Charlotte Pressley believes she is the first student in the UK to receive a university pickleball scholarship – and says it has helped transform her game.
The 19-year-old, from near Harlow, Essex, is in her first year studying sports coaching at Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent.
“I wasn’t aware pickleball could get a scholarship because it’s a new sport in the UK; I got the scholarship and it’s gone absolutely wild from there,” she said.
She won a bronze medal at the 2025 English Nationals with doubles partner and coach Mollie Knaggs in the autumn.
