Colton Underwood to Host Celeb Pickleball Fundraiser That includes James Marsden, Sophia Bush

Colton Underwood has rounded up a roster of stars for an inaugural pickleball event in Malibu.

The Bachelor alum and his Colton Underwood Legacy Basis are internet hosting Pickle! For Objective at Pepperdine College’s Ralph-Straus Tennis Middle on Sept. 30 as a fundraiser to garner assist and consciousness for the Concentrating on Emotional and Psychological Stability (TEAMS) Act.

Confirmed to paddle up are Sophia Bush, Stevan Ditter, Ronald Gladden, Colton Haynes, Harry Jowsey, James Marsden, June Diane Raphael, Geoff Stults, Michelle Wie and professional pickleball gamers Hurricane Tyra Black, Catherine Parenteau and Callie Jo Smith. A professional singles and doubles match will kick off the occasion, which may also host a staff from Pepperdine. Sponsors embody Amazon, American Airways, Bumble, Skechers, Can-Am, nuuds, Simply Substances, Well being-Ade, Made by Mary, UpWest and Crumb.

Underwood, who was a scholar athlete earlier than hitting the large leagues to play soccer within the NFL, has championed the TEAMS Act and has utilized his platform to provoke conversations aiming to destigmatize the challenges scholar athletes face. The piece of laws is designed to supply applications and assets for scholar athletes as they navigate tutorial and athletic careers reminiscent of on-line psychological well being care companies, in-person psychological well being teaching, 24/7 disaster textual content traces, peer-to-peer counseling and different schooling initiatives to deal with the stigma related to psychological well being.

“Our basis serves as a testomony to the facility of united motion; a reminder that by uplifting scholar athletes’ well-being, we allow them to thrive authentically and understand their distinctive potential,” says Underwood, writer of the New York Occasions best-seller, The First Time. “With an exhilarating event as our rallying level, we need to provoke the assist wanted to supply the psychological well being assets that scholar athletes urgently demand. In our mission, we discover not only a trigger, however a transformative journey in the direction of brighter tomorrows for our scholar athletes.”

Tickets can be found right here.