Lisa began playing pickleball 8 years ago.  She was a Top 20 national collegiate tennis player from Clarion University and also nationally ranked in the top 10 in platform tennis. In her first year of playing pickleball tournaments (2018), Lisa won gold medals at the US Open, Pittsburgh Gamma Classic, Coeur d’Alene Open, and the National Championships. In 2019,

at the age of 50, Lisa won the 19+, 5.0, US Open Women’s Doubles Championships. Lisa is program coordinator for LevelUp Pickleball Camps and an instructional contributor for Pickleball Magazine.