APP Tour receives endorsement of newly formed Super Senior Pro Council

A newly formed Super Senior Pro Council chaired by Mark “Yoda” Friedenberg and co chaired by Chris Powers have endorsed the APP Tour as the tour for the Super Seniors.

The APP Tour, the Official Pro Partner of USA Pickleball, has also received the endorsement of the Senior Pro Council earlier this fall.

“APP’s vision for the Super Senior Pros will be to grow, embellish and showcase these pioneer leaders in our sport by offering two “pilot” tour stops early in the 2022 calendar with our tier I tournaments in Delray Beach, Florida (60 & above) and Prescott, Arizona (65 & above)”, says CEO & Creative Founder Ken Herrmann.

APP will add prize money for these talented pros and their tour will be treated and respected just like the amateur, pro and senior pro tours currently established with APP.

“The Super Senior Council is thrilled to collaborate with Ken Hermann and APP”, says Powers.
“We are confident that this is going to be a win-win for everyone and thank you Ken Hermann and your fantastic APP team for ALL you do to represent not only amateurs, Pros and Senior Pros, but now Super Senior Pros as well.”

“For the Super Seniors, the future is now! Thank you Ken Hermann for believing in the Super Seniors! They will enhance the APP Tour by showcasing the Super Seniors to all players, spectators and video viewers and further grow this exciting game we all love!” says Mark Friedenberg.

The Super Senior Pro Council consists of six individuals, many of whom have been inducted into The Pickleball Hall of Fame. (Facebook Post)

Members are:
Mark “Yoda”Friedenberg (Chair)
Chris Powers (Co Chair)
Cookie Drake
Jim Hackenberg
Hillary Marold

Jon Post 

NOTE: On October 10, the Senior Pro Council announced their APP Tour endorsement.

Pickleball Podcast 90 - Lee Whitwell 2021 Major League Pickleball MVP

 

Eddie and Webby Interview with Lee Whitwell, 2021 Major League Pickleball MVP 

Discussion Topics

7:00 Major League Pickleball 9:38 New Partnerships 11:40 What made your MLP team so special? D- on paper, A+ Performance 11:56 Oldest pro player 13:18 At the end of the day, the word pickle is in our sport 14:54 Having fun 15:59 The singles format 17:32 Team Clean Tie-Breaker 20:19 Match-ups 23:12 Are you dangling that carrot? 25:11 Ripping That Shot

27:23 Being mic'd up 30:01 More feedback regarding live mics 31:55 Fines if you cussed on camera 32:40 Lee's Signature Move

33:29 APP Tour - Next Gen 34:43 SoCal Classic 36:10 70 year old dudes 38:13 Getting the MLP MVP Award 42:34 Lee is not from America 43:10 Moving to Oregon and discovering pickleball 45:56 Playing at the pro level 50:08 In Pickleball, there is no such thing as a winner

51:23 Reset, reset, Erne!! 52:06 If I was playing against Anna Leigh... 54:31 Spartan Lee!! As One!!!! 56:50 Coming to the USA 58:09 Living in the USA - What shocked you? 59:12 San Diego/Bend, OR/Florida/Europe

1:01:05 What's next - 2022 1:04:20 NextGen: Julie/Jorja/JW Johnson How to interview correctly Shape and form Next Generation 1:07:56 Egomaniacs 1:09:17 MLP cuss fines 1:10:11 How does Pickleball get to the next level? Growth 1:16:02 Tennis players coming into the scene 1:17:07 Worst match experience 1:19:44 Partnership strategy 1:24:29 Lee I got to tell you... 1:26:39 Beer City Open 2021 1:28:06 Congrats on your success - For the record: 1st interview since MLP 1:29:09 Closing comments

2021 Major League Pickleball: Lee Whitwell MVP

 

Lee Whitwell World of Pickleball - MLP MVP Thank you

Lee Whitwell, 47, Named 2021 Major League Pickleball Season One MVP 

Day 1

Team Clean vs Chimeras

2:43:11 Callie Smith/Corrine Carr vs Anna Leigh Waters/Lee Whitwell

2:50:14 Highlight 2:52:11 Highlight 2:54:21 Highlight 2:55:25 Highlight 2:57:30 Highlight (Highlight Reel Work In Progress - Seeking Highlight Helpers) 2:58:00 Highlight 2:59:58 Highlight 3:02:20 Highlight 3:02:52 Highlight 3:03:28 Highlight 3:04:28 Highlight ATP

4:21:48 Lee Whitwell/AJ Koller vs Adam Stone/Corrine Carr

4:21:49 4:34:31

4:37:20 4:43:00 4:43:43 4:54:22 Singles (Lee Whitwell Highlights)

4:54:43 4:59:08 AL 4:59:33 4:59:52 5:00:22

ATX Pickleball vs Chimeras

7:44:57 Catherine Parenteau​/Yana Grechkina vs Anna Leigh Waters/Lee Whitwell 8:27:48 Catherine Parenteau​/Tyler Loong vs AJ Koller/Lee Whitwell

Day 2

Team BLQK vs Chimeras 

2:45:15 Andrea Koop/Irina Tereschenko vs Lee Whitwell/Anna Leigh Waters 4:23:08 Andrea Koop/Rob Nunnery vs Lee Whitwell/AJ Koller

Team Rally vs Chimeras 0:05 Susannah Barr/Jessie Irvine vs Lee Whitwell/Anna Leigh Waters 1:19:12 Dylan Frazier/Susannah Barr vs Lee Whitwell/AJ Koller

Day 3

The Lions vs Chimeras 14:58 Lee Whitwell/Anna Leigh Waters vs Michelle Esquivel/Lauren Stratman 1:17:36 Lee Whitwell/AJ Koller vs Collin Johns/Michelle Esquivel 1:43:52 Singles

Lee Whitwell does it again!! She takes 4 out of 8 points against Jay Devilliers to lead the Chimeras to victory in the singles tie-breaker. They are now 5-0 and she is 10-0 in her doubles matches. Highlight Point

Chimeras vs Discovery Warriors

11:31:20 Lee Whitwell/Anna Leigh Waters vs Lea Jansen/Vivienne David

Lee Whitwell/AJ Koller vs Vivienne David/Zane Navratil (Not Recorded)

Day 4

Chimeras vs Pickleball Ranchers 4:06:47 Lee Whitwell/Anna Leigh Waters vs Leigh Waters/Lindsey Newman 5:27:32 Lee Whitwell/AJ Koller v Riley Newman/Lindsey Newman 6:02:31 Singles

Resources

• Finals: Doubles Highlight Point - Lee Slams Home A Winner
• Eddie and Webby Interview Nov. 15, 2021
• The Kitchen Interview Nov. 30, 2021
• MLP Lee Whitwell Highlight Reel (43+ mins)