Winners of 2024 Pickleball.com Mid-Season Awards revealed

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.
World No. 1 Anna Leigh Waters earned a couple of nods for her outstanding play. Carvana PPA Tour

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.
Augie Ge has opened plenty of eyes so far this year. Major League Pickleball

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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