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2025 ACL Pro Teams

September 26th, 2024 Trey Ryder

ACL News + PR

The 2025 ACL Pro Teams season will see some changes to help bring a new level of excitement to the competition!

Overview

All ACL Pros will be drafted into 16 teams and compete head to head across the season in Teams matchups. Teams will compete in regular season five game series against other teams. The top two team records in each of the four regions through the regular season according to overall game record advance to the single elimination playoffs at the 2025 ACL World Championships. Each game in the ACL Pro Teams season will be limited to 12 rounds in 2025.

In each five game series, there will be two singles games, one doubles game, one tandem doubles game (both players throw from the same side of the board), and one crew cup game for a total of 10 players competing in the series. Teams are required to play a minimum of one woman in each series.

Teams

Like last season, teams will be regionally affiliated and will feature a Captain, and Assistant Captain, and four additional pre-filled player positions selected by the team Captain and Assistant Captain from the previous year’s roster.

Teams will be split into two divisions, National and American. Each division is divided into two regions. The American Division will feature a North Region and a South Region. The National Division will feature a West Region and a Central Region. As mentioned above, the top two records from each region will advance to the Playoffs at the 2025 ACL World Championships.

American Division

South

Virginia Cutters

Captains: Logan Chamberlain and Justin Stranger
Returning Players: Leston Allen, Jakob Gore, Sammy Soto, Lexi Hugeback

Florida Freeze

Captains: Alex Rawls and Matthew Sorrells
Returning Players: Cheyenne Bubenheim, Blaine Rosier, Alan Rawls, Chris Kingsbury

Georgia Sliders

Captains: Ryan Smith and Kamryn Belvin
Returning Players: Ryan Wiedenfeld, Terry Mathis, Bobby Hunt, Trey Hunt

Carolina Coasters

Captains: Jamie Graham and Erick Davis
Returning Players: Frank Modlin, Tommy Sliker, Chad Hunt, Berklee Pair

North

New England Woodchucks

Captains: Jeremiah Ellis and Jimmy Youmans
Returning Players: Alec Ryon, Zach Schibner, Hunter Thorson, Jacob Trzcienski

Michigan Marauders

Captains: Jordan Power and Jeremy Schermerhorn
Returning Players: Joe Kniesteadt, Sarah Cassidy, Jayden Ellis, Mike Ferreira

Ohio Aviators

Captains: Noah Almanza and Trey Burchfield
Returning Players: Gavin Cano, Fisher Hamilton, Isabella Surprenant, Carson Goette

Pennsylvania Ringers

Captains: Devon Harbaugh and Justin Burton Jr
Returning Players: Gage Landis, Tubby Cobb, Matthew Creekkiller, Elizabeth Tennyson

National Division

West

California Slingers

Captains: Tony Smith and Corey Gilbert
Returning Players: Ricky Gonzales, Dean Norton, Philip Lopez Jr, Kyle Malone

Las Vegas High Rollers

Captains: Tanner Halbert and Hunter Thorne
Returning Players: Kaylee Hunter, Eric Zocklein, Jordan Camba, Cody Henderson

Arizona Burn

Captains: Chris Roybal and Landen Crabtree
Returning Players: Jeff Reynolds, Colby Shearer, Derek Holland, Corey Morrison

Colorado Timber

Captains: Adam Hissner and Ryan Traiteur
Returning Players: Eian Cripps, Caden Allen, Connie Altice, Caleb Mladenka

Central

Missouri Maize

Captains: Ethan Walker and Steven Bernacet
Returning Players: Isidro Herrera, Ryan Windsor, Vincent Frisch, Alex Hicks

Chicagoland Spinners

Captains: Mark Richards and Nico Mireles
Returning Players: Frank Verona, Zachary Engelken, Sebastian Schaffer-Ford, David Morse

Kentucky Kernels

Captains: Matt Guy and Justin Reul
Returning Players: Bret Guy, Daymon Dennis, Samantha Finley, Ryan Hart

Texas Bully Baggers

Captains: Eddie Grinderslev and AJ Sims
Returning Players: Kaleb Batson, Brayden Wilson, Dillon Turpin, Austin Waskow

Roster

Each team will have 12 players at the conclusion of the draft. The total roster cap for the team is 15. The remaining three roster spots may be filled by free agent pro players on the ACL Pro Tour, ACL Women’s Pro Tour, ACL Senior Pro Tour, or ACL Junior Pro Tour. ACL Elite players may also be acquired by Pro Teams but each team can only carry one Elite player on the roster at any time. Teams can add players to their roster via the waiver wire during the regular season up until the transaction deadline, as long as they do not exceed the 15 player cap max. Teams can also release players as free agents from the roster. Pros that are released by a team are free to be picked up by another Pro Team, but Elite players may only be called up by the Team that corresponds to their affiliate state. Each team must also carry a minimum of two women on the roster at all times.

The waiver wire is processed in the reverse order of the current Pro Teams standings, or in the reverse order of the draft order if it is before the first Pro Teams event. Waiver claims for free agents must be submitted before Monday morning each week at 9 am ET, and waiver claims are processed by 12 pm ET on Wednesday each week. There is a second waiver processing each week that happens by 12 pm ET on Friday for those that miss the Monday window.

Teams can also trade players with other teams before the transaction deadline. The captains are the only players not eligible to be traded or released at any point throughout the season. The first two draft picks by each team are also ineligible to be released during the season, unless there are extenuating circumstances approved by the ACL.

The ACL Commissioner may veto any trade or transaction at any time, to maintain integrity of the season. The transaction deadline is two weeks after the Sunday of the third ACL Pro Signature event. After this time, no trades can be processed and no players can be released from the roster.

In the event that there is a discrepancy on lineups, roster additions, player releases, or trades, the primary team captain has the ultimate authority.

Draft

The 2025 ACL Pro Teams draft will be October 5th. The draft will be 6 rounds and all players on the ACL Pro Tour, ACL Women’s Pro Tour, ACL Senior Pro Tour, and ACL Junior Pro Tour are eligible to be drafted. The first round of the draft will be the reverse order of the ranking of all 6 returning players via Pro Singles rankings on the roster. Following the first round, the draft will be a snake draft starting with the reverse order of the ACL Pro Teams standings from last season.

First Round Order