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Winners of 2024 Pickleball.com Mid-Season Awards revealed
DALLAS, TX - The winners of the 2024 Pickleball.com Mid-Season Awards were announced on Thursday.
Categories were dedicated to determining the best of the best from the PPA Tour, MLP and Pickleball Central between January and now.
Members of the UPA and PPA Inc. internal staff voted to determine the results.
Here are the winners:
PPA Categories
Most improved (male)
Hayden Patriquin
Most improved (female)
Tina Pisnik
Breakout player of the year (male)
Quang Duong
Breakout player of the year (female)
Kaitlyn Christian
Player of the year (male)
Federico Staksrud
Player of the year (female)
Anna Leigh Waters
Best dressed player (male)
Travis Rettenmaier
Best dressed player (female)
Parris Todd
Biggest personality on tour (male)
Jack Sock
Biggest personality on tour (female)
Anna Bright
Best teammate (male)
Thomas Wilson
Best teammate (female)
Vivienne David
Most athletic player (male)
Christian Alshon
Most athletic player (female)
Lacy Schneemann
Fan favorite (male)
Ben Johns
Fan favorite (female)
Anna Leigh Waters
Best pro content creator (male)
Tyson McGuffin
Best pro content creator (female)
Catherine Parenteau
PPA Tour stop of the year
Select Medical Orange County Cup (San Clemente)
Best match of the year
Orange County Cup: Anna Leigh Waters/Ben Johns vs. JW Johnson/Jorja Johnson
Biggest upset of the year
Austin Open: Rachel Rohrabacher/Anna Bright beat Anna Leigh Waters/Catherine Parenteau
Coach of the year (PPA)
Leigh Waters
Best commentator
Dave Fleming
![World No. 1 Anna Leigh Waters earned a couple of nods for her outstanding play.](https://images.pickleball.com/news/1721342982358/TO_AL Waters_WS-16.jpg)
MLP Categories
Premier Coach of the year
Kyle McKenzie (D.C. Pickleball Team)
Challenger Coach of the year
Scott Crandall (Bay Area Breakers)
Team most likely to win MLP Premier 2024 season
New Jersey 5s (Anna Leigh Waters, Mari Humberg, Will Howells, Zane Navratil)
MLP Premier sleeper pick of the year (male)
Augie Ge (Dallas Flash)
MLP Premier sleeper pick of the year (female)
Mari Humberg (New Jersey 5s)
Best MLP team chemistry (Premier and Challenger)
St. Louis Shock (Anna Bright, Gabe Tardio, Hayden Patriquin, Kate Fahey)
![Augie Ge has opened plenty of eyes so far this year.](https://images.pickleball.com/news/1721343198237/MLP GR_TEXAS RANCHERS VS DALLAS FLASH_BRONZE_ DAY 5-17.jpg)
Pickleball Central Categories
Most popular paddle
Six Zero Ruby
Hottest piece of apparel
PPA Sport-Tek CamoHex Polo
Most popular pickleball shoes
Skechers Viper Court Pro
Most popular portable net
SwiftNet Portable Net
Most popular semi-permanent net
Douglas Premier PPS-22SQ Portable Pickleball Net
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