| Entry ID | Region | First | Last | APPL Index | Appeal To | Workflow Status | Workflow Step | Internal Review Notes | Reject Reason |
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| 19389 | Southern | Michael | Duwe | 3.66 | 3.0 | Rejected | Workflow Complete | Michael played in the APPL league 2023-2025. He is 75 yo, his current APPL Index Rating is 3.66 and he would like to appeal/play 3.0. In 2023, his rating was not affected due to playing in a merged/pilot division. In 2024, he played in a combined 50+/65+ 3.5 flight, won 6 games and lost 18 games. In 2025, he played in a 65+ 3.5 flight, won 18 games and lost 18 games. He is requesting an appeal based on a medical condition, arthritis/tendonitis in his playing wrist. Based on last year results, he seems to be at the correct level (3.5) |
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| 19640 | West Valley | Diane | Santos | 3.56 | 3.0 | Approved | Workflow Complete | Medical Did not play in 2025 | |
| 18928 | Southern | Madison | Nash | 3.9 | 4.5 | Approved | Workflow Complete | Madi Nash is asking to appeal from 3.95 to 4.5. She is a special case and I spoke to Greg about her and he agrees with me that she should be allowed to play up. Madi is 31 years old and an exceptional athlete. She was a star soccer player and softball player locally and picked the paddle up a little over one year ago. I played with her in the beginning teaching her rules and drilling with her regularly. I hooked her up with several teaching pros as she was progressing quite rapidly. I tried to get a 4.0 18+ team to take her last year as I saw the potential but she was an unknown entity. Madi played throughout the season with her mother dominating the 3.5 competition. Their team won the league and qualified for state. Madi and Victoria chose not to go as Madi was involved in other tournament play at that time. Madi played only three matches. 2 with her mother and 1 with a 3.2 player. After that her index rose from 3.7 to 3.95 in three matches. She chose to go off and play in match point tournaments after that. Her DUPR is 3.99 but that came from two tournaments early in her year. After the tournaments she played in were not dupr rated. see below for her rated tournaments played with 4.5-5.0 players I believe she is the future of young Appl players and is a draw for others. I recommend the appeal be approved. | |
| 17976 | West Valley | Leslie | Knutson | 3.5 | 3.0 | Approved | Workflow Complete | LC states that her team was in a weak division and finished toward the bottom. Only went over 3.5 in last 2 games Approve | |
| 19374 | West Valley | Martin | Landis | 4.0 | 3.5 | Approved | Workflow Complete | Last season played was 2023 Numerous medical issues Played 3.5 two years ago and did not dominate | |
| 19049 | West Valley | Kerrie | Palermo | 4 | 3.5 | Approved | Workflow Complete | Last played in 2022 Self rating via Appeal process | |
| 19171 | West Valley | Bob | Boysen | 3.42 | 3.5 | Approved | Workflow Complete | Last played in 2022 Self rating via Appeal | |
| 19233 | West Valley | Lisa | Marshall | 3.83 | 4.0 | Approved | Workflow Complete | Last played APPL in 2024 Self rating via Appeal process | |
| 19059 | West Valley | Barbara | Olesen | 4.1 | 3.5 | Approved | Workflow Complete | Last played APPl in 2022 Self Rating via Appeal | |
| 17968 | Southern | Kim | Hehe | 3.34 | 3.5 | Approved | Workflow Complete | Kim's rating is .01 off a fast track appeal. Wants to appeal to 3.5 Over the past couple of years of play her rating has kind of danced all around the 3.2, 3.3 range. Never over a 3.5 When she played mixed her losses were 17 compared to 7 wins, 4 appl points earned and 8 allowed. That is a 41% win ratio in mixed. In gender doubles she was 50/50. She had five wins and five losses. She earned 4 appl points and allowed to. She speaks of two really dominant mixed teams and when I look at them I do see players that play 4.0 regularly in tournaments etc. That might account for the 41% ratio. She played in 50+ in both of those even though she qualified for 65+. I don't know if it is because Tubac only has 'x' number of teams available. I have reached out to Naomi Giles from Green Valley to see if she has an opinion on, or knows her play. No response She is qualified to play on a 65+ team if one is available in Tubac. Limited teams available there. I would be inclined keep her playing and say yes. She has 14 DUPR matches in 2024. 3.668 | |
