Big things are happening in college pickleball 👀 In this episode, we sit down with Alec Moran, General Manager of the pickleball program at West Virginia Wesleyan College, to talk about one of the biggest shifts the sport has ever seen — the move toward varsity status and what that means for real scholarships. Pickleball isn’t just a club sport anymore. Schools are starting to treat it like a legitimate collegiate athletic pathway, and that opens the door for funding, recruiting pipelines, and long-term growth that could reshape the sport nationwide. We break down what “varsity” actually means, how a school gets a program approved, and what student-athletes need to know if they want to compete (and get financial support) at the college level.