2024 MLP Season Award Winners Announced – Most Valuable Player and Most Improved Player at the Premier and Challenger Levels

MartinDecember 17, 2024

The 2024 MLP Season Award Winners have been decided! In a historic year that introduced Major League Pickleball’s first-ever regular season format, fans, pickleball media, and MLP team executives cast their votes to recognise the game-changers, breakout stars, and consistent performers who defined the 2024 season.

Premier Most Valuable Player: Anna Leigh Waters (New Jersey 5s)
Nominees are listed alphabetically by last name with their regular season stats:

Anna Leigh Waters, NJ (Went 43-3 & won 58.26% of pts, NJ earned No. 1 playoff seed & won MST)
Anna Bright, STL (Went 38-8 and won 54.84% of pts, STL earned No. 2 playoff seed)
JW Johnson, DAL (Went 33-13 and won 53.79% of pts, DAL earned No. 3 playoff seed)
Hayden Patriquin, STL (Went 36-10 & won 53.87% of pts, STL earned No. 2 playoff seed)

Premier Most Improved Player: Rachel Rohrabacher (D.C. Pickleball Team)
Nominees are listed alphabetically by last name with their regular season stats:

Quang Duong, TEX (Went 19-19 & won 50.75% of pts, DNP MLP in 2023)
Kate Fahey, STL (Went 24-22 & won 50.24% of pts, DNP MLP in 2023)
Augustus Ge, DAL (Went 27-19 & won 51.26% of pts, DNP MLP in 2023)
Rachel Rohrabacher, DC (Went 32-14 & won 52.72% of pts, played in two 2023 MLP events with ORL)

Challenger Most Valuable Player: Jaume Martinez Vich (Atlanta Bouncers)
Nominees are listed alphabetically by last name with their regular season stats:

Jaume Martinez Vich, ATL (Went 32-14 and won 53.30% of pts, ATL earned No. 4 playoff seed)
Jack Munro, CHI (Went 25-13 and won 51.68% of pts, CHI earned No. 1 playoff seed)
Ewa Radzikowska, FRI (Went 32-14 and won 53.02% of pts, FRI earned No. 6 playoff seed)
Chao Yi “Zoey” Wang, LV (Went 26-20 & won 51.48% of pts, LV earned No. 5 playoff seed)

Challenger Most Improved Player: Eric Oncins (Miami Pickleball Club)
Nominees are listed alphabetically by last name with their regular season stats:

Judit Castillo, LV (Went 26-20 & won 50.88% of pts, played in four 2023 MLP events)
Todd Fought, ATL (Went 29-17 & won 52.47% of pts, played in five 2023 MLP events)
Allison Harris, CHI (Went 25-21 & won 50.14% of pts, played in two 2023 MLP events)
Eric Oncins, MIA (Went 25-21 & won 50.82% of pts, DNP MLP in 2023)