Andrew Emerick now stands alone atop the Praetor Award, capturing the 2025 Title and becoming the only member to finish in the top ten each year since the inception of the award in 2020. Former two time winners Allan Jiang and Michael Swinson failed to reach the top 10 for the first time this year and now stand 1 year behind Andrew and tied with Chris Wildes who missed the top ten in the first year only.

Andrew went from third in 2024 to the top spot, earning 112 laurels in 5 events with a first, a second and 3 thirds. His closest competitors were Carl Chauvin and Rob Murray each had 88 laurels. Carl finished in second on the attendance tie-breaker. Carl’s laurels came from volume as he earned laurels in 8 Events (2 seconds, 3 thirds, and 3 fourths. Rob’s laurels came from 5 events with a first, 2 thirds, a fourth and a fifth.

112 members earned laurels in 2025 BPA Play by Email Tournaments with 30 earning laurels in multiple events. There were 29 unique winners in the 30 events run in 2025 with Cary Morris the only member winning more than 1 tournament.