Paterick Clark

Pat’s unique talents and skills will support Kingdom Franchisees by spearheading site selection, negotiations, proforma building, and closing support.

Pat leads a team at Morrow Hill that works exclusively on Pickleball Kingdom deals.  Morrow Hill, one of the nation’s leading commercial brokers, signs between 1200 to 1500 leases per year.

Before joining Morrow Hill and the Pickleball Kingdom team, Pat spent time at Cushman & Wakefield and CBRE. Pat holds roughly ten years of dedicated experience in the field of commercial real estate brokerage and has a keen understanding of the nuances of each deal process.

Having spent years representing commercial real estate owners in the past, Pat can identify successful next steps early on in their process. He and his Morrow Hill team have a world-class track record of building and maintaining strong relationships with commercial real estate owners and listing brokers on a national level.

Being hooked on the growing sport of Pickleball himself, Pat continues to be an ambassador for the sport and Pickleball Kingdom whenever he can.

Paterick Clark

Ace Rodrigues

Founder and CEO

When asked how he came up with the concept of Pickleball Kingdom, Ace likes to say, “On a windy, dirty court while standing in the sun waiting to play on January 9, 2021, I said out loud, ‘There has to be a better way.’ And then God threw this lightning bolt of a mission into my heart that has lit my brain on fire, and it’s been blazing ever since.”  

And the pickleball world has been better for it. Ace’s past experiences founding companies, scaling growth, and creating support networks, primarily in the financial services and energy efficiency sectors, serves him well in setting the go-forward vision to build Pickleball Kingdom.   

Having developed and coined numerous concepts and phrases that are now industry standards, Ace’s innovative approach continues to craft the path for not only the Kingdom brand, but the greater indoor pickleball industry itself. The creation of “Pickleball Paddle Battle,” a competition reality show is one such example of Ace’s leading-edge thinking.  

Originally from Hawaii, Ace has been married to Tracy for over 30 years and they have 2 children and 2 grandchildren. Ace and Tracy love sports, movies, and eating out. 

What motivates him? “I’m the most blessed man on the planet. So, my drive is to create Kings and Queens of Kingdoms, which are our franchisees, first throughout America, then throughout the world.”