Supporting college table tennis has never been easier or more effortless.

Whether you’re grabbing your morning coffee, pumping gas, or ordering groceries online, your everyday spare change can now directly fund student-athletes, tournament equipment, and regional competitions across North America through the NCTTA Roundup Program.

What is the NCTTA Roundup Program?

The Roundup Program allows alumni, players, parents, and fans to automatically donate the spare change from their everyday debit or credit card purchases directly to the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association.

Look, we know a few cents might not feel like much on a single transaction; but small change adds up fast when our community comes together:
$0.45 on morning coffee + $0.80 on groceries + $0.25 on gas = $1.50 in spare change in a single day.

Multiply that across 500 supporters, and the NCTTA receives $60,000+ annually in direct operational support.
Every dollar raised through the Roundup program goes directly toward keeping registration costs affordable for college teams and elevating the National Championships experience.

How to Get Started in 3 Easy Steps

Signing up takes less than two minutes:
Sign Up: Visit the official NCTTA Roundup page here or download the Roundup App on iOS or Android.
Link Your Card: Securely link the credit or debit card you use for everyday purchases.
Set Your Cap (Optional): Maintain complete control over your budget by setting a monthly cap (e.g., limit your roundups to $10 or $20 per month).

Secure, Private, and Hassle-Free

The Roundup app utilizes bank-grade encryption (the same security used by major financial institutions) to process transactions. Your card details are never stored by NCTTA, and you will receive an itemized end-of-year tax receipt for all your tax-deductible contributions.



NCTTA is built on the strength of its grassroots community. You don’t need to write a huge check to make a real difference in a student-athlete’s collegiate career—you just need to share your spare change.

As was previously announced, NCTTA is delighted to be working with the Doris M Rice Foundation that will fund qualified school teams with certified NCTTA team managers funding for National Championship Entry fees.

NCTTA Team Manager training is open to any current or past Alum, Coach, or student-athlete.

Training will be conducted at least once every month with a max class of 7 participants in a first-come, first-served fashion.
The first of many monthly trainings will be Sunday, November 8th at 9:45 pm Eastern Time.

Click here for those interested in attending!

By Sushant Lebaka
Press Committee Member

For Jeff Nguyen, table tennis has been a way to compete, travel, and build friendships for more than 20 years. An alumni of UT Austin, Nguyen first got involved as a volunteer coach at UT Austin and later helped players at UTSA and UT Rio Grande Valley.

Those early years took him across Texas for tournaments and visits to local clubs. The friendships he made became one of the reasons he stayed in the sport. “You always end up bumping into them years down the road when you least expect it,” Nguyen says.

Nguyen served as NCTTA’s South Texas Division Director during the 2015–16 season and has recently returned to the role. He has continued to be involved in the community and helped at the control desk at the 2022, 2023, and 2024 NCTTA Nationals, enjoying the chance to be in the midst of the action.

Still an active player, Nguyen has traveled around the country to compete and train at clubs including Lily Yip Table Tennis Club, Atlanta International Table Tennis Academy, and Table Tennis America. Along the way, he has made friends and trained with Olympians and coaches from other countries.

Nguyen returned to the Division Director role because of the talent and energy he sees in South Texas. He wants to give players a welcoming place to compete, improve, and make friends—the same experiences that have kept him involved for two decades.

He is also encouraged by NCTTA’s partnership with Lonestar Table Tennis Academy, a new Austin club working to develop young players in the city and across Texas. Nguyen sees its rapid growth as a promising sign for the local table tennis community.

In the South Region, Anup Gopalakrishnan is our new Georgia director, and we are excited to see what they both do in the coming years!

(Featured in photo is South Texas Division Director Jeff Nguyen)

By Sushant Lebaka
Press Committee Member

For Asif Ud-Doula, table tennis has long been more than a game. Alongside a career in astrophysics, he has spent years playing, coaching, umpiring, and helping collegiate table tennis grow.

Dr. Ud-Doula is a tenured full professor of physics at Penn State Scranton. He remains active in astrophysics research and travels internationally for conferences and collaborations. This summer, he was granted a Fulbright Specialist Program grant from the U.S. Department of State and visited Dong Thap University in southern Vietnam for a 40-day project.

