Saturday, November 9, 2019

In The News

Team Waters In The News


2022
  1. February: Channel 12 News: Growing sport of pickleball brings thousands to Mesa
  2. February: Desert Sun: The family that plays together stays together 
  3. March:   Fox 9 News: Top Pickleball players in the county face off in Lakeville, Minn.
  4. March: Pickler: Anna Leigh Waters Claims First Triple Crown at PPA Riverland Open
  5. March: Sun-Sentinel: Delray Beach teen sweeps three pro pickleball titles 
  6. March: Pickleball Magazine: Behind The Scenes with Pro Anna Leigh Waters
  7. March: Pickleball University: Venise Chan Interviews Youngest Pickleball Queen, Anna Leigh Waters
  8. March: Shape Magazine: Why Pickleball Should Be Your Next Hobby
  9. April: Insider: The top pickleball pro in the world is a 15-year-old who used to think the sport was for "old people"
  10. May: South Carolina News: Florida’s Pickleball Champion Anna Leigh Waters Quickly Moves to No. 1
  11. May: Naples Daily News May 4, 2022 11 Photos
  12. May: Yahoo News: Florida teen Anna Leigh Waters ranks No. 1 in the world of Pickleball
  13. May: The Palm Beach Post: 'I'll be defending my triple crown.' No. 1 Pickleball champ in the world is 15-year-old from Florida
  14. August: ESPN Sports Center: One Nation, Under Pickleball
  15. September: Washington Post: Pickleball is exploding, and it’s getting messy
  16. September: PPA Tours News: Two And Two For Waters And Johns
  17. October: ABC News: Meet the mother-daughter pickleball team dominating America's fastest-growing sport
  18. October: Washington Post: Meet the teen queen of professional pickleball
  19. October: Flamingo Magazine: This Mother-Daughter Duo is Dominating the Pickleball Scene
  20. November: The Pickler: Triple Crown at the 2022 USA Pickleball National Championships
  21. November: Desert Sun: Professional players and celebrity investors all hoping to cash in on pickleball boom 
  22. November: News Channel 3: Championship Sunday, USA Pickleball at IWTG
  23. November: SportsEdTV: Anna Leigh Waters talks to Sophie Chiche
  24. November: News Channel 3: 2022 Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships
  25. November: Desert Sun: What makes Ben Johns so good
  26. November: NML: Leigh Waters Out for All of 2023 With Torn ACL
  27. November: PPA Article: Triple Crowns, Knee Injuries, And Shotgun Beers
  28. November: Forbes: 30 Under 30 2023
  29. December: Washington Post: Pickleball is a hit with kids, but interest in team sports drops
  30. December: Kitchen Konversations Podcast: Connor Pardoe PPA CEO
  31. December: Pickler The Newsroom: Latest News & Headlines in Pickleball
  32. December: Pickleball Magazine: She's Golden!
  33. December: Tennis.com: 2023 MLP Draft Recap: Anna Leigh Waters to New Jersey 5's
  34. December: Palm Beach Post: Jupiter is planning for pickleball courts
  35. December: NML Blog: MLP 2023 Mock Draft – Season 1
  36. December: Pickler: Pickler of the Year: Just the Beginning for Anna Leigh Waters



2021
  1. December 2021: NBC News: Not Your Grandparents’ Sport: Mom-Daughter Duo Ride Pickleball Wave To The Pro Circuit
  2. December 2021: Desert Sun: Pickleball champions: Anna Leigh Waters, Tyson McGuffin, Riley Newman all win double-gold
  3. November 2021: NML Pickleball Rankings 2.0 – Singles
  4. November 2021: Desert Sun: Meet Anna Leigh Waters: The 14-year-old pickleball pro is taking the sport by storm 
  5. October 2021: The Morning Call: Pickleball’s popularity is soaring in the Lehigh Valley. Two of the sport’s phenoms got their start here
  6. October 2021: West Orlando News: Professional Pickleball Teen Wins 4th Consecutive Title
  7. September 2021: The Sampson Independent: Waters family makes big splash
  8. August 2021:ESPN 106.3/WPTV News: Mother-daughter Pickleball duo in Boynton Beach
  9. August 2021: The Pickler: ANN EICHELBERGER – THE WOMAN BEHIND THE TEAM WATERS' WOMEN
  10. August 2021:Torrance Memorial News: Pickle Relish - Under lockdown, Americans of all ages have been spicing things up with a fun new pastime 
  11. March 2021 Pickleball Fire Magazine: Cover, Feature, Instructional Article
  12. March 2021 Sun-Sentinel: Delray Beach Pickleball Open attracts 835 competitors
  13. February 2021 Channel 12  (KPNX-TV, NBC) Mother-daughter pickleball duo are transcending the sport
  14. January 2021 Kolter Homes Inside WORLD Pickleball Episode 7: Leigh Reflexes on 2020
  15. January 2021 Pickleball Fire Podcast: Aggressive Pickleball with National Champions Leigh and Anna Leigh Waters
  16. Interviews
  17. Articles Written By Team Waters

