Carolina Gold Rush is a professional table tennis team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in 2023, the team competes in the Eastern Division of Major League Table Tennis (MLTT). They are the 2025 MLTT Cup Champions, having won the league's second-ever championship title.
History The Carolina Gold Rush was established as one of the eight founding franchises of Major League Table Tennis. In September 2023, Nora and John McSweeney, entrepreneurs and residential real estate investors, expanded their investment holdings to include the Carolina Gold Rush.
In the inaugural 2023–2024 season, the Gold Rush finished the regular season as the #1 overall seed but were defeated by The Texas Smash in the semifinals. In the 2024–2025 season, the team returned to the playoffs and defeated the Texas Smash to claim the MLTT Cup. During the 2025–26 Major League Table Tennis season, the Carolina Gold Rush finished the regular season in 1st place in the East Division with an 11–7 record but lost in the Championship Final to the Portland Paddlers by a score of 21–18, finishing the season as runners-up.
Team identity The team's name is a tribute to the Carolina Gold Rush of 1799, the first significant gold rush in the United States.
Roster Player Nationality Enzo Angles Edward Ly Wei Wang Eugene Wang Kai Zhang Chen Sun Mohammed Shouman
Season-by-season record Season League Division Regular Season Playoffs 2023–24 MLTT East 1st Place Semifinals 2024–25 MLTT East 1st Place Champions 2025–26 MLTT East 1st Place Runners-up
Honors MLTT Cup Winners (1): 2025 Eastern Division Regular Season Winners (2): 2024, 2025
References