This is our story.
It always comes back to who you play with.
We’re four teammates who became best friends through the sport that shaped us. Each of us have faced our own struggles: with mental health, identity, and the question of who we are without the game. But our sport was always our safe space. It’s where we felt joy, connection, and strength. So we built Club Ralley to keep that alive—for us, and for every post-grad athlete who still craves a place to play, to belong, and to ralley again.
Let us walk you through our timeline.
August 2023
We met on the court—Jaycie was a freshman, Abby a sophomore, and Caroline and Whitney were juniors. From day one, we weren’t just teammates. We were dreamers. We’d talk about ideas we wanted to build, how we wanted to live with purpose, and how sports had given us something we never wanted to lose.
March 2025
Spring break. One kitchen. Ten teammates. While sitting around our Airbnb’s kitchen table, we realized something we’d all been feeling: it was too hard to find people to play with when we went home, and we didn’t want to lose each other. The idea for Club Ralley sparked right then and there. What if there was a better way to stay connected through sports…no matter where life takes you?
April 2025
The idea became real. We began shaping it into an app, and our “why” naturally came into focus: your story doesn’t have to end. That same month, Caroline and Whitney played their final college tennis match. But walking off the court, we knew we weren’t done. The game wasn’t over. We could rewrite the narrative. We could change the stigma.
June 2025
We got to work. Club Ralley became official—we formed an LLC and started building something real. Dreaming big and moving fast, we began designing our app and planning the first ever Ralley IRL event, aiming to build a community of post-grad athletes who still love the game.
July 2025
We successfully hosted our first Ralley IRL event: a community-building pickleball tournament and social in Dallas, Texas. It was a success, bringing together over 75 athletes! The energy, the connections, and the shared passion all confirmed we were building something bigger than ourselves.
January 2026
Now, we’re building Ralley: a mobile app where former athletes can love the game again. We’re dreaming big, building fast, and connecting people who refuse to let their athletic identity fade away. Club Ralley isn’t just an app—it’s a movement. And this is just the beginning.