would have to be invented.

No final standing for the Carolina Hogs or Phoenix Flames. It is not published anywhere we could reach, and the league’s own standings page is a JavaScript application that returns nothing to a fetch.

No match-by-match results. There is no archive and no feed. MLP publishes its own playoff results as images. Scores exist only inside written recaps, which means transcribing them by hand — and we would rather say so than imply a database we do not have.

Sources

2026 MLP Draft results · Trade Window 1 · Trade Window 2 · Waiver period results · MLP teams · Final playoff seeding · Finals report · Finals line scores

More MLP: the 2026 season, teams and calendar · how the season finished · all pro coverage

About this page. Pickleball Insiders is an independent publication. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or authorised by Major League Pickleball or any team or player named above. Rosters here are reconstructed from the league’s published draft, trade and waiver records applied in date order; where those records do not balance we say so on the team affected rather than smoothing it over. This is a best reading of the public record, not an official roster document. If you can show us a correction we will make it in place and say what changed. Contact · How we work