With a USATT rating of approximately 2100, Ud-Doula is a veteran player in the Tri-State area and enjoys playing when visiting new countries, including on his recent trip through Central Europe. At home, he coaches the Penn State Scranton Table Tennis Club.

Ud-Doula’s contributions extend beyond playing and coaching. As an international umpire, he has officiated at the U.S. Nationals and, most recently, USA Smash 2026, where he umpired some of the world’s best players. He is also the current division director in Pennsylvania.

Several years ago, Ud-Doula was invited to apply for a board position but declined because of academic commitments. With more flexibility in his schedule, he has now accepted the role of League Representative, formerly filled by the exemplary Jay Lu. The position has its own set of challenges, one being the late-night meetings to accommodate time zone differences. However, he enjoys the opportunity to make a difference in a community so dear to him.

From campus clubs to international events, Ud-Doula has experienced table tennis from nearly every side of the table. His new role gives him another way to support the collegiate game he has championed for years.

(Featured above is Dr. Ud-Doula in his element; photo credit to Yukong Zhang)

Don't delay, NCTTA Registration for the 2026-2027 season is open!

The next question may be "How do I register?"

Go to play.nctta.org and follow instructions and register your school team or teams for NCTTA competition.

The deadline is October 6th!
Register today!

By Michael Reff (with testimony from NCTTA President Willy Leparulo)
Press Committee Chair

Hailing from Boston,
No-nonsense accountant,
When costs get accosting,
He’s their no. 1 assailant,
NCTTA board member who served as the league rep,
A transportation guru at champs he earned respect.
Happy trails to Jay Lu,
He served NCTTA true,
We send him off with style,
A board member worthwhile!

(Photo of Jay Lu; photo credit to Dennis Yanga)

You’ve worn the jersey, felt the pressure of a deciding match and made the friendships on and off the table that only NCTTA creates.

Now, you are on the other side of your college career with your playing days behind you, and you ask, “Now what”?

Volunteering with NCTTA is the answer to "Now what". Your experience matters.

Don’t let NCTTA be “something you used to do”

Stay in the game and help build what comes next. NCTTA opportunities are Here.

NCTTA is expanding its footprint in the exciting world of VR Table Tennis, and we’re looking for passionate people to help make it happen!

The new NCTTA VR Committee will help explore opportunities, promote VR table tennis, develop programming, connect with the VR community, and find innovative ways to bring collegiate table tennis into the virtual world.

You don’t have to be a VR expert—just bring your ideas, enthusiasm, and willingness to help grow the sport.

Interested in being part of this new initiative? Join the NCTTA VR Committee and help us shape the future of collegiate table tennis—both on the table and in the virtual world!

Help us take NCTTA into the VR Table Tennis world!

Interested in joining? Contact NCTTA at info@nctta.org

NCTTA AI Software Innovation Volunteer
Full job description is here

Target Audience: Tech & CS Students looking for real-world production experience

Why You Should Apply
Ditch the practice exercises and build software that thousands of athletes and tournament directors will actually use. We power collegiate table tennis across 150–200 universities, and we’re modernizing our entire platform using AI-assisted engineering.

-Major Resume Boost: Ship production code, own features end-to-end, and solve real architectural problems for a national non-profit.

-Free AI Toolkit: Get access to an official Claude Enterprise license and leverage tools like Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, or ChatGPT to build faster.

-Freedom to Innovate: Work directly with the platform lead with room to propose better workflows, UI, and system designs.

What You’ll Build
Automated Tournament Systems: Build rules-engine engines to manage live college tournaments.

Digital Eligibility Platforms: Replace paper-based administrative workflows with sleek, automated web verification.

AI-Driven Automation: Redesign existing backend systems and refactor legacy workflows for speed and scalability.

Tech Stack
Backend: C# / .NET Core
Frontend: JavaScript (MVC)
Database: SQL Server
Workflow: Git, Automatic CI/CD, Claude Enterprise

Who We’re Looking For
A college student with enough bandwidth to contribute throughout the year.

Someone who uses AI as an engineering partner to design better code—not just copy-paste solutions.

Problem-solvers who care about user experience, maintainability, and building real features.

How to Apply
Send us a brief intro to info@nctta.org, links to your GitHub / projects, and a quick note on why you’re excited to build with us.