2020

2019

2019 USA Pickleball National Women's Doubles Champions
2018
2018 Nationals
2017


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2019 Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships Highlights



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Online Interviews

Online Interviews





November 3, 2019

Anna Leigh Waters
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Friday, November 1, 2019

Twelve Year Old Anna Leigh Waters Travels Coast-To-Coast Playing Professional Pickleball With Her Mother

Press Release:



Twelve Year Old Anna Leigh Waters Travels Coast-To-Coast Playing Professional Pickleball With Her Mother 

INDIAN WELLS, CA, October 21, 2019 - This year at the Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships, November 2-10, 2019, that is being held for the second year at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California,  twelve-year-old Anna Leigh Waters (#AL) will be playing in the Women’s Professional bracket with her mother, Leigh Waters. 

In August, the dynamic mother/daughter duo, sponsored by leading paddle company Paddletek, qualified for the eleventh annual USA Pickleball Association (USAPA) National tournament by winning a gold medal at the Tournament Of Champions (TOC) in Brigham City, Utah, in the Women’s Doubles Open against the top Pickleball players in the world without losing a match. 

2019 Team Waters Highlight Point (1+ minute)
Video clip - 68 shot rally during the Texas Open Women’s Doubles Pro Gold Medal Match between the top female Pickleball players in the world: Simone Jardim and Lucy Kovalova 

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Bag Check

 

October 2019: TeamWaters Bag Check With Randy Coleman
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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Pickleball Magazine Player Profile: Anna Leigh Waters




(October 2019) You don’t see Anna Leigh Waters too often without her mother, Leigh. It’s not because the two are pickleball pros and partners, but mostly because Anna Leigh is still a minor.

At just 12 years of age, Anna Leigh Waters is making a name for herself in the world of pickleball and, together with her mom, the team has already garnered some accolades and won some gold together.

Their most recent win was the Women’s Double Pro Match at the Tournament of Champions in August, but the duo has played in the Atlanta Open, Texas Open, Las Vegas Open, Nationals and more. Add in the fact that they’ve only been playing pickleball for two years, and their rise seems even more astounding.

“We discovered pickleball in September 2017,” Leigh recalls. “We were evacuated from our home in Delray Beach, Florida, in the wake of Hurricane Irma. We didn’t have electricity for two weeks. My dad has a home in Allentown, Pa., so we went there and he taught us how to play. We started the same day, same week, same year. We played straight for two weeks, and when we got back home, we found that the closest place to us that had pickleball was the Delray Tennis Center, and the rest is history.”

For Anna Leigh, playing with her mom isn’t just a way to enjoy family time, it’s like having the best partner you could get. “I love playing with my mom because we just know what the other is going to do before we hit the ball,” she says. “We know what’s going to happen or how to react to it.” (Read More) 
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Sunday, September 22, 2019

Franklin Pickleball Masters Invitational


Highlights: Franklin Pickleball Masters Invitational hosted by Chicken N Pickle Wichita, Kansas September 22, 2019

Franklin Pickleball Masters (September)

Individual Medals
  • Bronze Women’s Doubles Pro: Leigh Waters/Catherine Parenteau 
  • Bronze Mixed Doubles Pro: Anna Leigh/Kyle Yates



 MIXED DOUBLES - BRONZE 
Anna Leigh Waters/KyleYates vs Leigh Waters/Dave Weinbach 
  • 1:55 What a point...40 shot rally. Anna Leigh appears to have her sights set on Dave Weinbach
  • 3:32 Leigh runs down a beautiful lob hit by Kyle
  • 04:00 The 12 year old hits a lob over her mother for a winner
  • 4:35 Kyle hops the kitchen and hits a winner
  • 5:16 Anna Leigh (#AL) hits a drive down the middle for a winner (she did it again on the next point, too)
  • 7:07 Leigh hits a winner down the middle
  • 13:08 Dave almost knocks Leigh over reaching for a lob on her side of the court
  • 15:32 Leigh and Dave hit several overheads
  • 17:12 Amazing point bam-bam-bam
Start Game 2 19:09

  • 24:23 Longest dink session of match
  • 26:26 Lots of great defence. Leigh hits the winner
  • 27:14 Kyle hits a great lob and then a backhand Erne for a winner
  • 27:44 Out ball called in. AL makes it right
  • 31:44 Dave hits a no look dink
  • 32:19 Kyle hits a backhand down the middle for a winner
  • 49:35 Great rally. Kyle hits another backhand down the middle for a winner
  • 37:05 Kyle hits a backhand running away from the net - amazing shot
  • 43:43 Intense rally: 8-8-1
  • 46:27 Ref calls fault on Dave for touching his paddle down in the NVZ after hitting a volley
  • 48:20 #AL mis-hit goes in, setting up match point
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