| 19236 | Southern | Kathy | Palese | 3.50 | 4.0 | Approved | Workflow Complete | Kathy has not played since 2023 in APPL. She has a current dupr of 4.275. SHE STARTED AT 3.95 and ended at 3.81 in 2023 in 4.0 Instead of having her do a self assessment I would say approve the appeal based on the current dupr. | |
| 18690 | Southern | Karen | Berry | 3.54 | 3.0 | Approved | Workflow Complete | Karen is requesting approval to play down from 3.54 to 3.0. She has not been active in Appl since 2023. Karen has taken it upon herself to do the self-rating and rated out at 3.0. I have known Karen since 2021 and know her to be honest and straightforward. My teams have played against her over the years as 3.0 and 3.5. She only won one game of my teams in any of the encounters. We played her 4x over two seasons. I believe that Karen would do well in the 3.0 league and be able to build back up to the 3.5 level. | |
| 18107 | Southern | Karen | Kelly | 2.84 | 3.0 | Approved | Workflow Complete | Karen is .01 off of what would be an auto appeal. Two years ago she was injured in a bicycle crash in August 2023 that broke her spine, her pelvis and her arm. It was months before she was out of the hospital and at home again. She did not play last year until May 2025 when she was finally released to do so. Karen has been down at ACE every single day taking lessons, working on the ball machine and playing with 3.0 and 3.5 players. Her tenacity warrants a 3.0 rating if nothing else. She was literally shattered into many pieces. | |
| 19020 | Southern | Jill | Anderson | 3.71 | 4.0 | Rejected | Workflow Complete | Jill is a 3.71 wishing to play at 4.0. She started 2.25 at 3.87 and dropped each game. She played one match in January and one match in March. She won only 33 points in 12 games which averages less than 3 pts per game. She had 132 points scored against her. She said she has done lots of drilling and work on the court this summer, which I think is good, however, there really is not enough data to warrant the 4.0 jump. In 2024 she played 3 matches in mixed double 3.5. She was competitive. Her rating went from 3.7 to 3.87 which qualified her for a fast track appeal to 4.0 this past year. I have no idea if she has a dupr. The only Jill Anderson I could find that was close in age had a rating of 3.52 I do not feel that her current rating shows that she is strong enough to play 4.0. I recommend another year at 3.5 and she can play on 4.0 as an exception if they have room. |
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| 19239 | Southern | Jennifer | Harding | 3.96 | 4.0 | Approved | Workflow Complete | Jennifer is requesting to move from 3.5 to 4.0. Her Appl index is 3.96. she played 46 matches winning 32 and losing 16. Her DUPR is 4.51. She played in two Dupr tournaments over the past 2 years for a total of 7 games total over both matches. Her dupr rose fro 3.58 to 4.51 over those seven games. I recommend the appeal approval. Dupr seems a little wild to me but match play in Appl was solid at 3.5 | |
| 17866 | Southern | Jeannie | Antonucci | 2.5 | 3.0 | Rejected | Workflow Complete | Jeannie had heart surgery. She was listed on a roster but never played a game. She has no other appl history. There is a jeannie Antonnuci in DUPR but no identifiers to know if it was her. Her PBB is 2.875 I told her she needed to do a self ratings assessment and turn it into her captain. They could then choose to add her or not. I said this appeal would be denied as there is no information to support the request. |
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| 18914 | Southern | Jean | Bustard | 3.83 | 4.0 | Approved | Workflow Complete | Jean played in a mixed division with 4.0 50+ and 4.0 18+ players. Our division was the only one where the 18+ were counted against us. All other divisions they were thrown out and not counted. Many of the 18+ players by the time she played against her had reached rating of 4.58, 4.6. If you take the 18+ match off it raises her back up to a 3.89 she would have qualified for a fast track appeal. She did not play in 2024 so there is no recent information outside this year to consider. Did not win a single game in the three matches. The other two matches were against the state champion 4.0 50+ women. We had a tough league. I recommend she be allowed to play 4.0 | |
| 17885 | West Valley | Barbara | Lucas | 2.83 | 3.0 | Approved | Workflow Complete | incorrect start rating -- 2.52, should have been 2.70 W 15, L 3 dominated 2.5 | |
