Change Makers: Building a Dodgeball Performance & Logistics App With Erica Pascual

Erica Pascual (​@Erica-Pascual) discovered Airtable in 2018 while working in sales, where she built her entire lead management system that transformed her workflow. “Coming from a database background, I knew there had to be a better, more efficient way to track and process everything,” she said. “What’s especially cool is that this was all before Airtable had many of the advanced features it offers today. Even then, it was powerful enough to completely transform the way I worked.”

Today, she’s still using Airtable professionally, but also to manage her competitive dodgeball career, creating a comprehensive system for tournament tracking, training, and performance analysis. During the inaugural Airtable Community hackathon, Erica submitted her app and won two categories:

• Airtable AI which recognizes the best use of AI features
• Basefluencer which is awarded to the most-liked video on YouTube

About Erica, Sr Analyst Marketing Ops in GTM Planning at Hilton Inc.

What's a fun fact most people don't know about you?
I can lick my elbow.

Do you have a go-to creative outlet or way to unwind after a busy day?
Dance 💃

What's a small change that's had a big impact on your workflow?
Delaying and planning types of actions; putting only useful fields and different layouts in different flows.

What advice would you give to someone just getting started with Airtable?
Understand there's a learning curve with learning any new tool but I can tell you 100% it can change your life in many ways if you could only imagine.

The Challenge & Airtable Solution

Before building her Dodgeball Hub app, Erica's competitive dodgeball life was scattered across multiple platforms. Tournament history, team rosters, injury notes, training plans, and logistics were dispersed through texts, photos, emails, and calendar entries, making it difficult to track progress and plan effectively.

To solve for the chaos, she built a comprehensive Dodgeball Performance & Logistics App that centralizes everything in one structured system. The base tracks past and planned tournaments with detailed timelines, team rosters, media links, and performance notes. She created an injury and recovery journal to log pain episodes, tracking physical condition against her training schedule.

The most innovative aspect is her AI-powered training system that generates personalized workout plans based on her tournament calendar, physical condition, and skill development goals. Using field agents and Omni, Erica implemented several AI prompts that create 30-day improvement plans, extract exercises, generate workout entries on her calendar, and develop daily training routines that adapt to her needs.

“It’s absolutely amazing to look back at my old bases and see what I had to 'Jerry-rig' due to the lack of functionality at the time, and how far the tool has come,” Erica said. “Cheers to you Airtable and your enablement to individuals, teams, and organizations across the globe!”

📺 Want to see it in action? Check out Erica’s video submission from the hackathon:

The Results

This unified system has transformed how Erica manages her competitive dodgeball career. She now has a comprehensive historical record of her performance, allowing her to identify patterns and make data-driven decisions about training and recovery. The AI-generated workout plans ensure her training aligns with upcoming tournaments while respecting her body's current condition, significantly reducing injury risk.

"Overall, this build solved the problem of having my dodgeball life spread across a dozen tools," Erica explains. "Now everything—logistics, performance history, physical health, and training—lives in one connected setup that supports both the day-to-day and the long-term."

And her app wowed our judge, Airtable’s Director of Product Marketing ​@alexmcdonnell, who said “I loved how this app showcased several ways to use Omni and Field Agents on top of the structured flexibility that Airtable offers. Erica created an app purpose-built for managing every aspect of the dodgeball scene and player development. She even showed some Omni techniques that I wasn't aware were possible, like adding linked records that respect existing records and create new ones if needed. Awesome work, Erica!” 

Copy & Paste AI Prompt

Did this use case inspire you? Drop a comment below if you try Erica’s prompt to build your own workout improvement plan, and share how you’re using Airtable to change the way you work for a chance to be our next Change Maker spotlight!