Category: Player Spotlight

HEAD Penn’s Paola Longoria wins 3 Gold Medals at the Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru – August 16, 2019 The 2019 Pan American Games featured more than 6,100 athletes, making it the largest international sporting event competition within racquetball. At this year’s Pan Am Games racquetball event in Peru, Mexico’s Paola Longoria lead the way and swept the Women’s Singles, Women’s Doubles, and Women’s Team competitions to earn three gold medals in Lima. It wasn’t an easy road as Paola and Fran Davis, Paola’s Coach, had to make adjustments during the Women’s Doubles Finals against Guatemala and come back

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Paola Longoria Representing Mexico Rocky Carson and Charlie Pratt representing USA Paola Longoria is 2X defending Pan American Champion (2011 & 2015 winning 6 Gold Medals) and is the 10X undisputed No. 1 ranked pro player in the world, and will be competing in Singles and Doubles (with Samantha Salas) in Lima August 2-10 for her country Mexico. I am honored to be Paola’s coach for 10 consecutive years and once again will be coaching her court-side for her 3rd consecutive Pan American Games.  [caption id="attachment_8794" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Paola on her way to victory[/caption] [caption id="attachment_8800" align="aligncenter" width="225"] WINNER -

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Overland Park, Kansas – June 21st, 2019 For the fifth time in her professional career, Paola Longoria (Mexico) has completed an undefeated season on the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT). Paola’s previous undefeated seasons were 2017-2018, 2015-2016, 2013-2014 & 2012-2013. Only four other ladies have finished an LPRT season undefeated and they each only did so once.  Longoria accomplished her most recent feat by winning the TeamRoot.com Classic Grand Slam located outside Kansas City over the weekend in both the singles and doubles divisions. The 2018-2019 season was Paola’s 16th on the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour. Her overall match record

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San Antonio, Texas & Syosset, New York – May 5th, 2019  With tournament victories in back-to-back weeks in Texas and New York, Paola Longoria is on track for an undefeated season on the 2018-2019 Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT). In the ‘Battle at the Alamo’ event in San Antonio during the last weekend in April, Paola – the No. 1 ranked racquetball player in the world – did not drop a single game en route to the title in the Women’s Professional Singles division. [caption id="attachment_8751" align="alignnone" width="225"] Paola Longoria wins the LPRT pro-stop in San Antonio, TX[/caption] [caption id="attachment_8754"

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Paola Longoria Representing Mexico at the Pan American Championships in Barranquilla, Colombia Paola Longoria, the No. 1 ranked pro player in the world, and Mexico’s National Team are here in Barranquilla to compete in the Pan Am Championships this coming week, April 13-20. This international tournament is a main qualifier for seeding for the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru this summer. Paola officially punched her ticket to a spot on the 2019 Mexican National Team March 3rd at the Mexican National Selection Event in Chihuahua, MX by winning the Women’s Doubles Title with her partner, Samantha Salas, and also

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Greenville, South Carolina – January 27th, 2019 The Palmetto State is known for its beautiful beaches, rich history and Paola Longoria winning racquetball tournaments. Paola – the No. 1 ranked racquetball player in the world – won her third career Sweet Carolina Open to kick off the 2019 Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) calendar year by beating Gabby Martinez in the quarter-finals in 3 games, Maria in semi-finals in 3 games and then Samantha in the finals in 3 games. In Women’s Professional Singles matches played in South Carolina all- time, Longoria is undefeated (12-0). The tournament victory in the

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Laurel, Maryland – December 16th, 2018 Paola Longoria capped off a dominating 2018 calendar year with another double tournament win at the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour’s (LPRT) Christmas Classic outside of Washington D.C. In 2018, Longoria won seven Ladies Professional Singles titles and nine Ladies Professional Doubles events. In combined singles and doubles play, Paola lost just one match in 2018. The tournament victory in the Women’s Professional Singles Division at the Christmas Classic is Paola’s 87th of her professional career. As the LPRT enters 2019 and the second half of its current season, Paola has a firm grasp as

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