LA JOLLA, Calif. – Episode 129 of Tritoncast, the official podcast for UC San Diego Athletics, has dropped and is available to download or stream on every major podcast platform.

On this week's show, it's another look at Tritons in the Pros. We've brought you conversations with pro baseball players, pro basketball players, and pro water polo players. But this week, it's a new level for Tritoncast as we catch up with the first two former UC San Diego tennis players to hit the pro Pickleball tour. Naomi Nguyen and Daniel Traxler will tell us what it's like earning a paycheck in the fastest-growing sport in the country, the mental and physical differences between tennis and Pickleball, which skills translate from one court to the other, favorite memories as a Triton, and more. 

New episodes of Tritoncast premiere on Wednesdays and are available on the most popular podcasting apps, including Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Audible, iHeartRadio, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn, and Vurbl. In addition, each episode can be heard and downloaded on UCSDTritons.com.

For individual show information and listen links, follow Tritoncast on X @Tritoncast. To provide feedback or suggestions for future guests, email tritoncast@ucsd.edu.

About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 24-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions III and II and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America accolades, while 39 have received prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among NCAA Division I and II institutions.