| 17787 | Southern | Suzanne | Richards | 2.8 | 3.0 | Approved | Workflow Complete | In 2025 Suzanne played both mixed and gender doubles. Gender: Mixed: Dupr is 2.943 She said she played injured last year. Player is 72 years old. The only thing that makes me want to honor the appeal is the injury and the dupr rating. Her wins and loses do not support it but at 72 she is still playing so maybe she earns it by determination. | |
| 19580 | Southern | Anabel | Teuten | 3.43 | 3.5 | Approved | Workflow Complete | I have played with and against her many times. She is definitely a 3.5 player and should be approved as such. | |
| 17748 | Southern | Julie | Zeilenga | 3.69 | 4.0 | Rejected | Workflow Complete | I have mixed feelings. This person has no documentable history of her skills either in pickleball or tennis since 2022.. My tennis playing friends state that a 4.0 tennis is like a 3.5 pickleball. She states she plays with 4.0 players but what does that even mean? Her rating from 2022 is 3.69. I feel that the fact that she had no documentation is too great. Her Dupr is 3.545. She has no pickleball brackets account. She has 2 wins and 6 losses in 3.5 in Dupr with the most recent one played in 2024 |
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| 19271 | Southern | Fran | Bade | 3.91 | 4.0 | Pending | Roster Rating Appeal Approve/Reject | I cannot find Fran Bade in the team section of admin at all. She shows up under members as a 4.0 self-rated player. She says she played last year.... there is no record of her ever playing. 11/2 I sent her an email letting her know I need more information from. her like a team name as she does not show up. | |
| 17944 | Southern | Ardean Nickerson | nickerson | 3.10 | 3.0 | Rejected | Workflow Complete | I asked her to resubmit as her info says she wants to play 3.5 but the data she put in says 3.10 appeal to 3.0, rejected | |
| 17759 | Southern | Renee | Craddock | 3.75 | 4.0 | Approved | Workflow Complete | I am very familiar with this player. I was a sub on her team last year and played with her in two matches. We had never been on the court together before these matches. We did will winning approximately 50% of the games and getting the APPL point in the majority of the games. The team went on to win State. Renee played only four matches all year, two with me and two with a 4.18 player. Their results were similar to mine. At state only one of the matches was reported. Renee played with yet two new partners at state. Renee is a very strong player coming from a high level tennis background. She had her knee replaced two years ago so was unable to play that season. She came back this year very strong. She is one of the players that people like to play with as she understands strategy and is thoughtful about how her shot affect her partner. She drills with me and plays multiple times pers week in round robin play with 4.0 to 4.5 players. Her rating has steadily increased over the years and given the right partnership this year on our team, she will likely raise her rating to over 4.0. I believer her play style and play lever warrant the rating of 4.0 | |
| 18586 | Southern | Helen | Vinson | 3.52 | 3.0 | Approved | Workflow Complete | Helen has not played outside of the White Mountain APPL leagues since 2022. Her ending rating in 2022 was a 3.52. Since we cannot use White Mountain ratings and I have no access to anything other than the southern region I am unable to look anything up. With that being said, Helen has applied on a medical appeal. PER HELEN In March of 2025 I was diagnosed with Acanthamoeba Keratitis and as a result of the infection I am currently blind in my left eye. I have been unable to play pickleball at all for almost 6 months. I was on a team up in the White Mountains this summer but because of the pain, doctor's appointments in Tucson, and the inability to play at a competitive level with my team I did not participate. I am just getting back on the courts and doing the best I can with one eye. I am hoping to have a cornea transplant once they eye tissue is healthy enough, but even then, it is uncertain if I will have my sight back. Since she did not play at. all this season and. her APPl rating from the Southern Region is stale, I would like to have her approved either as a self-rated player or allow her appeal to the 3.0 level being only .02 above 4 years ago. She is blind in one eye which would make depth perception almost impossible. I ask that she be approved. | |
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